Chronicles of Conflict (Darth Wiki)/Anorev Kingdom

Selvglad the Honest
A baron that rules the town in the beginning of the story and later goes to great lengths to capture the Rogue Ruby.
 * Aristocrats Are Evil: He's a baron. What else did you expect?
 * Brown Eyes
 * The Chessmaster: He frequently plays chess, but is ultimatly a minor example.
 * Establishing Character Moment: Selvglad is playing a game of chess with a peasant that had been arrested for stealing food for his family. The peasant's family is in jail and the baron wagers their freedom on the outcome of the game. During the chess match the baron frequently bullies the peasant with Evil Gloating. After he declares "Check", he engages in some Evil Gloating long enough for a random stranger (who would later turn out to be Adrian Pazar) to walk by, reach over, and nonchalantly checkmate the baron in one move. When the peasant's family (freed by Cielo) runs into the arms of the peasant the humiliated Selvglad quickly claims that he let the peasant win and had already freed the peasants family beforehand as he had earlier promised.
 * Evil Gloating: He does this constantly.
 * Genre Blind: He probably would have succeded at preventing the story if only he didn't gloat each time long enough for someone else to pull a Big Damn Heroes moment.
 * Hostage for Macguffin: When the Rogue Ruby steals an artifact from his mansion, he rounds up all the red-haired women in the town, puts them in a cage in the town center, and threatens to burn them all unless the Rogue Ruby gives herself up.
 * I Gave My Word: He got his nickname from the fact that he keeps his literal word.
 * I Want Them Alive: He originally wanted to capture the Rogue Ruby alive so he can have a grand Public Execution. He does wisely abandon this trope when Cielo intervenes.
 * Jerkass
 * Lawful Evil: Type 1
 * Meaningful Name: Selvglad is Danish for "Smug".
 * Mundane Solution: Rather than try to capture Cielo and the Rogue Ruby/Diana so he can prepare a fancy Public Execution (as he originally planned to do with the Rogue Ruby), he changes his plans and orders his dozens of archers to shoot them. He would have succeeded if only he didn't stop to do some Evil Gloating before giving the command to fire.
 * Public Execution: It is mentioned that he favors grand Public Executions.
 * Smug Snake: He does manage to make the Rogue Ruby give herself up and later pragmatically order his dozens of archers to just shoot Diana and Cielo instead of bothering with capturing them, but each time his ego gets the better of him causing him to gloat long enough for someone else to pull a Big Damn Heroes moment.
 * Starter Villain: He is the baron that rules the town and he successfully manages to expose the Rogue Ruby's true identity and almost captures her.
 * Xanatos Speed Chess: He has skill at pragmatic improvising as shown when he quickly claims to have let a peasant beat him in a game of chess and had already freed his family beforehand increasing his reputation as "the Honest" (Selvglad had been checkmated by a passing Magnificent Bastard and the peasant's family had been freed by Cielo) and pragmatically orders his archers to shoot Cielo and Diana after Cielo foils his attempt to capture her.
 * You Have Failed Me: The main reason he is so desperate to capture the Rogue Ruby is because the Rogue Ruby stole a piece of the Dismantled MacGuffin Lost Superweapon that was entrusted to him by King Arcturus himself and the baron deeply fears getting this from the king.

Madeline Juste
The leader of Jade Faction.
 * Action Girl
 * Authority Equals Asskicking
 * Big Good:
 * Blue Eyes: Her just leadership skills and fight for justice makes her worthy of these.
 * Chaotic Good
 * Establishing Character Moment: Her first appearance is a Big Damn Heroes moment consisting of her making a Badass Boast while leading La Résistance into battle.
 * How the Mighty Have Fallen: She used to be a spoiled girl in a noble family, but that all changed when Arcturus took over and had her family executed when they opposed him. She was then forced to live the life of a peasant, giving her a new perspective on life.
 * Lady of War
 * The Leader: Types III and IV.
 * Meaningful Name: "Madeline" means magnificent and "Juste" is French for fair.
 * Rebel Leader
 * The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified: She fights For Great Justice and will not tolerate any of her subordinates vilifying the revolution.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Ratatouille
 * Worthy Opponent: Arcturus views her as this
 * Rebel Leader
 * The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified: She fights For Great Justice and will not tolerate any of her subordinates vilifying the revolution.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Ratatouille
 * Worthy Opponent: Arcturus views her as this
 * Worthy Opponent: Arcturus views her as this

