Line #18 Characters/VioletEvergarden


1	List of characters in ''Literature/VioletEvergarden''.
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6	!!CH Postal Company
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8	[[folder:Violet Evergarden]]
9	[[index]]
10	See Violet's character page [[Characters/VioletEvergardenTheCharacter here]].
11	[[/index]]
12	[[/folder]]
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14	[[folder:Claudia Hodgins]]
15	!!Claudia Hodgins
16	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Japanese), Creator/KyleMcCarley (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Creator/CarlosHernandez (Latin-American Spanish), Niccolò Guidi (Italian), Karim El Kammouchi (German), Tiaggo Guimarães (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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18	[[quoteright:165:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hodgins_anime_design.png]]
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20	A former officer and a good friend to Gilbert. He founded CH Postal Company after seeing that Leiden's government postal offices weren't meeting the needs of its citizens. He takes Violet under his care on Gilbert's 'request'.
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22	* TheAlcoholic: Implied to be one under way to recovery, as seen in Episode 5 of the anime when he denies a drink from his army senior.
23	* TheAtoner: Takes Violet in partly at Gilbert's wishes, but also partly for doing nothing to help Violet during his time in the military, despite being disgusted by her treatment at the hands of the other soldiers.
24	* CannotSpitItOut: Seems to know what happened to Gilbert and constantly dodges questions about it.
25	* ConsummateLiar: Has been one since his military days, and often used it to sleep around, get cigarettes, [[spoiler:and lie to Violet about Gilbert's true situation in the novel.]]
26	* GenderBlenderName: Claudia is usually a female name. He has such a name because his parents wanted a girl.
27	* {{Hunk}}: He's handsome, muscular and manly, in contrast to Benedict, who is more of a PrettyBoy instead.
28	* NiceGuy: Despite being a bit of a hustler in his professional and romantic life, Claudia is, essentially, a very kind man with strong paternal instincts.
29	* ParentalSubstitute: After Gilbert's apparent death, he takes Violet in and becomes her second parental figure after the war. [[spoiler:Appropriately, he's ''furious'' with Gilbert in the 2020 movie for pushing Violet away.]]
30	* ReallyGetsAround: Sleeps with plenty of women around Leidenschaftlich. This was hinted at in the anime when Cattleya needles him about his name, and is confirmed in more detail in the light novel Gaiden volume: apparently he's out and about so often that Lux can tell when he's going to spend the night with a lady based on how early he clocks out, how carefully he cleans up his desk, and whether he waters his potted plants or not before leaving work.
31	* SecretKeeper: In the light novels, he is [[spoiler: one of the few people who knows Gilbert is still alive, and maintains an act to keep Violet in the dark about it per Gilbert's instructions. It doesn't stop him from chewing Gilbert out over it on the phone whenever he calls him.]]
32	* WarIsHell: The biggest lesson that Claudia took away from his experiences as a lieutenant colonel. He got out of the army the minute the war was over, and started the postal service so that he could help the people, especially veterans like him and Violet, recover from it.
33	[[/folder]]
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35	[[folder:Benedict Blue]]
36	!!Benedict Blue
37	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KoukiUchiyama (Japanese), Creator/BenPronsky (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Alan Fernando Velázquez (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/AlessioDeFilippis (Italian), Benedikt Gutjan (German), Roberto Rodrigues (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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39	[[quoteright:215:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ve_bb.png]]
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41	An old friend of Claudia and a rather blunt man who took up postman duties in CH Postal Company.
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43	* AlliterativeName: '''B'''enedict '''B'''lue.
44	* ADayInTheLimelight: After spending the first part of ''Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll'' as a relative background character, he spends the second part as an important psuedo BigBrotherMentor to Taylor, [[spoiler: delivers her letter to her older sister by the end, and delivers the epilogue.]]
45	** He's the protagonist of Gaiden volume Chapter 3, which delves deep into his past.
46	* BadassBystander:
47	** He may only be a civilian mailman, but that doesn't prevent him from ''spearheading a rescue operation that involves blowing up a train station'' in the novel.
48	** In the anime, he helps Violet dispatch one of the two bombs taped to the bridge by ''drop-kicking it off'', and is able to quickly maneuver around the bridge to save Violet in time from falling below. Bonus points for him doing all that while wearing heeled boots.
49	* BigBrotherMentor: Becomes a non blood related one to Taylor in the second part of the first movie, with Taylor even insisting on calling him brother and teacher.
50	* ButtMonkey: Seems to take the brunt of most of the jokes in the anime.
51	* CasanovaWannabe: Despite his good looks, none of his female co-workers seem to like him, occasional SlapSlapKiss with Cattleya moments aside and the final episode revealing Erica's crush on him.
52	** In the light novels, he has major BelligerentSexualTension with Cattleya, and [[spoiler: they get a full-on RelationshipUpgrade in the Gaiden volume's 4th chapter.]]
53	* DeadpanSnarker: Has shades of this in the anime.
54	* {{Deuteragonist}}: Or maybe tritagonist, of the second half of the first movie, given his important role in aiding Taylor alongside Violet.
55	* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: Benedict, for some reason or another, wears high heeled boots. While fashionable, they're impractical for his job of walking around delivering letters. He defensively says [[RuleOfCool they're cool]] when Cattleya makes fun of him for wearing them in the Gaiden volume.
56	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be short-tempered and slightly rude, and tends to face people head-on, but despite this he's a genuinely kind-hearted young man, who is helpful and considerate towards those he cares about.
57	* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Often gets into spats with Cattleya.
58	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Grows into this role with Taylor as he mentors her, Taylor even insisting on calling him brother when she first seems him.
