In General
Player
Gabrielle
Fersen
Lafayette
Louis XVI
d'Eon
Magic Lamp
Gina
- Aerith and Bob: Everyone has names inspired by Arabian Nights tales... except for Gina. Justified with Light, who has amnesia and is named by Gina.
- Slave Liberation: One of Gina's main motivations is to liberate every other person who was made a slave.
Scheherazade
Light aka Prince Arslan
- Benevolent Genie: Light is kind of a jerk, but he does actually try to use his powers to help Gina out. Though as they're currently greatly reduced, he misfires a lot. He also promises that if she helps him in recovering his abilities, he'll grant her a wish of anything she wants.
- Genie in a Bottle: Light, who lives in a magic oil lamp and needs Gina's help to recover his full power.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Light performs one at the climax of the story to stop Chapur. Whether it sticks or not depends on the player's choices.
- Shrine to the Fallen: If Light isn't revived at the end of the story, a shrine is made dedicated to his real identity as Prince Arslan.
Chapur
Sinbad
Kahir
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: Kahir takes great interest in the needs of his kingdom and people, to the point where he poses as a scribe to go out into the kingdom anonymously, mentor with Sinbad, and keep an eye on problems on the ground.
Gotham Memoirs
Swan Lake
Helen of Sparta
Romy and Julius
- Age Lift: Friar Laurence is much younger in this version.
- Big Bad: The demon.
- Gender Flip: Romy and Julius instead of Romeo and Juliet.
- Poor Communication Kills: The fate of the original Romeo and Juliet. He had believed Juliet had agreed to an arranged marriage, but her family had forged the note instead.
Shadows of London
- Dhampyr: Caroline is the child of a vampire and a living human.
- Elegant Gothic Lolita: Priscilla's style owes more to the gothic lolita subculture than it does to strictly period-accurate Victorian fashion, particularly her dark makeup, bat-shaped purse, and different-colored shoes and stockings.
- Romantic Vampire Boy: Oliver, aka Vincent Savile, is a vampire and a prospective love interest for Caroline.
- Vampire Hunter: Edward Grey comes from a line of vampire hunters.
Little Women
- Adapted Out: The only characters from the novel that appear other than Jo are Professor Bhaer, Amy and Laurie. Every other character is excluded.
- Age Lift: Professor Bhaer looks only a few years older than Jo at most, when in the novel he was explicitly described as an older gentleman.
- Beta Couple: Just like in the novel, Amy and Laurie become engaged halfway through the plot.
- Canon Foreigner: Franklin Lee is a stage director who suggests to Jo to become his playwriter, but he never existed in the novel.
- Love Triangle: The main plot in this story is the relationship between Jo, Professor Bhaer and Franklin Lee.
Phantom of the Opera
- I Will Wait for You: If Christine chooses to wait for the Phantom to be forgiven for his sins.
Taisho Adventures
Semi SuwaSuzuki
- Lovable Rogue: Suzuki is a con artist that exclusively targets the rich due to the harsh discrimination he's experienced. He has a soft spot for the needy and distributes the wealth he acquires to the poor.
- Meaningful Name: Kuroko is named after the stagehands in Japanese theatre
, referring to her role as an often overlooked helper to Yuko in their heists. - Meido: Kuroko plays to this character trope in her costume design, though she's more realistic of a depiction than the anime-inspired types.
- Really Royalty Reveal: Yuko finds out she's the lost heir to the Miyagawa family.
Saga of Viera
Zoya
- Con Man: Zoya starts out as fake divinator.
- Our Elves Are Different
- Your Days Are Numbered: Zoya has a curse that will end her life when she reaches a certain age, and so she snuck off to Viera in a race to break it.
Tang Dynasty Hunter
- Arranged Marriage: Pei learns that her master, while drunk, made her the fiance of a Mer Prince.
Si-Woo's Sight
- I See Dead People: Si-Woo is an ordinary girl who discovers her eyes have the ability to see ghosts.
- Korean Pop Music: Si-Woo's dream is to become a K-pop singer.
- Set Right What Once Went Wrong: The ultimate truth behind Hyun-Woo. As it turns out, the events of the book happened before. However, Si-Woo was unable to stop Chang-Hui's harassment of her and committed suicide after he tarnished her reputation. In his grief, Hyun-Woo sent her spirit back to before her audition, hoping he could stop her from becoming an idol in the first place.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: Chang-Hui is this, as uses his position as a top executive in the company to have his way with trainees.
- Unfinished Business: All ghosts that Si-Woo met have these:
- The cat faced granny is simply to reunite with her cat's spirit.
- Kang Yeon-Seo originally thought hers was to get revenge on her ex, but in actuality it was a chance to debut on stage.
- The white haired ghost is to make peace with his wife.