Duke
Working name for a noble who is working with Jade Faction in hopes of acquiring the throne for himself. ": "You actually thought that you could lead the Anorev Kingdom? You couldn't lead a parade.""
 * Ambition Is Evil:  tauntingly lampshades this

": "Thank you Duke, ""
 * Aristocrats Are Evil: He's only working with La Résistance to claim the throne for himself and it's quite clear that he would be a incompetant and even worse tyrant than Arcturus if he succeeded.
 * Black Eyes: Fits his dishonest nature.
 * Dirty Coward:
 * Evil Vizier: His official position in the Anorev Kingdom is being the royal advisor to Arcturus.
 * I'm the man destined to be the next king!"
 * Jerkass
 * Out-Gambitted: By
 * Selfish Evil: He's a Smug Snake who will work with anyone to acquire the throne and will say anything to save his own skin.
 * Smug Snake
 * The Starscream: Is a Yes-Man in public, but schemes to overthrow Arcturus.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: He and Madeline were childhood friends and he plans to make her his queen when he becomes king. Madeline doesn't return his feelings and actually looks down on him.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: He and Madeline were childhood friends and he plans to make her his queen when he becomes king. Madeline doesn't return his feelings and actually looks down on him.


 * Yes-Man: His public appearences with Arcturus consists of him praising any opinion or choice the King makes and basically kissing his ass.

Kenta
The leader of a ninja clan, Akito's assistant and childhood friend, and a member of Jade Faction.
 * Dragon with an Agenda: To Akito as while he is her right-hand-man, he wants Arcturus to be overthrown so Namikawa can be independent while Akito is just fine working with Arcturus.
 * Failure Knight:
 * Ninja
 * Villainous Friendship: Type II with Akito as Akito secretly has feelings for him, but Kenta views her as more of an acquaintance at most.
 * With Due Respect: Frequently with Akito.
 * With Due Respect: Frequently with Akito.

Draxon
The second in command of Jade Faction.
 * An Axe to Grind: His main weapon is a great ax.
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Berserk Button: Harming or insulting Sophia.
 * Black Eyes: Fit his backstory
 * Blood Knight
 * Boisterous Bruiser: When he's not fighting and killing knights, he's a fun guy to drink with.
 * Book Dumb
 * The Brute
 * Chaotic Neutral: He's more interested in causing as much destruction as he can toward the Anorev Kingdom
 * Establishing Character Moment: His first appearance consists of him boisterously fighting town guard members, fighting alongside and being fircely protective of Sophia, and mercilessly killing surrendering town guard. His next appearance has him brutally executing Baron Selvglad. When Madeline and Diana object, he justifies it by pointing out that Selvglad was an Anorev noble.
 * He Who Fights Monsters
 * I Control My Minions Through...: Authority, Power, Sadism, and Revenge
 * It's Personal: See Roaring Rampage of Revenge below.
 * The Leader: Type III
 * Pay Evil Unto Evil: His justification for his violent actions against the Anorev Kingdom. Most notable is the time he brutally mutilated and killed a squad of knights and leaving their bodies hanging from a tree, but those were the exact same knights who scarred and shaved bald Sophia.
 * Pet the Dog: He geniuenly does care for his lover, Sophia.
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: He joined Jade Faction to avenge his Doomed Hometown (especially his grandmother).
 * The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: He is driven by pure hatred toward the Anorev Kingdom and even
 * Trademark Favorite Food: BBQ Ribs