59	* LongLostRelative: His younger sister in the light novel. [[spoiler:His Gaiden chapter explains that he doesn't remember his past, or even what his sister looks like, but feels that he'll know her when he see's her. It's suggested that she might actually be Violet. Not only do the pair have similar blond hair and striking blue eyes, but aspects of Benedict's past neatly explains a few mysteries surrounding Violet. Namely, her enhanced fighting abilities - military drugs that enhance one's abilities but affects one's memory - and how she ended up on the island - escaping a "military camp" by boat and getting separated at sea.]]
60	* LuminescentBlush: Sports one after he is caught off guard when Violet [[InnocentFanserviceGirl suddenly starts to change in front of him]].
61	* RealityIsUnrealistic: In real life, high heels were first worn by men as a way to hook the shoes to the stirrups when riding horses. The story takes place during the in-universe transition period between horse riding and motor vehicles, hence hinting at why a motorcycle rider like Benedict wears said footwear past his claims of making a fashion statement.
62	* TwistedAnkle: Gets one in a later episode while delivering letters due to his boots.
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65	[[folder:Cattleya Baudelaire]]
66	!!Cattleya Baudelaire
67	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaEndo (Japanese), Creator/RebaBuhr (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Creator/CarlaCastaneda (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/EvaPadoan (Italian), Laura Maire (German), Carla Martelli (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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69	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ve_cb.png]]
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71	A beautiful and widely famous Auto Memory Doll, and a senior member of Violet's department.
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73	* BoxingBattler: The Gaiden volume's final chapter reveals she used to do boxing, and when she joins Violet and Benedict for their assault on Salvatore Postal Company, she takes a pair of brass knuckles as her weapon.
74	* CoolBigSis: Tries to be one to Violet in the novel. In the anime where the office dynamics of CH Postal get more of the spotlight, she's this to all of the Dolls, and Iris especially looks up to/envies her. She's also this to Lux in the light novel's Gaiden volume.
75	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine. She's outgoing, cheerful and friendly, has a teasing and sarcastic side and is very kind, helpful and empathetic.
76	* TheGadfly: Teases Claudia by acting clingy with him knowing Benedict was watching.
77	* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: She and Benedict are bickering more often than not, but they do care for each other.
78	* MsFanservice: Most Auto Memory Dolls dress to appeal to some level. Cattleya however takes this trope to a tee with an absurdly low-cut dress that ends slightly past her pelvis. This also applies to her past as a dancer.
79	* NavelDeepNeckline: Her outfit includes an open bustier that reveals her cleavage.
80	* NiceGirl: She's flirty, but also a very kind and helpful person. She's very compassionate and sweet towards Violet and others as well, although she can be a bit of a {{tsundere}} towards Claudia and Benedict.
81	* TheRunaway: Her origin, as she tells Violet in Volume 2 of the novel.
82	* ShipperOnDeck: In the 2020 movie, she is pretty supportive of the idea of Violet taking Dietfried as a romantic partner. When Hodgins recoils from the idea and reminds her that Dietfried was the one who most treated Violet as a living weapon during the war, she counters that having [[ASharedSuffering that kind of shared past as well as their shared grief over Gilbert]] is exactly why she thinks they would be good for each other.
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85	[[folder:Iris Cannary]]
86	!!Iris Cannary
87	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarukaTomatsu (Japanese), Creator/CheramiLeigh (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Andrea Orozco (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/ChiaraOliviero (Italian), Farina Brock (German), Jéssica Cardia (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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89	[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iris_anime_design.png]]
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91	An outspoken woman from the country. Part of CH Postal's Auto Memory Dolls team.
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93	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: She's a little irritated in the movie that CH Postal's customers constantly request for Violet to serve as their amaneunsis, although Cattleya reminds her she already gets quite a few customer requests.
94	* BoyishShortHair: Which contrasts well with Cattleya's long hair and Erica's bowl-cut.
95	* BrutalHonesty: Rather straightforward in speaking her mind.
96	* CanonForeigner: An anime-original character.
97	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: An unlucky version. She developed feelings for a boy she grew up with, who rejected her.
98	* CountryMouse: Iris grew up in a rural village and moved to Leiden for a more glamorous life as a Doll. She's annoyed that exciting things seem to be avoiding her.
99	* DramaticSlip: While gloating about getting her first requested letter as she's going down the stairs, she trips from her inexperience in heels. Violet seems to help cushion her fall and keep her from seriously hurting herself, but she still hurts her wrist enough to not be able to write and needs to have Violet accompany her and do the ghostwriting for her.
100	* GirlinessUpgrade: In the 2020 movie, she's the one character who has changed most dramatically in appearance, now opting to wear a long dress, growing her hair out a bit longer, and also adding a neat hairband on top of it. Her personality is still the same though, and she's the #3 most requested Doll at CH Postal behind Violet & Cattleya.
101	* HopelessSuitor: She had feelings for her childhood friend who rejected her when she confessed.
102	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: {{Downplayed}}. She's short-tempered and can be touchy and slightly rude, but otherwise she's genuinely kind.
103	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She's the tomboy to Cattleya and Erica's girly girl. She wears pants instead of dresses and doesn't seem very used to walking in high-heels.
104	* {{Tsundere}}: Not exactly open about her feelings, even coming across as somewhat dishonest, hiding them underneath a snarky attitude.
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107	[[folder:Erica Brown]]
108	!!Erica Brown
109	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinoriChihara (Japanese), Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Creator/AlondraHidalgo (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/MonicaVulcano (Italian), Marcia Von Rebay (German), Beta Cinalli (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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111	[[quoteright:205:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/erica_anime_design.png]]
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113	A newly hired ghost-writer of the Auto Memory Dolls team. She dreams of becoming a novelist.
