Imperium Nova/Characters

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Being a game in which the plot is entirely based on RP interactions, Imperium Nova tends to have quite the colourful cast. Needs More Love.

Galaxy Baade

House de Erwyne

House Tropes

Count Théophile de Erwyne

Aimée de Erwyne

  • Ax Crazy
  • Dark Action Girl: Happens to be the best duelist in House de Erwyne.
  • Evil Chancellor: To her father.
  • Karma Houdini: Partially. She may have been captured and imprisoned by her uncle and cousin, but it was her father that died for her crimes.
  • Knight Templar
  • Psychotic Smirk
  • The Corrupter: Manipulated her father into giving her complete power by convincing him that their family was in danger from the waves of assassinations happening at the time, and that only she could protect them.
  • The Fundamentalist: Attempts to stamp out chaos and disloyalty within her House in accordance to her extreme Imperialism views.
  • Warrior Princess: Personally led her forces into battle against her uncle Leon and cousin Ambrosius.

Count Leon de Erwyne

Ambrosius de Erwyne

House Qwib-Qwib

House Tropes

Chairman Barak Qwib-Qwib

Vice-Chairman Lorenzo Qwib-Qwib

  • Evil Genius: Not quite a genius, but he's certainly intelligent, and oversees a lot of immoral research.

Ezra Qwib-Qwib

Simon Qwib-Qwib

Cariad Qwib-Qwib

  • Action Girl: The most skilled duellist in the galaxy, although not the most experienced.
  • Battle Couple: She happens to be /married/ to the most experienced duellist in the galaxy.


House Suzumiya

House Tropes


Galaxy Capricorn

House Cotillion

House Tropes

Brother Eldred Cotillion

House Daimyo

  • The Empire: Their supermajority in the senate was widely blamed for Capricorn's stagnation and inability for lesser houses to advance.

House Zealot

Galaxy Draco

House Mckenna

House Tropes

  • Waif Fu (Every female Mckenna is pretty short and rather delicate, therefore being easy to underestimate. Some of them though are downright dangerous, especially when allowed near anything sharp)
  • We Can Rebuild Him (The reason for actually being able to pull off Waif Fu when it matters. Dagmar Mckenna is one of these, having undergone a full body replacement)
  • Glorious Mother Russia (The Mckennas are Galactic Communists and never lose an opportunity to decry the bourgeois exploitation of the Emperor)
  • Powered Armour (Hey, it's the future)

Gwendolin Mckenna

Dagmar Mckenna

Silja Mckenna

  • Villain with Good Publicity (Chief of the would be dictatorial Red Union, propaganda and misdirection is in her blood.
  • Hot Mom (She's not married, but never mind. Silja's attractive and uses it for her own ends.

House Savoie

House Tropes

  • All There in the Manual (Much of the backstory can only be found in supplementary materials... like this page.)
  • Awful Truth (Most are.)
  • Be All My Sins Remembered (Virtually every Savoie up to Clement was morally ambiguous at best, and a monster at worst. Every reform-minded Savoie starts with quite the chip on their shoulder because of this.)
  • Big Brother Is Watching (Interplanetary computer network that might possibly be sentient? Hm...)
  • Civil War (YES.)
  • Dark Is Not Evil in Cosmic Balance, and Light Is Not Good. (Or so it is believed.)
  • The Extremist Was Right (Valerian Savoie appeared - literally - out of nowhere in the Nokh Revolts and used brutal and morally questionable tactics to defeat a far more monstrous foe, and then leveraged his achievements to force governmental reform upon the devastated Empire, along with recognition as a noble and head of the newly-created House Savoie. Vices aside, he built his institutions to last.)
  • Fast Roping (The elimination of Jago Ragnarok.)
  • Flaunting Your Fleets (House Savoie used the size and pedigree of the Alderamini navy as a deterrent against other Houses. Now, if only they had the crews to operate them all at once...)
  • Forgotten Superweapon (How about an entire golden-age fleet?)
  • House With A Dark Secret (Or ten.)
  • Great Offscreen War (The civil war between Philippe and Joseph was overshadowed by the Valerian conflict.)
    • Past Great Offscreen Wars include, from most to least recent:
      • The War of Sheliak Independence (Between House Savoie and the combined forces of House Inviquantus and the Wazn Houses.)
      • The Rexist Revival (A religious crusade preceded by decades of buildup.)
      • The Solidor-Neco War (A war that split the Alderamini electorate into two factions.)
      • The Nokh Revolt (The sudden and violent uprising of the native Alani and the "native" C'alani.)
  • A House Divided (Hoo boy.)
  • In the Original Klingon (Alderamin views itself as the last bastion of Golden Age culture. This is barely true, but defensible.)
  • Our Founder (Valerian Savoie.)
  • The Remnant (In the centuries preceding the New Empire, Alderamin was a major regional power. Now, most Alderamini are among the most conservative people in the galaxy. The New Empire often faces a 0% Approval Rating.)
  • Screw the Money, I Have Rules (The House was severely hampered by restrictions placed upon it by the treaty that allowed it to operate both on Alderamin and in the "New Empire". That treaty was largely self-imposed. However, Daniel would turn the situation on its head by forcing a new, largely favorable agreement in exchange for not stealing the local throne entirely.)
  • Suspiciously Small Army (House Savoie kept most of its troops on Alderamin. Because of this, their military became something of a paper tiger when dealing with offworld threats.)
  • With Great Power Comes Great Insanity

