Heart no Kuni no Alice/Characters

Alice Liddell


"Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya"

The heroine of the series. Kidnapped by a mysterious Bishonen man and forced to go Down the Rabbit Hole, she realizes that she's Trapped in Another World - namely, The Country of Hearts, due to a trick. After meeting the (mostly male) Roleholders of the country who take a liking to her, she decides maybe it's not so bad after all.


 * Blithe Spirit
 * Cuteness Proximity: She has a thing for cute objects.
 * Hair Decorations: Sports a ribbon in her hair.
 * Forceful Kiss: Peter forces her to take a potion that way that makes her stuck in in Wonderland.
 * Funny Foreigner: Everyone sees her as this.
 * Genre Savvy: Very much so.
 * The Heroine
 * Innocent Cohabitation: She lives with Julius in the manga.
 * Love Hurts: After her boyfriend left her for Rorina, she swore never to fall in love again.
 * Meido: Her day-to-day outfit resembles one.
 * Morality Pet: For a lot of people.
 * Naive Everygirl
 * Pimped-Out Dress: During the ball scene.
 * Trapped in Another World: Alice gets kidnapped and thrown into Wonderland.
 * Tsundere: Alice in the manga is a definite Type B for.
 * Unwanted Harem: One could argue that. She states herself in the manga that she never meant for anyone to fall in love with her.
 * Vague Age: The game is never really clear on Alice's exact age, and the official fanbooks listing her as "the player's age" is not helping either. According to Alice, though, Pierce, who is officially listed as somewhere around 16 or 17, is younger than her. So it can be assumed that she is somewhere in her late teens.

The Castle of Hearts
The Castle of Hearts is where the court of the Country of Hearts resides. The Castle is associated with spring and the suit of, well, hearts. Peter, Vivaldi, and Ace are the Roleholders of note in this area.

Peter White


"Voiced by: Kouki Miyata"

The Prime Minister of the country (or at least, that's what he's referred to as), Peter's the reason Alice is stuck in the Country of Hearts in the first place. He is serious about his job but happens to be desperately in love with Alice, and it seems the feeling is anything but mutual. Based on the White Rabbit, although they have little in common.


 * Animorphism: He can morph into his very Moe bunny form.
 * Bishonen
 * Cuteness Proximity: In the manga, once Peter discovers that Alice loves cute things, he turns into his rabbit form more often. With predictable results. Lampshaded by Alice herself, who notes that it's the same old annoying Peter, but he's just so gosh darn cute as a bunny...
 * Dogged Nice Guy: For Alice.
 * Forceful Kiss: Drops one on Alice to get her to stay in Wonderland.
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy:
 * Petting Zoo People: Bunny ears!
 * Stalker with a Crush: Big time.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Yandere: Kinda. He's generally nice and cheerful, but will not hesitate to shoot someone for looking at Alice.

Ace


"Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa"

A Knight serving the Palace of Hearts and one of the most competent sword users in the country, Ace is one of the nicest people you'll meet, considering his lighthearted, cheerful disposition. He's a friend of Julius's and helps him retrieve the clocks of people who die. An original character, although fandom suggests he's based on the Knave of Hearts.


 * Ax Crazy: But then again, so is everyone else.
 * Badass Longcoat / Badass Cape: The former's his military wear.
 * Bishonen: Just look at him!
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Ace is easily one of the nicest people in Wonderland when you first see him (manga-wise at least) what with his cheery disposition and willingness to help Alice (even if he does end up getting them lost).
 * Career Killers:
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He's one of the most competent fighters in the kingdom, but you probably can't tell that just by looking at him.
 * Curtains Match the Window: That said, with his brown hair and Brown Eyes, he's probably one of the most normal-looking people around.
 * Cute and Psycho: Just...yeah.
 * Dissonant Serenity: AND HOLY SHIT HOW!
 * Never Gets Drunk: He can hold his liquor very well.
 * No Sense of Direction: Played for Laughs, as where ever he's headed is always in the opposite direction of where he's going.
 * Only One Name
 * Personal Space Invader: Hell yeah.
 * Stepford Smiler: Naturally.

Queen Vivaldi


"Voiced by: Yuko Kaida"

The Queen of Hearts, she is cold and powerful, but weakens when confronted with cute things (and Alice), of course). Her power, however, doesn't extend to the Amusement Park or the Hatter's mansion.  She's based on the Queen of Hearts from the original story.


 * Aloof Big Sister:.
 * Armor-Piercing Slap:
 * Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other: . It's also implied she does love her husband deep down inside.
 * Cool Big Sis: To Alice, who states that she reminds her of Rolina.
 * Cuteness Proximity: No matter how heartless she looks, she will bend under the influence of cute things.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Eek! a Mouse!: Vivaldi absolutely hates mice and freaks out at the sight of one — humanoid or not.
 * The High Queen
 * Les Yay: Despite Vivaldi's route in the first game being a friendship route, some fans might interpret their relationship as something deeper.
 * Letting Her Hair Down: In the second and third games, she can be seen her hair down.
 * Only One Name
 * Pimped-Out Dress: She wears one all the time.
 * Princess Curls
 * Shipper on Deck: In the manga, she ships Blood/Alice pretty hard.
 * The Stoic: At first glance, although she'll warm up to you eventually.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Woman in Black: In Clover no Kuni no Alice and Joker no Kuni no Alice.
 * The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask

The Hatter's Mansion
The Mafia of Wonderland reside here. The mansion itself is associated with autumn and the suit of spades.