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115	* CanonForeigner: An anime-original character.
116	* DemotedToExtra: Her appearances in the 2020 movie are few, as she has left the CH Postal Company in favor of pursuing an apprenticeship in theater with the playwright Oscar Webster.
117	* HopelessSuitor: The last episode reveals she's recently developed a crush on Benedict, who seems to be oblivious and uninterested.
118	* NiceGirl: She's a shy yet gentle, kind and considerate girl, who is supportive of others.
119	* ShrinkingViolet: She's mousy, shy and sometimes has trouble standing up for herself, though it's ultimately shown she's fairly confident in her own opinions.
120	[[/folder]]
121
122	!!Military of Leidenschaftlich
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124	[[folder:Gilbert Bougainvillea]]
125	!!Gilbert Bougainvillea
126	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (Japanese), Tony Azzolino (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Creator/AlejandroOrozco (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/DanieleRaffaeli (Italian), Paul Sedlmeir (German), Renan Villela (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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128	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ve_gb.png]]
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130	An army major and a steadfast son of the Bougainvillea family. Following his ancestors' long and well-known military tradition, he rose through the ranks of the army. He was entrusted with taking care of Violet, who fought and lived side by side with him all the way until the final moments of the war.
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132	* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: He lost his right arm in the bombardment of Intens Fortress that nearly killed him. In the light novel, he gets a prosthetic replacement since he stays in the army. In the anime's 2020 movie, he remains armless for the entire duration due to having abandoned Leidenschaftlich and living out his life on a tiny rural island in the former enemy country's territory.]]
133	* ChildSoldiers: In the light novel's sixth chapter, it mentions he first saw combat action when he was a 17-year old enlistee.
134	* TheDutifulSon: He was raised to follow his father's footsteps in military career, becoming obedient to his family's demands and wishes, in contrast to his laid back elder brother Dietfried.
135	* DyingDeclarationOfLove: After he gave his final order to Violet, he proclaimed his love for her before expiring. Though in the anime there's some debate on whether that love was paternal or romantic.
136	* EyeScream: Horrifically lost his [[spoiler: right eye]] during the war when he and Violet recaptures a cathedral in Intense; In the light novel, [[spoiler: an enemy soldier stabbed his eye with a bayonet in an attempt to kill him,]] or in the anime, [[spoiler: an enemy soldier shot it there with a rifle.]] [[spoiler: Afterwards when he reunites with Violet, he has to wear an eyepatch over where it remains.]]
137	* InappropriatelyCloseComrades: In ''Ever After'' Chapter 4, [[spoiler: he confesses in a letter to his sister Julia that he was already falling in love with Violet during the war. Knowing full well how inappropriate this was due to both her being his subordinate and an underaged girl, he did his best to bury his feelings as hard as possible and to treat her only in a strictly professional manner. He was successful at keeping their relationship only as officer and subordinate until he really thought he was going to die in the Battle of Intens.]]
138	* LineOfSightName: When he first met Violet, she didn't have a name. As he thought of one to give her, a butterfly drew his attention to a pair of violets growing at the base of a tree which inspired her new name. Averted in the light novel, where he chooses the name "Violet" to refer to a goddess instead.
139	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: He was the first person to treat Violet as a human and not a weapon, and she depended on him during the war. She isn't certain how to function in a world without him and goes off the rails when she thinks he's dead; in fact, Claudia suspected that this would happen, which is why he was reluctant to tell her about Gilbert's fate.
140	* NiceGuy: In spite of being a hardened soldier, he's kind and compassionate who thinks of Violet as a human instead of an army's tool and is willing to nurture for her wellbeing by purchasing an emerald brooch for her to wear to a point it blossomed to love from his POV as he declares it to her as they were grievously wounded after recapturing a cathedral in Intense.
141	* UncertainDoom: The last time Violet saw him was during the same battle that cost Violet her own arms, and Gilbert was badly wounded at the time. Whether he survived or not is unknown. In the novels, [[spoiler: it's immediately revealed to the reader that he survived, but wanted Violet to think he was dead so she could live a normal life]]. In the anime, [[spoiler:while he's officially listed as M.I.A. and believed to be dead, Violet chooses to believe he may be alive somewhere, and her faith is rewarded in the 2020 movie when he does turn out to be alive]].
142	* WhatBeautifulEyes: Violet learns the word 'beautiful' when trying to describe the feeling she got when looking at Gilbert's eyes.
143	* WifeHusbandry: Gilbert's relationship with Violet started out fairly paternal, especially because of their age difference. It's a lot more muddied in the anime, [[spoiler:since Dietfried stated that Gilbert wanted to adopt Violet into the Bougainvillea family. Whether it meant taking her as a wife or as a daughter is left up in the air]].
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147	[[folder:Dietfried Bougainvillea]]
148	!!Dietfried Bougainvillea
149	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HidenobuKiuchi (Japanese), Creator/KeithSilverstein (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Creator/IrwinDaayan (Latin-American Spanish), Marco Bassetti (Italian), Max Felder (German), Ênio Vivona (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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151	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/violet_dietfried.png]]
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153	Gilbert's elder brother. Dietfried is a rebellious son who is notable for joining Leidenschaftlich's navy instead of the army like prior generations of Bougainvillea men.
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155	* AdaptationalBadass: He is part of the security detail on the train hijacking incident in the anime and takes out several of the terrorists. In the light novel, he is not present on the train and his role in the incident is mostly offscreen preparing his naval battle group to set up an offshore blockade, in case the terrorists attempt to escape by sea after the train arrives at its destination.
156	* AntiHero: He's rather unpleasant and selfish, and kinda amoral to an extent, since he can be ruthless and uncaring. He's not evil, however, and is ultimately redeemable.
