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Cesar, without Sofia knowing it, decides to protect her because of Elena's memory, which he cherishes still. Cesar is married in second nuptials to Livia Arizmedi, a former actress who dreams on recovering her career. Sofia's appearance seriously worries Livia, considering her an intruder who could displace her, just as Elena would have done in the past. Livia, who hides a terrible secret that involves Sofia, plots against her, trying to separate her from the family. Sofia slowly gets involved with the lives of the Lombardo family.

 

* [[Adorkable]] – Claudio, with some of [[Badass Adorable]]

** The forced marriage between Augusto and Sofia is similar to the one between Tiberius and Julia.

** Octavio is based on Postumus. While one is Claudio's older brother and the other is Claudius' close friend, both were the family heirs, so the Livia on their respective series killed them with poisoned figs.

* [[Berserk Button]] – Never mention Elena’s name in front of Livia.

** After Claudio is brutally beaten by Augusto, he suffers a mental breakdown, refusing contact with everyone but Julio (and later some others). Also, never mention Octavio in front of him.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]] – The one who ends up ruining Augusto’s plans is Claudio, his naïve and traumatized brother. Justified, because Octavio, at the moment of his death, persuaded Claudio to act like he was retarded and crazy so Augusto will never suspect of him. He does. And succeeds.

* [[Big Brother Instinct]] - Most of the characters feel this (in varying degrees) toward Claudio.

* [[Big Fancy House]] – The Lombardo family mansion.

** Julio is the only one who is fair normal and he is considered the black sheep for that.

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]] – Augusto.

* [[Break the Cutie]]/[[Corruption of a Minor]] – Claudio was abused physically and mentally by Augusto all his life. He later broke down after Augusto pushed him causing the boy to fell on a glass table and the trauma was so great that he was sent to a mental asylum in which he spent all his childhood and teenage years. The worst part is that everyone in his family knew the abuse but they preferred to ignore it because sending Claudio away was initially easier than coping with Augusto.

** In the end, when all his family apologize to him for neglecting him, he is just too nice and forgives them all without a second thought, despite he went for all those traumas.

* [[Cool Uncle|Cool Aunt]] - Andrea, Cesar's sister, is this to everyone but Augusto.

* [[The Chessmaster]] - The entire plot of Imperio de Cristal is shown to be a set of multiple gambits made by Augusto, from Octavio's death to abusing and traumatizing Claudio, making Narda pregnant, and his plan to marry Sofia and kill Cesar and Julio.

* [[Hates Being Touched]] – Claudio, with good justification. See [[Break the Cutie]] for more.

* [[Henpecked Husband]] – Cesar.

* [[Ill Boy]] – Octavio.

* [[Karmic Death]] – Augusto dies after being pushed to a glass door by Julio. It awfully mirrors the scene when a young Augusto pushed Claudio to a glass table, which caused his breakdown.

* [[Last Girl Wins]] – Julio and Sofia.

* Leitmotif - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCa-u2OzpPA Crystal Empire by Bebu Silvetti]

* [[Love Makes You Evil]] - Rogelio, the Lombardo family butler. He is so obsessed with Narda, that he even is willing to help Augusto with his schemes.

* [[Mama Bear]] - Sofia

** Subverted, because Claudio claims that when they were younger, they looked so alike that they were completely identical and they even acted in sync with each other.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] - After Octavio’s death, Claudio acts like he is really retarded so Augusto will never suspect of him.

* [[The Orphan]] - Sofia. Her mother was killed in a car accident caused by [[Evil Matriarch]] Livia and her father died later after an accident in a mine.

* [[Parental Abandonment]] – After Elena’s death, Cesar was unable to show affection for his children, until the end of the series.

** When Julio and Octavio’s widow wife force Claudio to declare who killed Octavio. His declaration is so naïve and heartbreaking at the same time.

** Livia’s suicide attempt. And then Claudio arrives just in time. Their conversation is simply hearbreaking.

'''Livia''': I always neglected you. But you know what? You are the best of all my kids. }}

*** You know? For some reason, Claudio is always present in those moments. Must be because he is a [[The Woobie|Woobie]] [[Adult Child]].

* [[The Unfavourite]] – Poor Narda and Claudio. But this is only to their mother, because their father seems to love them equally, but he is unable to show them love because of the trauma induced by Elena’s death.

* [[Unwitting Pawn]] – Claudio, at the moment of Octavio’s death. Augusto convinced him to feed Octavio the poisoned figs, and when Octavio dies, well, he blamed himself, not knowing that he was manipulated by Augusto the whole time.

* [[Violently Protective Girlfriend|Violently Protective Boyfriend]] – Julio.

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