Sophia
Another member of Jade Faction who is Draxon's lover and right-hand Action Girl.
 * Action Girl: She fights alongside Draxon.
 * Apologetic Attacker
 * Bald Women
 * Battle Couple: With Draxon.
 * Black Eyes: Her backstory makes her worthy of these.
 * Friend to All Children: She likes children and often watches over the orphans taken in by Jade Faction.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars
 * Guns Akimbo: She wields twin revolvers
 * Leap and Fire: Her Limit Break
 * Morality Pet: To Draxon
 * Revolvers Are Just Better: She wields a pair of break-open revolvers.
 * Sweet Tooth
 * Silk Hiding Steel: A nice girl who makes Draxon look nicer with her presence, but she's no slouch herself.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Strawberry Cheesecake
 * Traumatic Haircut: She was forcibly scarred and shaved bald by a squad of knights when she rejected the advances of thier leader.
 * True Neutral: She doesn't care about the rebellion, she just wants to serve Draxon.
 * Undying Loyalty: To Draxon
 * Undying Loyalty: To Draxon

Arcturus Iago
""The masses won't have the energy to revolt if they are busy using that energy just surviving.""

The Machiavellian king of the Anorev Kingdom
 * Authority Equals Asskicking: Arcturus is foreshadowed to be very skilled in combat when he defeats his own Dragon in a chess-sparring session.
 * Beard of Evil
 * Big Bad: As the Evil Overlord of the Anorev Kingdom he is the first Big Bad of the story.
 * Big Bad Duumvirate: With Zachary and Akito
 * Black Eyes:
 * Captain Ersatz: Of Laertes Montague from Romeo X Juliet.
 * The Chessmaster: He is very cunning, but prefers to leave the chess games to Zachary.
 * Dual-Wielding: He wields a decorated BFS and the Gem-Encrusted dagger he used to carry out the "Night of the Crimson Daggers" incident.
 * The Emperor: While he is also the "Emperor of Namikawa" (a title he earned after defeating Namikawa in the Rodina War) he still goes by the title "King". He eventually calls himself this.
 * Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: He was really close to his mother and her death drives his genocidal hatred toward the royal family.
 * Evil Overlord: At one point, he dons dark spiky armor and procliams himself "Emperor Iago" when he finally goes Drunk with Power and goes to war with the Rutledge Republic.
 * Freudian Excuse:  His mother's death drives his genocidal hatred towards the royal family.
 * Grand Vizier: He was this before taking the throne for himself.
 * I Control My Minions Through...: Authority, Fear, Fear Of Losing Privileges, and he's working on Indoctrination.
 * Kingpin in His Gym: In one scene he is having a chess-sparring (like chessboxing, except that they're both using weapons) session with Charles Godwin. He defeats Godwin during the sparring session and then checkmates him as Arcturus is walking away.
 * Klingon Promotion: He masterminded the "Night of the Crimson Daggers" incident so that he could take the throne for himself.
 * Large Ham
 * Lawful Evil: Type 1
 * The Leader: Types I, II, and a bit of IV.
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * Man of Wealth and Taste: "A ruler's attire and environment tells alot about him."
 * Niccolo Machiavelli: Arcturus might as well have read and memorized The Prince since many of his actions follow the advice of the book (ruling through fear, distrusting Yes Men, consulting honest advisors in private, playing the nobles against each other during peacetime, and believing that mercenaries were unreliable and untrustworthy).
 * I did base his personality and methods on the actual The Prince book not just the pop culture references.
 * Nice to the Waiter: He is humane to his personal staff, but points out that he does this out of Pragmatic Villainy. If someone has access to your personal quarters and food preparation, it's not a good idea to give them a reason to want you dead.
 * Orcus on His Throne: Justified. He's the king of a large country so he has other things to manage
 * Pet the Dog: He funds the orphanages in the Capital City from his own funds.
 * Playing Both Sides: He encourages the noble families to fight among themselves so that they won't be able to overthrow him.
 * President Evil
 * Not completely since  did help him out.
 * Strike Me Down with All of Your Hatred: Arcturus attempts to goad  into shooting him in the heart after losing to her   This is actually a Xanatos Gambit because he was secretly wearing a bulletproof vest and if she does shoot him in the heart, the vest would protect him and he would have used it to discredit   as a merciless vengeful future tyrant that would be even worse than he was.
 * Tin Tyrant: He occasionally dons black spikey armor.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Grapes
 * Warrior Prince: He sometimes goes into battle with his knights.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Even though he is a tyrant, he truly believes that fear is the best way to maintain peace and order and even points out that the Anorev Kingdom has much less crime than the Rutledge Republic.
 * Wicked Cultured
 * Warrior Prince: He sometimes goes into battle with his knights.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Even though he is a tyrant, he truly believes that fear is the best way to maintain peace and order and even points out that the Anorev Kingdom has much less crime than the Rutledge Republic.
 * Wicked Cultured