157	* TheCaptain: He's a well-respected naval captain, and Episode 12 of the anime reveals him to be a highly effective and ruthless marksman and hand-to-hand fighter.
158	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's not really evil as much as he's just unpleasant. He may be a {{Jerkass}} to Violet, but he sincerely cares about his brother, and is respectful towards his mother. His mother even noted that despite their differences, both brothers are on good terms with each other. His major beef was with his father, whose funeral he did not attend, but Chapter 6 reveals another reason he skipped the funeral was so that way, he wouldn't be eligible for the inheritance and it would all go to Gilbert instead.
159	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Again, evil is a stretch, but despite his morally grey qualities and {{jerkass}} behavior, he's the one who took Violet to Leidenschaftlich, deeming "it" to be a "weapon" of the state. But even so, he felt that Gilbert would handle her better than himself. This is explored more in the novel, where Dietfried comments that he found [[spoiler:his former subordinates trying to rape Violet on an island just after they are shipwrecked to be quite distasteful, only to see the young girl kill those people then ceaselessly chase after him]]. It could be said that it's mostly fear that prompted Dietfried to give Violet to Gilbert.
160	* GuileHero: In his chapter in ''Ever After'', he foils the robbery of the Artemisia art gallery by having Violet pretend to be an ill woman while he acts as her concerned caretaker, then has her alert his subordinates at his nearby hotel of the incident. He also manages to distract the robbers by talking at length to them about how he's [[AwesomenessByAnalysis figured out the escape route they were going to take will be by sea]] since the gallery is near the port and as a navy man, he knows the fastest way out of the country would be to take the ocean.
161	* HiddenDepths: ''Ever After'' Chapter 2 reveals he has a secret hobby of painting which he has not told anyone in his family about. His work is good enough that it catches the attention of a local art patron named Artemisia, who requests to have one of his paintings publicly displayed at her art gallery in town.
162	* InterserviceRivalry: Him joining the Navy instead of the Army was a ''really'' big deal for the Bougainvillea family, as he bucked 26 generations of tradition and made him out to be the black sheep of the family.
163	* ItIsDehumanizing: He explicitly referred to Violet as an "it" when introducing her to Gilbert, and often speaks to or about her in a derisive manner, even outright calling her a tool.
164	* JerkassHasAPoint: As much of a dick as he is, he felt that [[spoiler:Gilbert is foolish for going on with what their family dictates instead of living his own life]]. Although Dietfried did take on a soldiering career, the circumstances were different as Dietfried joined the navy to fulfill his dream of captaining a ship (which shocked his family as the tradition was to join the army).
165	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: And his brother mentioned their father would have hated that style.
166	* PetTheDog: Despite his contemptuous treatment of Violet, he does help her retrieve her brooch back, and acknowledges by the end that she has become her own person.
167	* SelfMadeMan: Him joining the navy meant he had to work his way up the military hierarchy on his own, as [[SeriousBusiness he broke what had been an unbroken tradition of Bougainvillea men joining the army for 26 generations]]. This alienated him from his father and family, and he had no connections to call on during his training and subsequent career outside of what he made himself.
168	* TookALevelInKindness: He is much, ''much'' nicer to Violet in the 2020 movie, always speaking to her in a gentle tone and never once raising his voice towards her. Justified in that it has been over 4 years since the war ended and he's had time to come to grips with the loss of his brother and has seen Violet slowly develop as a person.
169	** Downplayed in the light novel continuity. He only meets Violet a handful of times after the war ends, once at the air show where he [[spoiler: [[SayingTooMuch inadvertently reveals Gilbert is alive]]]] and again at the Artemisia Art Gallery where [[TeethClenchedTeamwork he has to work with her to stop an armed robbery.]] At the end of the day, much like in the anime, he does recognize that Violet has grown significantly as a person to the point that [[spoiler: she and Gilbert can love each other as a romantic couple]], but he still has enough lingering negative feelings towards her that he's still brusque and rude to her.
170	* WoundedGazelleGambit: In the alternate universe story ''Violet Evergarden - IF'', one of the tactics he uses is to put the Undine (a.k.a. "Violet") on a small boat near an enemy vessel. The crew, thinking Violet is just a lost little girl, brings her on board... at which point she slaughters them all and leaves the ship open for seizure by Dietfried's fleet. This is as much an attempt to get her killed as well when he is trying to get rid of her in their early days.
171	* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Part of why he deeply resents Violet is because he blames her for Gilbert's death, and even outright tells her that she also should have died.
172	[[/folder]]
173
174	!!Clients
175	[[folder:Oscar Webster]]
176	!!Oscar Webster
177	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Satoshi Taki (Japanese), Joe Ochman (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Creator/MarioCastaneda (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/EmilianoReggente (Italian), Johannes Raspe (German), André Gaiani (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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179	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evergarden_oscar.png]]
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181	A former renowned playwright who was struck with the death of his wife and more recently, his daughter Olivia.
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183	* BeardOfSorrow: Oscar is a despairing man with unkempt stubble. [[spoiler:He is clean shaven in Episode 9's WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue to show he has come to terms with his grief.]]
184	* TheBusCameBack: He reappears in the final chapter of ''Ever After'' [[spoiler: when scouting out singers in Alfine for his next theatrical work, and decides Leticia Aster will be the one. He also ends up paying Violet's travel expenses so she can get back home to Leiden.]]
185	* CannotSpitItOut: Not Oscar but his wife, who hid her fatal illness for fear of Oscar abandoning her. He later learns this from a friend after her passing.
186	* DespairEventHorizon: He's toeing it when Violet comes to ghostwrite for him, grieving his family and too drunk to type a script. Violet's care brings Oscar back from the edge.
