Characters / Supercell

This is a character sheet for the Webcomic Supercell, not the Japanese band.

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In General

Tropes concerning the main cast.

• Cast of Snowflakes: the main cast, side characters, and the background characters all have varying degree of styles, looks, to the point where you could easily identify a number of different characters across a wide spectrum.

The Academy

• Khleilfai Nazuret
  ''"Born and raised at the prestigious Nasriaten Achademy, Kheil is a exitable go-getter who doesn't quite realize the grim reality of her Child Soldier destiny. She has devoted her entire life to mastering the art of war, and is widely recognized as a badass of the martial arts arena — but although she embraced her fate with gusto, she remains stuck in that childlike mindset that EVERYONE needs to know how awesome she is

  Especially her Dad

  But Dad, Headmaster Nazuret Kraon, is the one person she can't seem to impress. he seems convinced that there's something very wrong, not with her skills or technique, but with that fundamental part of her identity that drives her to be the very best little soldier in the school

  And she can't rest until she finds out why".
  —''From the cast page on the official website here.
• The Ace: Played straight and deconstructed. When it's within the realm of military operation and combat, she excels in leaps and bounds; however, over the course of the comic that she is becoming aware of her own flaws in the realm of social engagement, especially when being trained as a child soldier. to the point where, at the suggestion to learn from social engagements, she immediately re-frames it as recon, shown here
• Determinator: She won't quit, even when she knows things won't go well. She has to be talked down to by her friends repeatedly, especially when she tends to get in over her head.
• Happily Adopted: Played with. The headmaster is her adopted dad, and while he may not be the best at it, it's clear the two care for each other - more detail can be found in "Well done, Son" Guy - but due to conflicting desires with Kheli desiring to become a soldier vs her father's desire to keep her safe, as well as Kheli being part of the Super Cell project, which is at least implied as to why her father holds her to such high standards and emotional distance and her father being the director of the school, the two's relationship has deteriorated to the point where it is hard for them to hold a casual conversation.
• No Social Skills: Not as bad as AL, as she is shown to be capable of apologizing and is capable of owning up to her mistakes, but tends to put things into a militarized operation mindset, and has a harder time of knowing how to relate to people on a casual, non-military based socialization
• Welldone Son Guy: The female version of this trope, and slightly deconstructed. She has repeatedly trained herself to the bone to get her dad's approval especially when the two used to be close when she was younger as demonstrated here, but it's clear that due to her dad's repeated denial and general cold attitude, she's so desperate she's willing to go to the point of harassing other students just so she can convince him that she can progress in the next combat course level and get his attention.

• "AL" Isbisei
  ''"Plucked from the slums of Kastina on a full scholarship, AI has become the Academy's biggest success story, and one of the military programs secret weapons.Her tactical genius and ruthless efficiency have earned her a reputation for excellence. And in training missions,she routinely secures miraculous victories against impossible odds.At any cost

  But while the staff call her a prodigy, her peers call her cold blooded; her laser-focused advancement of her own career has lead to ostracisation, distrust and dissent among those who should be looking to her for leadership. Her only friends are Kheil and Oz, and the thought of losing their respect keeps her awake at night.

  When her inability to win hearts starts to impact her performance — and her future in the program — she vows to isolate the problem and neutralize it. But this challenge, the most important she’s ever faced, might be the only one she’s unequipped to solve… because the fault lies in the core of who she is.

  You can't hit a target you can't see"
  —''From the cast page on the official website here.
• The Ace: Played straight and deconstructed. She is a clearly brilliant student and strategist, but her lack of social skills/inter-personality makes it hard for her to get out of a competitive and strategic mindset. See NoSocialSkills below for more details.
• No Social Skills: A much more extreme example than Khlei, to wit, very early in the comic: in a final course assignment she had with her squad, split into two teams. Early in the sim, she had cost her half of team a strong asset in a sim game, which was unfortunate, but she was actually impressed by the tactics, and was in the middle of complimenting the move...until the "enemy" bragged about it. She did not take it well, as she hates gloating. She personally had the "enemy" simulated armies starving, cutting off the supply routes, and isolating the simulated, for hours. It's telling that the teammate who was originally bragging here had his hands in face here. It got to the point where her allies in the exercise turned against her, because she refused to let the teammate surrender in the exercise. To her, that was unacceptable. She had to regain control. She won in the end, 5-vs-1, but all of her squad walked out without saying a word to her in response. Her defense? She wasn't sure what else she could have done. What's even worse? Due to the nature of her imagine spot, we can't even be sure she was actually going to compliment him or if she was merely thinking that in her head.