Blood Dupre


"Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi"

The head of The Country of Heart's equivalent of The Mafia, Blood is cold and ruthless - but his subordinates are just as dangerous as he. He prefers scheming and manipulating things from the shadows. It's noted he resembles Alice's ex-boyfriend who left her for Rolina, which leads to Alice disliking him, especially after he acts like a jerk to her. It appears the feeling is mutual. Based on the Mad Hatter from the original story.


 * Badass Longcoat
 * Bastard Boyfriend
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Elliot.
 * Identical Stranger: He looks identical to Alice's ex-boyfriend who broke her heart..
 * Jerkass: Considering that, in the manga,, how can he NOT be considered this?
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Blood Dupre. Start running.
 * Nice Hat: He's the equivalent of the mad hatter. What would he do without a hat?
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome

Elliot March


"Voiced by: Tsuguo Mogami"

Blood's right hand man, Elliot is generally cheerful and easygoing - but then again, he's not Blood's right hand man for no reason at all. Also, he's definitely not a hare the March Hare of this world.


 * Berserk Button: Elliot hates carrots! And he's definitely not a rabbit!
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Blood.
 * Petting Zoo People: He has long hare ears that happen to be very sensitive.
 * Purple Eyes
 * Right-Hand Hottie: To Blood.
 * Scarf of Asskicking
 * Trademark Favorite Food: He loves carrot-flavored dishes, despite insisting that he detests the stuff.

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum


"Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama"

Twin guards at the Hatter's Mansion, who are cute little boys in the first game and adults in the second and third. They call Alice things like "Lady" and "Big sister," and they can be very possessive. Elliot thinks they're annoying.


 * An Axe to Grind: Both of them prefer axes over guns.
 * Creepy Twins: And how! They aren't called "The Bloody Twins" for a reason.
 * The Glomp: To Alice. Unfortunately for her, they have a tendency to hold axes while doing it.
 * Keets
 * Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Tweedle Dee in the sequels.
 * The Slackers: Why Elliot hates them so much.
 * Single-Minded Twins: On occasion.
 * Trickster Twins: Although their tricks can be deadly or even suggestive.

The Amusement Park
Owned by Gowland, the Park is one of the four major areas of the game. It's associated with summer and the suit of diamonds.

Boris Airay
"Voiced by: Noriaki Sugiyama"

The series' resident cat boy, Boris is lighthearted and blithe - but unlike Ace, it's anything but a facade (although his attitude towards death leaves something to be desired. No, really. He and Alice hit it off, and he's one of the people who stick up for her when Blood gets on her nerves. He lives in the Amusement Park and is on good terms with Gowland and the twins. He's the equivalent of the Cheshire Cat.


 * Bare Your Midriff: Hoo boy.
 * Cat Boy
 * Nice Guy
 * Peek-a-Bangs: Although he's one of the nicest people around.
 * Petting Zoo People
 * Boa of Asskicking: Oh, lord.
 * The Bully: Prior to Heart no Kuni, Boris bullied Pierce continually and even tried to eat him many times. After Boris started ganging up on him more with the help of Dee and Dum, this eventually caused the poor guy to flee the country. When Boris meets Pierce again after the country moved to the Clover Country, he immediately starts going back to bullying him again.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: His relationship with Gowland could fall under this.

Mary Gowland


"Voiced by: Kenyuu Horiuchi"

The owner of the Amusement Park. Appearance-wise, he's one of the eldest of the cast, but that doesn't stop his lighthearted nature. He immediately takes a liking to Alice after their first meeting.


 * Amusement Park: Owns the place.
 * Berserk Button: Don't be talking smack about his first name.
 * Elegant Classical Musician: Subverted. Nobody wants him to play his violin. At all.
 * Gender Blender Name: Come on, the guy can't help it if his name is Mary.
 * Punny Name: In Japanese, his surname is pronounced as "Gorand". Get it? Mary Gorand. "Merry-Go-Round." Heh.

Pierce Villiers


"Voiced by: Souichiro Hoshi"

The Dormouse, he's a kind boy who really, really just wants to sleep. It's for this reason he adores Nightmare, as the resident incubus helps him sleep. It seems he was once the undertaker for the Hatter family, but left due to Dum and Dee's teasing. Boris (him being a cat and all) was another major reason in his decision to leave for Cloverland. In Joker, though, he's moved into the Amusement Park and they seem to be trying to get along.