187	* DrowningMySorrows: Watching his beloved wife and daughter die reduced him to an alcoholic recluse. [[spoiler:Violet prohibits him from drinking while she's working for him, and thanks to her impression, he goes on to get sober.]]
188	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: As if losing his wife to a terminal illness wasn't bad enough, he had to watch their young daughter waste away from the same disease.
189	* TooUpsetToCreate: He was a renowned playwright, but the loss of his wife and daughter to terminal illness makes him unable to write, and it doesn't help that he [[DrowningMySorrows deals with his sadness by drinking]]. He hires Violet to ghostwrite a script for him since he's too depressed and drunk to do it himself.
190	* TragicKeepsake: A parasol which was Olivia's prized possession. [[spoiler:Oscar gives it to Violet as a token of gratitude.]]
191	[[/folder]]
192
193	[[folder:Ann Magnolia]]
194	!!Ann Magnolia
195	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SumireMorohoshi (Japanese), Creator/CassandraLeeMorris (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Estefanía Piedra (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/ValentinaPallavicino (Italian), Laura Jenni (German), Amanda Tavares (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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198	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evergarden_ann.png]]
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200	A 7-year old girl whose ailing mother hired Violet Evergarden to write letters for a week.
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202	* ChildrenAreInnocent: Ann takes her mother's words literally and assumes Violet really is a life-size doll for the duration of her stay. That said, she is precocious enough to understand [[spoiler:her mother will die soon]].
203	* ClingyJealousGirl: Views anyone who approach her mother with hostilities, believing everybody always lies to one another.
204	* HappyEndingOverride: A downplayed example as she did live a long and fulfilling life, but the 2020 movie puts a more bitter spin on her later years when it is revealed her relationship with her daughter became estranged due to said daughter prioritizing work over family.
205	* ParentalAbandonment: In the novel, her father left her family with financial problems due to his gambling habits and alcoholism. In the anime, he died in the war. [[spoiler: Then her mother dies when she's very young.]]
206	* WriteBackToTheFuture: The result of the letters her mother had written.
207	[[/folder]]
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209	[[folder:Clara Magnolia]]
210	!!Clara Magnolia
211	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyakoKawasumi (Japanese), Creator/WendeeLee (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Creator/BetzabeJara (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/AlessandraKorompay (Italian), Sophie Rogall (German), Raquel Elaine (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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213	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clara_magnolia.png]]
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215	Ann's mother, who serves as one of Violet's clients. By the time of their meeting, Clara is terminally ill and wants to write a letter before she passes, though the details surrounding it remain confiscated to Ann until Clara's death, which causes a wedge between their relationship for some time.
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217	* YourDaysAreNumbered: She knows she has little time left to live because of her illness.
218	[[/folder]]
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220	[[folder:Aidan Field]]
221	!!Aidan Field
222	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShintaroAsanuma (Japanese), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Alberto Bernal (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/LeonardoGraziano (Italian), Felix Mayer (German), Fernando Ferraz (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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224	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evergarden_aidan.png]]
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226	A young conscript of an unnamed nation stationed at Camp Menace.
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228	* BloodFromTheMouth: Starts coughing blood into his handkerchief after Violet rescues him. [[spoiler:It's a sign that he's not long for this world.]]
229	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He's been friends with a girl named Maria since childhood and they both have feelings for each other. Just after she confessed, he shipped out.
230	* {{Determinator}}: He's determined to survive so he can return home and be with Maria, no matter what. [[spoiler:He survives longer than the rest of his section but he dies.]]
231	* FatalFamilyPhoto: Takes a peek at his almost-girlfriend Maria's photograph just as his unit ships out. [[spoiler:He lives long enough to let Violet know of his feelings for the letters he commissioned.]]
232	* ImColdSoCold: Remarks that he feels cold, despite being bundled up next to a fireplace [[spoiler:just before he dies]].
233	* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: He could have left behind his wounded friend but he kept on carrying him.
234	* ReincarnationRomance: A nonsexual example. [[spoiler:He wishes that if his parents reincarnate and fall in love again, he'll be their son again.]]
235	* StayWithMeUntilIDie: [[spoiler:He explicitly asks Violet this during his dying moments, right after she had written down the letters he wanted to give to his parents, and to Maria.]]
236	[[/folder]]
237
238	[[folder:Princess Charlotte Abelfreyja Drossel]]
239	!!Princess Charlotte Abelfreyja Drossel
240	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MegumiNakajima (Japanese), Creator/StephanieSheh (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Jessica Ángeles (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/MonicaVolpe (Italian), Lara Wurmer (German), Amanda Tavares (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
241
242	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evergarden_charlotte.png]]
243
244	The young princess of the Kingdom of Drossel, soon to enter marriage with Prince Damian from the neighbouring country of Fluegel. CH Postal is appointed with writing their public love letters.
245	----
246	* AltarDiplomacy: One offered by Fluegel, but [[spoiler:she does make a lot of arrangements on her part as well after she received it]].
247	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler:She fell in love with Prince Damian when she first met him at her 10th birthday because he treated her like a person and not a potential wife.]]
248	* CanonForeigner: First appeared in the anime. In the light novels, her story is told in the first chapter of the Gaiden volume, which was published in March 2018, a month and a half after her episode aired.
249	* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Charlotte starts out childish and volatile, with messy, voluminous hair barely tamed by small braids. At the end of episode 5, her hair is contained in a PrimAndProperBun [[spoiler:for her wedding]], showing she has become a mature young woman.
250	* FlowerMotifs: Charlotte and the Kingdom of Drossel are associated with the white camellia.