Charles Godwin
The darwinian Commandant of the Anorev Knights.
 * Affably Evil: Arrogant and disdainful for those he sees as "weak", he is polite and respectful for those he views as "strong".
 * A Father to His Men: He is like this towards the Royal Guard.
 * Asskicking Equals Authority: As a Social Darwinist, he believes in this and will even allow anyone to challenge him for leadership of the A.K. via a fight to the death.
 * Bad Boss: He is harsh and disdainful towards the normal knights, especially the town guard which are made up of the weakest members of the Anorev Knights.
 * BFS
 * Blood Knight: He has undertones of this as he enjoys testing his strength in battle.
 * Blue Eyes: The piercing kind.
 * Chess Motifs: While he admits that he's no Chessmaster, he calls his favorite tactic "The Poisoned Pawn" (he puts the weaker knights out as expendable bait while he maneuvers the Royal Guard into position to hit the enemy's flank, rear, supply lines, or other targets of opportunity).
 * Death Glare: His piercing Blue Eyes make him good at giving these.
 * The Dragon: To Arcturus
 * Dragon Ascendant: Subverted. After, the nobles and knights that supported Arcturus turn to Godwin for leadership. Godwin points out that he's a soldier not a politician and decides to.
 * Drill Sergeant Nasty
 * Dual-Wielding: He wields a pair of BFS
 * I Control My Minions Through...: Authority, Fear, and Power (and Respect when it comes to the Royal Guard).
 * Large and In Charge
 * Lawful Evil: Type 1
 * The Leader: Type II with Type III tendencies.
 * Mighty Glacier: He can dish it out and take it, but he's very slow.
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Connections: Subverted, he actually abolished this practice in the A.K. so the strongest peasant can have a better chance of rising up the ranks than a weak noble.
 * Sergeant Rock: To the Elite Mooks
 * Social Darwinist: He believes that the srtong have the right to due whatever they please to the weak and has a complete disdain for those he labels "weak"  He does respect people he views as "strong".
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Steak
 * Villainous Friendship: Type I with Arcturus as he respects the king's strength and leadership and Arcturus trusts him as a reliable military commander.
 * We Have Reserves: He has this attitude towards the normal knights and the town guard, but not towards the Royal Guard.
 * Sergeant Rock: To the Elite Mooks
 * Social Darwinist: He believes that the srtong have the right to due whatever they please to the weak and has a complete disdain for those he labels "weak"  He does respect people he views as "strong".
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Steak
 * Villainous Friendship: Type I with Arcturus as he respects the king's strength and leadership and Arcturus trusts him as a reliable military commander.
 * We Have Reserves: He has this attitude towards the normal knights and the town guard, but not towards the Royal Guard.
 * We Have Reserves: He has this attitude towards the normal knights and the town guard, but not towards the Royal Guard.