Clement Savoie

Daniel Savoie

Joseph Savoie

  • The Chains of Commanding (One guess as to which job Joseph absolutely does not want to have right now.)
  • Character Development (The Joseph of today is nothing like the Joseph of 25 years ago.)
  • Cutting the Knot (How do you deal with that pesky electorate? You KILL them.)
  • Deceased Fall Guy Gambit (Joseph pulls a form of this on the electorate. Since the members of the electorate also had the most to gain from assassinating Clement, they might have even had it coming.)
  • Deceptive Disciple (His interest in his faith has always been slim at best. The Head of Faith, his insane uncle, may be partly to blame.)
  • The Dutiful Son (He wasn't exactly crazy about taking over for 'ol pops.)
  • Easily Forgiven (Subverted. He hasn't actually been forgiven for his abandonment by anyone; most others are either preoccupied or too pragmatic to force the issue. The exceptions are in no position to do anything, though.)
  • The Exile (Self-imposed, and it didn't last. He wishes it did.)
  • Failure Knight (He abandoned his House and his home after making a mockery of himself. He hasn't forgotten.)
  • He Who Fights Monsters (A more cynical observer would say You Are What You Hate.)
  • Head-in-The-Sand Management (He was a major supporter of House Valeria in the early stages of the war.)
  • In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves (His latest epiphany as to the fate of the Empire.)
  • The Last DJ (Saw himself as this at first. Now, not so much.)
  • More Than Mind Control (It's clear that he's under the absolute will of something, but he isn't brainwashed.)
  • The Pawn (As of his triumphal return. To who or what, only he knows.)
  • Rebel Leader (For a short time, although it's unclear how 'rebellious' this faction actually was.)
  • Rebel Relaxation
  • Shame If Something Happened (What he used to keep the electorate quiet long enough to properly frame and dispose of them.)
  • Smug Snake (He had his moments, which almost always backfire spectacularly.)
  • Sympathetic Murderer (Er...)
  • Telepathic Spacemen (Of a sort.)
  • Tyrant Takes the Helm (He stole the Alderamini throne by setting up the entire electorate, and then using their families as bargaining chips before coldly disposing of them. The electorate, that is, not the families. Many other key figures seem to be brainwashed.)
  • The Usual Adversaries (Joseph was tired of the centuries-old antagonism between Alderamin and Mirfak, and made it a priority to end it. If only the desire had been mutual.)
  • While Rome Burns (He abandoned his House after making a very public, very reputation-ruining, mistake. House Savoie was lucky enough to see the return of Philippe soon afterwards, but it's not something that anyone will be forgetting soon. His brothers especially have it in for him.)
  • White Sheep (He tried.)

Philippe Savoie

  • All Your Base Are Belong to Us (The civil war against Joseph ended poorly and suddenly.)
  • Put on a Bus (When House Nagendra collapsed, Philippe panicked and ran to House Valeria, hoping to join another power bloc before the Dominion set their sights on Alderamin. He was held captive for more than a galactic year before he escaped.)