251	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Although Charlotte is in love with Damian, she realizes that he may not be keen on an arranged marriage to a girl ten years his junior. At Violet's encouragement, Charlotte personally writes the letters to the prince asking what he really wants with an offer to break off the engagement. He admits a desire to marry her, politics or not.]]
252	* MissingMom: Her short story ''Charlotte Abelfreya Fluegel and the Forest Kingdom'' reveals that her parents' marriage was a political one with no real emotion behind it, and her mother abandoned her after giving birth to her in favor of shutting herself up in a luxury palace built by her husband the king for her. While Charlotte's mother did attend her wedding to Prince Damian, she promptly disappeared again as soon as it was over and has never bothered to contact her daughter again ever since.
253	* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler:She fell in love with Prince Damian years before the marriage was planned by their countries]]. Episode 9 shows them to be HappilyMarried.
254	* PoliticallyActivePrincess: She has been studying politics by herself and acting on her nation's behalf from a young age. Part of the reason for her marriage is to foster post-war peace and unity between neighboring Northern and Southern nations. In her booklet ''Charlotte Abelfreya Fluegel and the Forest Kingdom'' she proposes to her husband Damian to construct an orphanage on the border between their two countries. The short story ''The Queen and the Auto-Memories Doll'' takes place some years later and shows the orphanage did indeed get built.
255	[[/folder]]
256
257	[[folder:Edward Jones]]
258	!!Edward Jones
259
260	A criminal jailed in a high-security cell in Altair Prison, and the client of Chapter 5.
261	----
262	* ThirteenIsUnlucky: The amount of time Violet is allocated to work with him is exactly 13 minutes.
263	* AdaptedOut: His chapter was not part of the anime.
264	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: He's rather fond of this with Violet, asking her all kinds of questions about how she felt killing people during the war. It's not very effective at eliciting any kind of significant reactions from her, though, as she is still unfamiliar with emotions, and when he asks her if she thinks she's wicked, she flatly answers [[BluntYes "Most likely."]]
265	* DarkMessiah: Part of his extensive crime list involves founding a cult after the end of the war, persuading 400 of his followers into committing mass suicide by poison, and then [[AtopAMountainOfCorpses building a tower out of their severed limbs.]]
266	* FauxAffablyEvil: Nobody suspected that [[spoiler: the nice guy who willingly gives up his seat on a passsenger carriage for the young Auto-Memories Doll desperately trying to help save her friend was a war criminal fugitive on the run.]]
267	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Despite being an incredibly violent and vile criminal who is chained to a chair and kept under constant surveillance, in a prison that is incredibly isolated and in a freezing environment, Chapter 13 shows that he has somehow escaped Altair Prison and is traveling incognito across Telsis. The last we see of him is him walking off into the countryside after he gives up his seat on a passenger carriage to Cattleya.]]
268	* KillTheGod: His letter is addressed to God, whom he desperately wishes to kill.
269	* RapePillageAndBurn: He's been convicted of all manner of war crimes, up to and including rape and murder.
270	* RiddleForTheAges: What exactly he wished to write to God is unknown, as he only whispered the words in Violet's ear, and she refuses to violate client-employee confidentiality when the prison guide assigned to her asks what's in the letter.
271	* SnowMeansDeath: Altair Prison is located in the extreme north of the continent in a perpetually snowy region, and is so isolated that it would take half a day of driving just to reach any other town.
272	* WhiteVoidRoom: The cell he is kept in. Even the furniture and wallpaper are completely white.
273	[[/folder]]
274
275	[[folder:Irma Felice]]
276	!!Irma Felice
277	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (Japanese), Miho Karasawa (singing voice), Creator/CristinaVee (English)
278
279	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/irma_fliech.png]]
280
281	A famous opera singer who hires Violet to write a love letter, which is actually meant to serve as the lyrics to the climax of her latest opera.
282	----
283	* CanonForeigner: Only appears in the OVA (titled "Violet Evergarden Special" on Netflix) and the beginning of the 2020 movie (in a voiceless cameo).
284	* HerHeartWillGoOn: She's still waiting for her lover Hugo to return from the war, but so much time has passed that even Hugo's father Aldo has given up hope. She hopes that her newest work can help people like her find closure for their lost loved ones.
285	* TearsOfJoy: She starts crying when Violet presents her final draft of the job's letter to her, finding it's exactly what she wanted to see.
286	* WriteWhatYouKnow: The heroine of her latest opera is based off of herself, a grieving woman who needs to come to terms with the loss of the man she loved.
287	[[/folder]]
288
289	[[folder:Isabella York]]
290	!!Isabella York
291	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinakoKotobuki (Japanese), Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey (English)
292
293	[[quoteright:215:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amy_gaiden_design.jpg]]
294
295	A young woman originally named Amy Bartlett, who was discovered the illegitimate daughter of a nobleman related to Drossel's royal family. Violet is hired to aid her progress at finishing school.
296	----
297	* AmbiguouslyBi: She falls into this, enamoured by Violet's feminine and knightly qualities, and gets ''really'' close to her, but this may be due to SituationalSexuality because of the lack of men around her and her fellows, who also admire Violet (though in perhaps a more platonic manner than Isabella). She also appears to not mind the fact that she is inevitably going to be married off to a man. [[spoiler: Booklets 4 and 5 make it clear that while she is treated well as a duchess, she does not love her husband.]]
298	* ArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler: Three years after her schooldays, Isabella marries a Duke Neville. While she appears comfortable in the marriage, it is as much of a GildedCage as the finishing school.]]
299	* {{Deuteragonist}}: The first half of the first movie is centered on her background and development alongside Violet's journey.