Zachary
The hypocritical Archpatriarch of the Toiracsi Church
 * Bad Boss: He throws away his half-finished pies by throwing them at nearby servants.
 * Berserk Keyboard: He is prone to throw tantrums over the most minor things such as his pies being too cold or a jewel being unpolished.
 * Big Bad Duumvirate: With Arcturus and Akito
 * Big Eater: He is rarely without a cart full of food nearby.
 * Blue Eyes: Piercing blue eyes foreshadow his cunning.
 * The Chessmaster: His cunning makes him a vital part of Arcturus' regime.
 * The Consigliere: To Arcturus
 * Dirty Coward: Whenever there's danger, he panics and calls for his guards and demands to be taken out of the room.
 * Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry: He just loves wearing rings and his personal room is Gem-Encrusted.
 * Fat Bastard
 * The Hedonist
 * Holier Than Thou
 * Hypocrite: As the Archpatriarch he preaches about the dangers of the "Seven Deadly Vices" (Cowardice, Sloth, Gluttony, Greed, Pride, Wrath, and Envy) but is a hedonist who practices every one (see Dirty Coward, Too Important to Walk, Villainous Glutton, Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry, Ted Baxter, Berserk Keyboard respectively) and justifies it by claiming as the Archpatriarch he is the exception.
 * I Control My Minions Through...: Authority, Divine Right, and Indoctrination.
 * Jabba Table Manners: He eats his pies by literally stuffing his face into them.
 * Knight Templar: He beleives it is his destiny to spread the Church's influence to the Rutledge Republic by force for their own good and to wipe out the "heathen" gypsy people.
 * Lawful Evil: Type 1
 * The Leader: Type I
 * Man Behind the Man: Zachary encouraged and helped Arcturus rise to power and is instrumental to his regime in that he is a major religious leader and Arcturus's speech writer. Bit of a subversion in that Arcturus is still equally dangerous in his own right.
 * Non-Action Big Bad: Justified, he's a hedonistic Dirty Coward Fat Bastard who uses gambits and plans instead.
 * Not-So-Harmless Villain: In spite of his comic hypocrisy and antics, he is still a cunning and intelligent threat that even Arcturus respects.
 * As one character describes him: "Looking at him one might get the impression that he's an idiot. Most of the people who had that impression are now dead for beneath the hedonistic corpulence lies a cunning mind as sharp as diamond."
 * Parental Substitute: He was this to Arcturus
 * Politically-Incorrect Villain: He has a genocidal hatred towards gypsies. The reason he hates gypsies so much is because he views their spellcasting as a threat to the Church's monopoly on Magitek and because a gypsy conned him out of some of his jewlery.
 * The Pope: Called the Archpatriarch in this world.
 * Propaganda Machine: Zachary essentially runs the church as this, manipulating the wording of the holy books to justify why the citizens of the Anorev Kingdom should obey Arcturus's regime.
 * Puss in Boots: To Arcturus
 * Sinister Minister
 * Smug Snake
 * Sweet Tooth: He loves cakes, ice cream, candy, and other sweets, especially pies.
 * Ted Baxter: He thinks he's the greatest holy man in all of history and thus thinks he should be the exception to the Seven Deadly Vices.
 * Too Important to Walk: He is always being carried around on a lounge chair.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Pies
 * Unwitting Pawn: To the Big Bad
 * Villainous Glutton: He is frequently seen eating pies and is wasteful, often throwing them at servants when he's half-finished.