• Oz
  ''"Originally, the adopted son of two notorious assassins, Oz’s world shattered the night a black-ops raid on his family left him orphaned and traumatized. Zhrenokog took him under his wing and, despite the fact that school was already in session, got special permission for Oz to enroll at the Academy, where he would be safe and looked after.

  In the years of since that twist of fate, Oz’s talent for charming other’s - being the most huggable, hammy, laid-back dude around - has made him popular and earned him new friends ( although his “slacker” tendencies have made him less well-liked by the staff ). He, Kheil and AI are peas in a pod; he considers them honorary sisters

  Fun fact: the term oz is actually a term for ”I” in Tepnem-Rho and not his actual name. He ended up accidentally adopting it thanks to a timely moment of comic relief that Z provided the night he rescued him from the ruins of his parent’s house."
  —''From the cast page on the official website here.
• Black Sheep: Compared to both Khlei and Al, he's the odd one out in that he's a social butterfly, and capable of making friends outside of them, but also notably, as stated by the Headmaster himself, he lacks any ambition to improve himself and utilize the resources available to him.
• Trauma Conga Line: He discovers the woman who murdered his moms' has come to work as a P.E. teacher when he goes to class, which results in his first instinct to immediately go find a gun. All attempts to get her to leave or be fired fail to her being extremely verified by staff and the headmaster, with the man himself telling Oz to use the resources available or to drop the matter entirely. That, among other things, all eventually results in a - completely justified - mental breakdown of the highest proportions. And it all takes place over the course of about a two days to a week, max.
• Kraon Nazuret

• Reasonable Authority Figure: Downplayed. While a respected headmaster of the school, and one that is very good at his job, he is deeply paranoid and a workaholic. The prime point against this, however, has to do with him bringing Oz's adoptive mothers' killer to the school. It's one thing to have vetted someone who killed many people in the past. It's quite another to not even have given the kid a head's up!
• Parentsas People: With him as director of a secret military school, it's almost expecting. While never physically abusive with Kheli, he does hold her to high standards. It's so bad that when Tazho Zhaze notices he's been reading about child psychology, he says - after asking for permission - that it was about time.
• What the Hell, Hero?: One of his friends and subordinates calls him out on his distance with Kheli, making a point when mentioning Kheli going to her in tears from disappointment when getting anything less then a perfect grade. It does serve as a wake-up call, and he is taking baby-steps to research child psychology in an attempt to better connect and correct his relationship with Kheli.

• Zhrenokog Ragetamet
  ''"The carnivorous gamemaster, head of security and firearms trainer ace of the academy. Z is not quite quiet enough to be “the silent type”, but he does tend to keep to his own. He has a slightly morbid sense of humor, like the sound of a boot hitting your face.

  He has an affinity for analog practices, shying away from all that complicated high tech sorcery, except for the things he considers genuinely makes life easier

  Although he's as loyal as they come and holds those close to him dearly, he's known to stay clear out of the romantic scene due to a monumental lack of interest."
  —From the cast page on the official website here.

• Happily Adopted: Guardian of Oz After his first adopted mothers were killed, Zhrenokog Ragetamet risked everything - his job and likely his life - to bring Oz to the school and to safety Notably, he is even the one who renamed him Oz, albeit on accident.

• Dr.Tanni-Hal Saran

• Bird People: Heavily resembles a crane.

• Tazho Zhaze

• Beneaththe Mask: While a Cloudcuckoolander at least to some extent, when the headmaster asks him if he's willing to kill a government employee - after a brief inner montage about quotes from two other characters - he says "Yes"
• Bird People: He resembles a blue parrot.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Usually acts like a happy go lucky odd guy with his head in the clouds. It's actually all a Beneaththe Mask.

• Loksan Bilisht

Deset's and Fiidas fraction

• Fiida Shfisgara
  "Little is known abount the monstrous figure who prowls the grounds in the darkness, kidnapping unsuspecting students. She carries a toolbelt equipped with the kind of high-tech gadgetry that suggests a well-funded operation."
  —''From the cast page on the official website here
• Deset Tzaosin
  "Who is he? He's so impressive!"
  —''From the cast page on the official website here