David Savoie

Cadno Kujawski

Crispian Dublin

Anzhelica Holdren

Munisa Lanning

Bernadina Peppers

Controller Superior

Sirius/Luther Blisset

Galaxy Eridanus

House Ataraxia

House Tropes

House Glenn

House Tropes

Ifor Glenn (second-oldest of the Primary Study Group; current Administrator of the Glenn Institute for Psionics Research)

Zaira Glenn (Ifor's wife, Aidan's daughter)

Constantine Glenn (youngest of the Primary Study Group)

Doctor Aidan Glenn

House Houraisan

House Tropes

  • Author Appeal (Everywhere.)
  • Badass in a Nice Suit (Both the men and women of the House. House Houraisan's secondary motto? "There's never an excuse to not dress one's best".)
  • Bizarre Alien Biology (Fluorescent irises; aging that keeps a Lunarian at around their 30-40's until around age 70, after which they rapidly age to "make up the difference", and the obvious.)
  • Evil Albino or Heroic Albino (Depends; mostly heroic. They tend to have white hair and fur for their ears and tails, blood red eyes, and pale skin.)
  • The Faceless (At least, the women of the House with respect to their upper faces.)
  • Fantasy Counterpart Culture (Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Manchurian/Mongolian/Uighur/Vietnamese People IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE!)
    • Void Mages are Zen Buddhists with Shaolin Kung Fu Powers IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
    • Lunarian Animism is Shintoism IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
  • Glowing Eyes of Doom (Their specie's natural threat response, and both a voluntary and involuntary action.)
  • Half-Human Hybrid (Of which only females exhibit Lunarian phenotypes.)
  • Human Aliens (Ignoring the ears and tails. Probably descended from a common ancestor anyways.)
  • I See Dead People (And also that water fairy over there, as well as my own God of Space Flight. Really, Lunarians are giant cosmic antennas for all sorts of supernatural things.)
  • Kung Fu Wizard (The Void Mages and Lunarian Animist Priests.)
  • Petting Zoo People (Rabbit ears and tails. They also happen to be the royal family of an entire race of similar people called the Lunarians.)
  • Psychic Powers (Usually because of at least basic training in Void Magecraft.)
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something
  • Shout-Out (The entire House is one to Touhou)
  • The Power of the Void (It cost them a civilization.)
  • White-Haired Pretty Boy and White-Haired Pretty Girl (Any Houraisan that did not marry into the family.)

Lady Misako Houraisan, Queen of the Lunarians

Chika Houraisan

Mayako Houraisan

Tatsuaki Houraisan

Mitsusuke Houraisan

Saeko Houraisan

Nagachika Houraisan

Kageyoshi Houraisan

The Late Lady Sakuko Houraisan, Queen Koumei of the Lunarians

Mitsunaga Houraisan

Miyoko Houraisan

Tori Houraisan

The Magnificent Eleven

Harbinger 4-17 "Ruum"

Dr. Tae Genma


House Quest

House Tropes

  • Punch Clock Villain: Joined Roma's Domain pretty much at gunpoint; does everything the position of Seneschal demands, but has only recently been doing really evil things.
  • The Dragon: Anyone wanting to take on Goratrix would have to roll over Quest first. Also, Quest tends to be the one who squashes routine threats not worth Roma's time. (It's a living.)
  • Powered Armor: One battalion in each Quest Regiment is composed of Air Cavalry. Basically hundreds of Iron Men.
  • Humongous Mecha: Another battalion in each regiment is composed of Somatic Assault Vehicles (known to the troops as SAVIORS) because too much firepower is never enough.

Premier Joseph Quest

  • Casual Kink: Oh, you know it. Revealed to be into S&M in his very first appearance, is inordinately fond of Lunarian women and commits adultery at the drop of a ... hat.
  • Affably Evil
  • No Accounting for Taste: Married to Agnes in name only.
  • Crazy Prepared: When the forces of another House attempted to kidnap him, he had the foresight to have an undetectable android duplicate ready. This could have been considered an Ass Pull, except that it was foreshadowed in a previous RP thread.