Alexson
The dutiful head of the Toiracsi Church's Paladin Order
 * Abnormal Ammo: His machine guns fire bayonets.
 * Anti-Villain: Type I
 * Authority Equals Asskicking: Being the leader of the Paladin Order, he is much more difficult to beat in a fight than other members.
 * Badass Long Robe
 * Brown Eyes: Fits his loyal and duty-bound demeanor.
 * Church Militant
 * The Dragon: To Zachary
 * The Fettered
 * Guns Akimbo: His giant cross splits into a pair of machine guns.
 * : It turns out he was unknowingly this when
 * I Control My Minions Through...: Authority, Respect, and Indoctrination
 * Knight Templar: Even though he resents carrying out some of Zachary's orders, he does show tendencies of this at times such as when he wants to kill Wade Cooper for writing the "blasphemous" The Toiracsi Code and hates the gypsy people.
 * Lawful Neutral: He steadfastly carries out the orders of a hypocrite that he knows to be corrupt. His Knight Templar tendencies do push him into Type 2 Lawful Evil territory at times.
 * The Leader: Type II
 * Light'Em Up: His main element is light.
 * Light Is Not Good
 * My Master, Right or Wrong: His loyalty is to the Archpatriarch regardless of what his personal opinions of him are.
 * Noble Demon
 * Noble Top Enforcer
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Minus the "Roaring" as he was told that he was stolen from his family by gypsies before being rescued by the Toiracsi Church. Because of this he hates gypsies and leads the way in hunting them down.
 * The Stoic
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Toasted Angels (Oysters wrapped in bacon and flavored with red peppers and lime juice and grilled on skewers).
 * Warrior Monk
 * With Due Respect: He frequently begins with this when trying to convince Zachary to take a less ruthless course of action.
 * With Due Respect: He frequently begins with this when trying to convince Zachary to take a less ruthless course of action.

Akito Ogawa
The Shogun of Namikawa and the founder, owner, and president of the Ogawa Zaibatsu.
 * Action Girl
 * Bad Boss: She deals out harsh punishments for the slightest mistakes.
 * Badass Bookworm: In spite of her Bifauxnen appearance and intelligence, she works out frequently and is very strong.
 * Bastard Understudy: She is secretly plotting against Arcturus and manipulating Lezareno Xion and Zachary to.
 * Bifauxnen
 * Big Bad: She is the political, social, and economic ruler of Namikawa. She especially qualifies as a Big Bad after.
 * Big Bad Duumvirate: With Arcturus and Zachary, although she is slightly less powerful than the other two.
 * Black Eyes: Being a Bad Boss with a Freudian Excuse fits this.
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive: She's the founder, owner, and president of the Ogawa Zaibatsu and was inspired to go into business when she stumbled into a seminar held by Lezareno Xion.
 * Dual-Wielding: She wields a pair of kanabo clubs.
 * Expy: Of Akito from Fruits Basket. I thought that he/she was a Karma Houdini and want to make him/her suffer via proxy.
 * Freudian Excuse: She was born into the lower levels of the strict social structure of Namikawa and had to struggle all her life.
 * God Save Us From the Queen: While she isn't royalty, she still fits since she is a female Shogun who is tyrannical and manipulative.
 * Hand Cannon: Her ranged weapon is the Heavy Revolver (Based on the real world S&W Model 629)
 * I Control My Minions Through...: Authority, Fear, Money, and Power.
 * Ill Girl: She is actually suffering from a disease that is marked by the Incurable Cough of Death.
 * Iron Lady
 * Lady of War
 * The Leader: Types I and II
 * : Officially, she is known as a peacemaker who helped to end the Rodina War when Namikawa made her Shogun.
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Magnificent Bitch
 * Manipulative Bitch: Especially towards Kenta
 * Neutral Evil
 * Self Made Woman: Founded a successful Zaibatsu and became Shogun.
 * She Is The Shogun
 * The Shogi Master: She is a cunning planner and frequently plays Shogi.
 * Smart People Play Chess: Although she prefers Shogi and Go and is one of the very few people in Tero who can play Taikyoku Shogi (Ultimate Japanese Chess).
 * Spanner in the Works: Her subtle actions ultimatly
 * Spot of Tea: As the owner and president of the world's largest producer and exporter of tea, it's no surprise she has access to the highest quality tea available with her personal favorite being Yin Hao (the highest traditional grade of Jasmine Tea).
 * The Stoic
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Sushi
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: She is too nervous and arrogant to admit her feelings for her only true friend, Kenta.
 * Villainous Demotivator
 * Wicked Cultured
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: She is too nervous and arrogant to admit her feelings for her only true friend, Kenta.
 * Villainous Demotivator
 * Wicked Cultured
 * Wicked Cultured