Princess Sissi
- Artistic License – History: Count Ryszard didn't exist in real life, but his character may be inspired by Gyula Andrassy, who was famously rumored to be Empress Sissi's longtime lover and father to at least one of her children.
- Ida may be inspired by Ida Ferenczy, a Hungarian noblewoman who became Sissi's lady-in-waiting, although in the game she's a commoner.
- Ida may be inspired by Ida Ferenczy
- Historical Domain Character: Helene is one of the companions in the story.
- Tomboy: Sissi is constantly referred as one due to her horse-riding and lack of attention for parties. She considers her sister Nené; is much girlier than her. Ida could also qualify as one.
White Snake
- Fantastic Racism: Humans are highly racist against demons with few exceptions.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: The young lady and the Deer Demon.
Dancing on Ice
- Big Bad: Marowit, head of the Rachmani Club and the one who orchestrated Alina's frame up and Honda's injury.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Valeria seems like a supporting friend at first, but it later turns out she was the one who framed Alina for doping.
- Career-Ending Injury: Honda used to be a champion skater, until he was beaten by thugs and got a leg injury.
- Good All Along: Alina's mother.
- Red Herring: Initially, Alina believes a rival skater was the one who set her up. It later turns out to be Valeria.
Have You Seen Claudia?
- Evil All Along: Joshua is revealed to be Claudia's kidnapper.
- Historical Domain Character: H.H. Holmes, the famous serial killer, is encountered during the story.
Whispers of The Rain
- Outliving One's Offspring: Ayano lost her daughter Aoi a long time ago, something she still mourns to this day.
Cleopatra
- Historical Domain Character: Being based on Cleopatra's myth, a majority of the cast are related to Egyptian history.
The Sacred Beast
- A Boy and His X: A girl and her manticore friend named Corey.
- Big Bad: Reza, manipulating the king and Javid so he can use the manticore to destroy the kingdom to avenge his teacher, the Mad King.
- Bittersweet Ending: All three main endings are this.
- Yazdan: Corey sacrifices himself to stop the volcano eruption, much to Asha's sorrow. Yazdan ascends to the throne shortly after, and implies that maybe Corey is still alive, which is made more possible when Asha hears some familiar wing flaps above the palace.
- Reza: Asha manages to convince Reza to stand down, and manages to lead the villagers to the old palace to be safe from the volcano. Months later, Corey is helping with rebuilding while the royal family is still missing. Also, Asha is hiding Reza in secret, who is revealed to have survived thanks to Asha but is now in a coma.
- Yasmin: The kingdom is saved, but Corey sacrifices himself in order to heal Asha. Months later, Reza is revealed to be missing, raising the possibility he might still be out there plotting revenge. Meanwhile, Asha and Yasmin stumble upon a baby manticore in Corey's old cave, which Asha greets warmly.
- Broken Pedestal: Yasmin doesn't take well to the reveal that the King was behind the disappearance of villagers.
- Evil All Along: King Darius turns out be the one behind the villager disappearances hoping to find the Philosopher's Stone needed to create the Elixir of Immortality.
- Living Lie Detector: Yasmin's powers work like this.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Yazdan turns out to be the assassin, but only because his visions foretold him that Corey would eventually destroy the empire.
Ancient Dreams
Ghost Manor
Kingdom of Beasts
House of Horrors
Anson
- Big Bad: Anson aka Adonias.
- The Corruptor: The Book of Curses and the Invisible Man, aka the Cursed Spirit.
- How We Got Here: The second half of Chapter 2 is dedicated to to how Rae ended up in the mansion in the first place.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Unlike most books, the player wakes up with no prior memories.
Spring Sonata
Si-eun
- Freudian Excuse: Si-eun's father left her at a young age, so she always tried to be perfect to not be another disappointment like he was to her mother.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: Si-eun is always trying to improve her music so her workaholic mother will enjoy it.
- Technician vs. Performer: Si-eun starts out as the technician, while Yoong-ah as the performer.
Trendy Times
Marguerite
- Be Careful What You Wish For: Marguerite's dream of making pants for women a regular thing is able to flourish during the second half of the book, but she secretly wishes that the stock market crash shouldn't be the cause for it.
- Broken Pedestal: Alain is heartbroken to learn his father was the one stringing Isadora along, even when he was still married to his mother.
- Drowning My Sorrows: Both Mr. Pan and Marguerite's former boss are found drinking after the stock market crash.
- Identical Stranger: Marguerite and Marissa.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: No matter what love interest Maguerite chooses, the other will be happy to let her be with who she chooses.
- Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor: Marguerite's two love interests are a struggling artist named Alain and a successful stock investor named Gary. Ironically, their roles are reversed late in the story, as Alain is able to sell his paintings while Gary loses everything in the stock market crash.