300	* OldManMarryingAChild: It was implied, and then outright confirmed in Booklet 5, that Duke Neville is significantly older than her.
301	* PennyAmongDiamonds: Compared to all the {{Proper Lad\|y}}ies at her school, Isabella is blunt, sullen, slouches when she walks and stumbles with the LessonsInSophistication. With Violet's emotional support, however, she improves.
302	* PromotionToParent: After discovering Taylor on the streets, Amy decided to raise her as a sister.
303	* RagsToRiches: Amy lived in poverty until her DisappearedDad showed up out of the blue and whisked her off to the world of nobility.
304	[[/folder]]
305
306	[[folder:Yuris]]
307	!!Yuris
308	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoriMizuhashi (Japanese), Creator/AnneYatco (English)
309	A young boy who has since become deathly ill and is under the care of his friend, Lucas. He contacts Violet to be his typewriter, hoping that she can write a message to his family from Yuris's perspective before he passes away. He is the last client Violet has before she is reunited with Gilbert years after being separated from him.
310	----
311	[[/folder]]
312
313	!!Others
314
315	[[folder:Tiffany Evergarden]]
316	!!Tiffany Evergarden
317	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToshikoSawada (Japanese) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Doris Várgas (Latin-American Spanish), Daniela Debolini (Italian), Marion Hartmann (German), Carla Dias (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
318
319	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evergarden_tiffany.png]]
320
321	The matriarch of the Evergarden family who looks to adopt Violet.
322	----
323	* DemotedToExtra: She and her husband play a very significant role in Violet's life in the light novel, as Violet ends up living with them for well over a year after being discharged from the hospital but before Hodgins hires her at CH Postal. It is the Evergardens who teach her to become truly literate and train her in etiquette on how to behave as a respectable, elegant woman. However, in the anime, Violet goes to work for CH Postal mere days after leaving the hospital, and the Evergardens are relegated to background characters.
324	* ReplacementGoldfish: What Violet is to the Evergarden family for her son who was killed in the war. Obviously ended up subverted, as both parties came to realize they cannot repair the emotional void of losing the son/Gilbert.
325	* SayingTooMuch: In the animated adaptation, she accidentally implies to Violet that [[spoiler: Gilbert has died]].
326	-->'''Tiffany''': "I'm so thankful to see how far you have come. [[spoiler: I am sure Gilbert can rest in peace too]]."
327	[[/folder]]
328
329	[[folder:Luculia Marlborough]]
330	!!Luculia Marlborough
331	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AzusaTadokoro (Japanese), Creator/KiraBuckland (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Lourdes Arruti (Latin-American Spanish), Alessandra Bellini (Italian), Leslie-Vanessa Lill (German), Bruna Nogueira (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
332
333
334	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evergarden_luculia.png]]
335
336	A friend and classmate of Violet's from their shared Auto Memory Doll training course.
337	----
338	* AllLovingHeroine: She is very selfless and kind to everyone she meets.
339	* CanonForeigner: An anime-original character.
340	* CareerVersusMan: Subverted. In ''Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll'', Iris and Erica wonder if the man Violet saw her with is her fiancee & question if she's quitting being a Doll after she gets married. Erica, however, comments that Luculia said she was planning to keep working as a Doll after she gets married.
341	* TheCaretaker: To her brother Spencer, now a crippled alcoholic after the war.
342	* NiceGirl: Exceedingly kind and friendly. She makes an effort to befriend Violet and show her around Lieden, confides in her about her family situation, and helps her graduate the training course. She's also her brother's gentle and considerate caretaker.
343	* ParentalAbandonment: She and her brother lost their parents in the war. The reason Spencer acts the way he does is that he feels guilty for not being able to protect them.
344	* SignificantGreeneyedRedhead: As a friend of Violet's and the deuteragonist of episode 3, she's got green eyes and red hair.
345	[[/folder]]
346
347	[[folder:Leon Stephanotis]]
348	!!Leon Stephanotis
349	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuutoUemura (Japanese) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Creator/ArturoCastaneda (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/ManuelMeli (Italian), Tim Schwarzmaier (German), Demétrios Augustus (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
350
351	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evergarden_leon_6.png]]
352
353	A brash, bitter young archivist at the Shahar Astronomical Observatory's Research Institute.
354	----
355	* AdaptationDyeJob: His sea-green hair is changed to black in the anime.
356	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Booklet 2 which was issued as part of the Japanese theatrical release of ''Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll'' movie tells the story of how he met Violet again during his travels years after the CH Postal job at the observatory. This time, he does manage to tell Violet he loves her, and [[spoiler: they both know nothing will come of it because she has already been reunited with Gilbert and is in a relationship with him. In fact, Leon already immediately knew upon seeing her again that her more expressive facial expressions and lighter demeanor meant she had been reunited with the man she loved.]] It's even specified it's unlikely he'll ever get over these feelings.
357	* AmbiguouslyBrown: The novel described him of having beautiful brown skin due to having mixed heritage. His complexion in the anime is fairly darker than everyone else's.
358	* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Noted to be the youngest scholar in the manuscripts department at sixteen years old.
359	* BoldExplorer: [[spoiler: The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue in episode nine of the anime shows Leon makes good on the dream Violet inspired in him and he travels the world, and he eventually does meet her again years later on one of his expeditions.]]
360	* BondingOverMissingParents: Bonds with Violet due to both of them having missing guardians, his missing mother for Leon and Gilbert for Violet.
361	* CrushBlush: Blushes rather frequently whenever he is in the presence of Violet as noted by his male co-workers.
362	* DeadpanSnarker: Being abandoned by his mother turned him into this.
363	* DefrostingIceKing: Interestingly enough this applies to both him and Violet as by the end of the chapter both of them warm up to each other significantly than when they first met.