Natasha

  • The Mistress: Openly Joseph's mistress; goes to social events with him in place of his comatose wife.
  • Evil Redhead: Oh, yeah.
  • Dark Secret: Natasha is the granddaughter of former Emperor Helmut Ventruz.
  • Puss in Boots: (Usually long, black, leather boots.) Insanely competent in her role of spymistress and head of internal security.

Agnes Quest, Wife of the Premier (snicker)

  • Fate Worse Than Death: Rendered braindead by a serial killer. Amazingly, Joseph had nothing to do with it.

Zephaniah Quest (Agnes' brother)

  • Fate Worse Than Death: The same fate as Agnes, at the same time. Joseph waters the vegetables regularly.
  • Small Name, Big Ego: Considered himself a master swordsman and a genius statesman. In actuality, he was pretty much an oxygen thief.

Aimee Quest, Sister of the Premier

Gabriel Quest (Aimee's husband)

Lochlannach Quest (Aimee's elder son)

  • Inadequate Inheritor: Lochie will take over the House when Joe kicks the bucket. He's not nearly ready. He makes hasty decisions, he's not cunning like Joe and most of all, his evil psionic genius daughter will ride him like a monkey rides a greyhound.

Oscar Quest (Aimee's younger son)

  • Four-Star Badass: Oscar is Marshal of the Quest armed forces, an honorary position. He was formerly CO of a regiment, but was kicked upstairs after being wounded in action one too many times. He's an incredibly skilled soldier and hand-to-hand fighter and inspiring to the men, but a little too fearless and reckless.
  • Estrogen Brigade Bait
  • Hot Dad
  • Happily Married: to Heulfryn Boudicca, widely regarded as the galaxy's number one sex symbol, although a certain Lunarian Queen might have something to say about that...
  • Shout-Out: He's Richard Sharpe in SPAAAAAAACE, even to the extent of looking like him.

Yutsoko Sun (Lochlannach's first wife)

Iowerth Quest(Lochlannach's eldest son)

Abiel Quest (Lochlannach's second son)

Saeko Quest (Lochlannach's second wife)

  • Took a Level in Badass: Selected as Lochie's second wife because she was meek and submissive and unlikely to take off and leave the galaxy like his first wife. But then she joined the Void Engineers. So much for that idea.
  • Dark Secret: Something out of the ordinary happened during her Void Engineer training, but nobody is talking about it.

Gethsemane Quest (Lochlannach's daughter)

  • Enfant Terrible: Psionic super-genius prodigy taken under the wing of the Void Lord.
  • Person of Mass Destruction: You don't want to get her angry, and everything makes her angry.
  • The Chosen One: Selected by Constantine Roma to be his successor and future Empress of the galaxy. Over the entire Goratrix family.

Luatha Quest (Lochlannach's youngest son)

Shona Boudicca (Oscar's daughter)

Ialach Quest (Oscar's son)

  • The Ditz: Possibly. (He has Woefully Poor potential.)

House Von Carstein

House Tropes

Count Sergio Von Carstein

Commander Lothar Du Bek

  • Artificial Limbs He lost he arm fighting against a power armored Godwinson commander. It was, naturally, replaced.
  • Badass Normal Yes, he is a vampire, but he can't do most of the magic stuff that the Counts can do. Yet he's managed to survive longer than both of them.
  • Nice Hat The aforementioned commisar style hat. He's the only named character to wear one.

Count Cristiano Von Carstein

Grand Regent Este Von Carstein

Agent Mannfred

  • Badass in a Nice Suit Was the first character to be actually described dressing in the coat and hat.
  • Badass Normal Jumps his way through a construction site sustaining any injuries, took on around fifty psychic power armored troopers, and may have even killed some.
  • Smoking Is Cool While preparing to escape from the compound, he lights up while grabbing his weapon. See's his evac get blown up? Time for a smoke. Surrounded on all sides, with heavy weapons chipping away at your cover? Give him a sec, he's getting his lighter.

Agent Findlay

Galaxy Gemini

The United Federation of People's Republics

House Tropes

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Parliament of the United Federation of People's Republics and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Total Democratic Party of the United Federation of People's Republics Viktor Gagarin

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