Tropes that apply to him:

 * Animal Motifs: A dormouse, and you were wondering where the dormouse was in the first game.
 * Butt Monkey: Just about the whole cast mistreats Pierce, though mostly by Boris and the twins. This is partly due to the fact that he's a mouse. And... this is usually Played for Laughs. Heck, even the scenes where Boris chases him with a fork and knife are intended to be just for kicks and giggles.
 * Cleanup Crew: His job is to dispose of the dead bodies for the Hatter family.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Don't let that cute face and personality fool you. He was an undertaker for the Hatters a reason.
 * Green Eyes
 * I Am Not A Bear: He gets mistaken as one by Alice in the prologue of Clover no Kuni no Alice.
 * Must Have Caffeine: Bucketloads of it. Come to think of it, if he's so sleep-deprived, why does he drink so much in the first place?
 * Multicolored Hair: His normally red hair has a blond streak.
 * Nice Hat
 * Petting Zoo People: He has a pair of very mouse ears and tail.
 * The Ditz
 * The Insomniac

The Clock Tower
The Clock Tower is the only neutral place in the entire country and the only place not subjected to their messy little territorial disputes. Julius, Gray, and Nightmare reside here (as does Alice in the manga). It's associated with green and the suit of clover.

Julius Monrey
"Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu"

The owner of the Clock Tower, the only neutral place in the whole country, what with the other three areas constantly battling for territory, and all. Julius is in charge of repairing people's clocks - As You Know, broken clocks (the stand in for hearts) in Heartland mean death. As such, considering everyone thinks Death Is Cheap, Julius wears himself thin trying to keep up with it all. Nightmare likes hanging around him and Ace helps him out by bringing him broken clocks.

Speculation has it that he's the story's stand-in for Father Time.


 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Hikikomori: He's introduced as a hermit who spends all his time in the tower.
 * Innocent Cohabitation: Alice lives with him in the manga.
 * Long-Haired Pretty Boy
 * New Game+: To get his route in the game, you have to beat Ace's first.
 * Sugar and Ice Personality: Although you really can't blame him, considering his line of work.
 * Swiss Army Weapon: His Weapon of Choice is a wrench that turns into a gun.
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome
 * Workaholic: Considering that everyone thinks Death Is Cheap, it falls to Julius to repair everybody's broken clocks. Alice worries about him, considering he sometimes forgets to eat.

Nightmare Gottschalk


"Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita"

A sickly incubus who lives with Julius, Nightmare appears in Alice's dreams. If Peter was the one who wanted her in Wonderland, Nightmare was the one who did the dirty work. Probably based on the Caterpillar in the original story.


 * Afraid of Needles: He hates doctors and hospitals, and just lives with his illness because he doesn't want to see them.
 * Bad Dreams: He claims he's the embodiment of them.
 * Meaningful Name: Nightmare.
 * Incurable Cough of Death: At one point he coughs up blood because he's happy.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Gray Ringmarc


"Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai"

A former assassin who works for Nightmare as his right-hand man. Unfortunately, due to Nightmare's condition, he ends up being like a nanny more than anything. Based on The Lizard in the original story.


 * Animal Motifs: Lizards.
 * Career Killers
 * Knife Nut: His Weapon of Choice.
 * Lethal Chef: Played for Laughs. The guy can't draw, either.
 * Let's Get Dangerous: This dude might look like a Friend to All Living Things Nice Guy, but don't forget he was a former assassin. As a result, he and Ace end up sparring a lot, partly because Ace doesn't like him and mainly because he's the only one in the whole country who can match the guy in skill.
 * Power Tattoo: He has a lizard tattoo on his neck - which can come to life. He can feel anything you do to it.
 * The Stoic
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome
 * Workaholic: The fact that he acts like a nanny to Nightmare a lot of the time frustrates him to no end.

Joker
"Voiced by: Akira Ishida"

Joker's in charge of the prison realm, and unfortunately he has something of a nasty Split Personality. There are two jokers within the story - The White Joker, your typical, modest Nice Guy, and the Black Joker, who's pretty much an all-out asshole.

Tropes that apply to him:

 * Black and White Morality: Proper.
 * Circus of Fear
 * Jekyll and Hyde
 * Only One Name

Rolina Liddell
"Voiced by:"

Alice's older sister, whom she remembers fondly.


 * Cool Big Sis: To Alice, literally and figuratively.
 * Princess Curls
 * Proper Lady: From what we see of her, she seems to fit this very well.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Is it Rolina or Lorina? Quin Rose officially listed her name as the former, but there are many fans who spell her name as the latter.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Is it Rolina or Lorina? Quin Rose officially listed her name as the former, but there are many fans who spell her name as the latter.

Alice's First Boyfriend
Exactly What It Says on the Tin - This dude was Alice's first boyfriend who ended up leaving her for her sister. Naturally, when Blood ends up looking exactly like him, Alice isn't exactly happy about it.

Tropes that apply to him:

 * Bastard Boyfriend: Implied as much.
 * Identical Stranger: He looks exactly like Blood..
 * Love Hurts: It's implied their breakup broke Alice pretty bad.
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome: Although we never actually see his face, we do know what he looks like.

The King of Hearts
Again, Exactly What It Says on the Tin: He's Vivaldi's husband, but happens to be weak and ineffectual compared to his powerful, domineering wife.

Tropes that apply to him:

 * Henpecked Husband