364	* DudeLooksLikeALady: Until it's not revealed who he is, you could easily mistake him for a girl, due to his androgynous look.
365	* GoodIsNotNice: He's a genuinely good man, but he's rather cynical and grumpy because of his past.
366	* HeManWomanHater: Became this over time due to his resentment towards his mother's abandonment of him.
367	* HopelessSuitor: Develops feelings for Violet that remain unreciprocated.
368	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Is rude and grumpy most of the time towards other people but is actually quite kind and caring as discovered by Violet.
369	* JerkassWoobie: {{Downplayed}}. He's often pretty rude because of his sad backstory, but he's ultimately a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold kind guy deep down, as revealed in his dialogue with Violet]].
370	* LoveConfession: He gives one to Violet in the novel, though is given a succinct but kind rejection from her.
371	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He wears his hair long and has androgynous qualities.
372	* LoveAtFirstSight: Became enamoured with Violet the moment he laid eyes on her, though it took him a while to come to terms with it.
373	* ParentalAbandonment: Was left with his mother by his father who went off on an expedition and never returned and was then abandoned by his mother who went off in search for the former, leaving young Leon completely alone.
374	* PursuingParentalPerils: [[spoiler: Decides to go on an expedition for ancient literary artefacts like his missing father at the end of the chapter, despite knowing its dangers]].
375	* {{Tsundere}}: Is bad with words and has a harsh disposition. However, he eventually shows Violet his caring side as their partnership develops. In the anime, he is a much milder example.
376	[[/folder]]
377
378	[[folder:Lady Lux Sibyl]]
379	!!Lady Lux Sibyl
380
381	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ve_ls.png]]
382
383	A 14-year old girl and the "demigod" of the Utopia cult, who coincidentally meets Violet when the latter is forced to take shelter from the rain. She later begins working for CH Postal as Hodgins's secretary.
384	----
385	* AdaptedOut: Does not appear in the anime.
386	* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler: Violet saves her from the Utopians right as they are leading her to her execution. In the Gaiden volume's final chapter, she is also taken hostage by Salvatore Postal Company to keep Hodgins in line.]]
387	* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: The Utopians ultimately intend to kill her, as they believe demigods should not interact with the human world.]]
388	* LittleMissSnarker: She's more than capable of matching every one of Hodgins's jabs with comebacks of her own.
389	* MarkOfTheSupernatural: Her most prominent feature is her heterochromia, which the Utopians take as proof of her demigod status.
390	* MysticalWhiteHair: Has long silvery hair, which the Utopians also regard as proof of divine heritage.
391	* SemiDivine: Her unusual physical features make her the center of the Utopians' interest. [[spoiler: She's not divine in the slightest, and it's all but said the Utopians' delusions have led them to murder a lot of innocent people over the years.]]
392	* SweetTooth: She loves cake and apple pie, and the start of Chapter 4 of the Gaiden volume is her eating a three-level cake stand with Cattleya at Café Magnolia. Then she eats a scone for dessert, which she decides is better than the cake.
393	* WiseBeyondTheirYears: In Chapter 4 of the Gaiden volume, Cattleya is a little surprised when Lux is the one to comfort her regarding Benedict's sudden leave of absence from the company. She also has surprisingly mature insight into the relationships of the adults around her, as she knows full well the signs of when Hodgins is going to be out having yet another one-night stand with some woman, and is also aware of [[spoiler: Violet & Gilbert's relationship, and the fact that Cattleya and Benedict CannotSpitItOut around each other.]]
394	[[/folder]]
395
396	[[folder:Taylor Bartlett]]
397	!!Taylor Bartlett
398	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AoiYuuki (Japanese), Creator/SandyFox (English)
399
400	[[quoteright:215:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/taylor_bartlett.jpg]]
401
402	A young girl who runs away from her orphanage to become a postman.
403	----
404	* CheerfulChild: She's a bouncing ball full of enthusiasm.
405	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Becoming [[spoiler:Violet's foster sister]] in the first movie doesn't prevent her from completely dropping off the map in the second.
406	* GenkiGirl: Always happy, upbeat and energetic.
407	* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: The only possession Taylor has to her name is a cheap and ratty teddy bear, but she loves it [[spoiler: because Amy made it for her]].
408	* HappilyAdopted: At the end of TheMovie, Taylor is adopted by [[spoiler: Tiffany Evergarden, becoming Violet's foster sister]].
409	* MessyHair: Very much so and it's clear she doesn't take the greatest care of it. When she asks Violet to style her hair, the hairbrush is audibly struggling against the tangles.
410	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Unlike other characters drawn with a ToothStrip, Taylor's teeth are sectioned.
411	* SweetPollyOliver: Apparently resembled a boy when attempting to travel to Leiden, although it's unclear if she was deliberately disguising herself as a boy or was just covering up while running away. It appeared to convince Erica and Iris though, the two expressing surprise when they see how much hair is hidden under her hat.
412	[[/folder]]
413
414	[[folder:Lucas]]
415	!!Lucas
416	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RinaSato (Japanese), Creator/CassandraLeeMorris (English)
417	Yuris's best friend, who is forced to take care of him as Yuris's family is unavailable during his last days.
418	----
419	[[/folder]]
420
421	[[folder:Daisy Magnolia]]
422	!!Daisy Magnolia
423	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SumireMorohoshi (Japanese), Creator/BrittanyCox (English)
424	The granddaughter of Ann, Daisy becomes intrigued by Violet's letters, which she finds after attending Ann's funeral and sets off to find her. She is the main viewpoint character in the time skip that takes around fifty years ahead of Violet's story.
425	----
426	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / VioletEvergarden