Gourmet's Journey
Empress Dowager
- Big Bad: Empress Dowager, who is currently plotting to take over the Dynasty.
- Supreme Chef: Lai Waizhou and her father Liesheng are both this.
Miss Kitty’s Antiques
Yuga
- Big Bad: Yuga is the mastermind of the murders, hoping to retrieve the Origin Pearl inside Mangetsu.
- Childhood Friend Romance: It's revealed before Mangetsu became part yokai, she, or rather Princess Kiki, was very close to Tenho when they were young. He had feelings for her ever since.
- Clear My Name: Chapter 1 is focused on Mangetsu trying to clear her name after she's accused of murdering the blacksmith.
- Human All Along: The twist of the story. Mangetsu is actually Princess Kiki, a human and reincarnation of Yuta's lover from a hundred years ago. However, Yuta's enemies discovered her and hypnotized her into unleashing Orochi, gravely injuring her in the process. As she was dying, Yuta gave her his Origin Pearl, making her part yokai but with no magic abilities.
- It Was with You All Along: Yuta's Origin Pearl was inside Mangetsu the entire time. * Laser-Guided Amnesia: Mangetsu doesn't remember anything from ten years ago.
- Fantastic Racism: is highly racist against yokai,
- Freudian Excuse: but only because he lost his childhood friend to the great yokai Orochi.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: Yuta had a lover a century ago, but was killed by other yokai since she was a human. He then waited for her to reincarnated so they'll reunite.
Hela's Compass
TammyNeil
Golden Age
AnasiLeopaldCandideFelix
- Historical Domain Character: Two companions are Marie de Merrci and Madame Geoffrin.
The Perfect Storm
Charles Vane
- Archnemesis Dad: Marine Hawke for Vane.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Cordelia's relationship with Vane certainly swings this way.
- Big Bad: The Navy, but in particular Thomas, Cordelia's ex-fiance.
- Cool Old Lady: Cordelia's grandmother, Miranda, was a pirate was told stories of her adventures when Cordelia was young. She has since disappeared, but the tale of the Abyssal Lantern she told is what drove Cordelia to become a pirate. It's later revealed that was secretly ill, which was part of why she's gone.
- Due to the Dead: Cordelia later stumbles upon her grandma's old ship, and in honor of her, she restores it to their former glory before sending it off to the mists.
- The Dreaded: Captain Vane, the most successful pirate on the Caribbean and rival for Cordelia.
- For Science!: Keats, the Heatbreaker's navigator, loves to study the world in the hopes that he'll join the Royal Society of London one day.
- Historical Domain Character: Legendary pirates Charles Vane and Mary Read serve as companions in this book, the former as a potential love interest and the latter as Cordelia's First Mate aboard the Heartbreaker. Edward "Blackbeard" Teach and Read's partner in crime Ann Bonny can also make cameo appearances depending on the player's choices.
- It's the Journey That Counts: The true secret of the Abyssal Lantern.
- MacGuffin: Cordelia is in search of the Abyssal Lantern, a treasure that is said to grant great power.
- Meaningful Name:
- Cordelia claims that her name means "daughter of the sea." The actual etymology of the name is unclear, but "jewel of the sea" is one possible meaning. More straightforwardly, her family name "Delamare" is French for "of the sea," which is no surprise when you learn that Miranda chose it for herself.
- Lady Shadow comments that the name "Miranda" means "marvelous/worthy of admiration," and that the name perfectly suited Miranda Delamare, a woman of considerable charisma and ability.
- Offing the Offspring: Captain Vane eventually tells Cordelia that his own father, then-Captain Hawke, tried to kill him by pushing him overboard during a nighttime storm rather than acknowledge the illegitimate boy as his child.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The crew Cordelia gathers can be described as people other crews has rejected.
- Runaway Bride: Cordelia runs away from home the night before her marriage.
- Sadistic Choice: When Cordelia is eventually captured by Thomas, he gives her a choice: either marry him so they'll find the Lantern together, or be hanged.
- Secretly Dying: The reason Miranda vanished was because she was ill and unable to find a cure.
- Secret Test of Character: Governor Hamilton is eventually revealed to be Miranda's lover, and his tests for Cordelia were for looking for a worthy inheritor to the Abyssal Lantern.
- True Companions: The Heartbreaker pirates eventually become this.
Code: Whalefall
- Amnesiac Hero: Maya has no memory of who she was.
- Big Bad: Mr. Thirteen
Moving Mountains
Wen Rou
Wen Rou's nanny
Gu Yin
Wang Yao
Luo Jiuhua
Lord Huang
Sisters of the Sea
Princess Slyph
Lucas
Princess Linore
Morray aka the Sea Wizard
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