History Characters / PrincessWaltz

* CryCute: When she thinks that she can't win her duel with [[ImplacableMan Angela]], but then she finds strength to continue fighting when she remembers her [[PowerOfLove crush]] on Arata.

!!Main Characters
[[folder:Fukamori Arata]]
The hero of the story, who winds up accidentally involved in the Waltz after [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough picking up the ring Chris dropped and putting it on]]. He quickly adapts to the BrokenMasquerade, and is able to sync powerfully with Chris until TheReveal, whereupon the two of them run into trouble fighting together because of Arata's new awareness of her sex. The two of them spend a great deal of time training, but synchronization has its own side effects and the two begin getting [[{{UST}} uncomfortably close]].

* RegalRinglets: She has [[RapunzelHair very long]] hair set in princess curls.

* RapunzelHair: Past her waist.

* {{Meganekko}}: Normally. TheGlassesComeOff when she's in Princess form.

* MateOrDie: Played straight and deconstructed. Interestingly, having sex with Chris and the (chosen) Princess is not Arata's idea, at least not initially. When Chris and Arata's fusion starts to weaken, April insists that the only effective way to restore their bond is to "become one," literally. Having no other remotely effective options in their extremely life-or-death situation, they reluctantly agree, and although April is proven correct, both Chris and Arata are immediately wracked with guilt afterwards, until the fusion magic's side effect takes over, and they effectively become addicted to it, at which point neither of them cares, regardless of time or place. [[spoiler: Regardless of route, Arata and Chris, immediately after being reunited, start making out, right in front of all the other princess candidates, and Chris is completely naked.]]

--> Voiced by: Haruka Sawai

--> Voiced by: Kanami Kono

--> Voiced by: Creator/YukoGoto

* LovingAShadow: As Arata learns when she tells him to stop associating with Chris, Suzushiro has many incorrect ideas about Chris's personality, mistaking the [[WomanWearingTheQueenlyMask the Princely Mask for the Man]] and has never seen "his" angry, {{Tsundere}} side. (Setting aside that she's also unaware Chris is a woman, since she ultimately decides she doesn't care and still loves her anyway.) That said, she at least knows Chris well enough to tell when she's pasting on a smile and decieving her about something important.

--> Voiced by: Creator/HirokoTaguchi

--> Voiced by: Creator/KiyomiAsai

* BadassNormal: No special abilities, no spells, just a skilled blacksmith wearing state-of-the-art equipment, and armed with an arsenal she designed herself. Especially notable since the other princesses come from the royal bloodlines of their nations, and Chris says royals inherit greatly enhanced physical abilities compared to the common people of their world; as a commoner [[spoiler: and, considering her status as the last-minute replacement, presumably not even one of the stronger "normal" people]], she's able to go toe-to-toe with the most powerful princesses in the Waltz.
* BeneathTheMask: [[spoiler:It's gradually revealed that her "disguise" as Riko is actually the only time Liesel acts like herself-she's so terrified of seeming weak she acts a lot more cold than she actually is.]]

* TheChessmaster: She's very cold and calculating [[spoiler:when trying to be]], using modified cell phone drones to spy on her rivals and orchestrate events. However, when discussing strategy with an unseen second party, she admits she can't control all factors when she [[spoiler: tries to kidnap the prince]], and decides that she needs to act anyway.

* HadToBeSharp: [[spoiler:What causes her to grow some actual self-confidence is being convinced she's shown she earned her place in the Waltz several times over-as shown by the fact she steamrolled two of her opponents, both of whom are pretty strong in their own right.]]

* HiddenHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Her entire cold personality is an act by Riko to disguise how unhappy and scared she is when fighting-her real personality is a NiceGirl who doesn't think twice about rushing into a burning building to save someone.]]

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: [[spoiler:All of her cold attitude during her fights is an act to hide that she's scared out of her mind-she wasn't even trained to be the Princess of Steel, so she secretly feels worthless compared to all the other princesses. Her apparent lack of interest in Arata is more out of the fact she's resigned to losing and believes that he wouldn't be attracted to a commoner-she's utterly flabbergasted that he doesn't care in her route.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: While not as aggressive as the other red eyed princess, Angela, she's very cold, calculating and pragmatic. [[spoiler:And then subverted, when it turns out her disguise as Riko is actually the only time she isn't trying to come off as someone else. Riko is about as threatening as a teddy bear]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Her real name is Riko, and she wasn't supposed to be in the Waltz at all-she's a lower-to-middle class engineer who was forced to replace her when the actual Liesel [[SurprisePregnancy disqualified]] herself, and Riko herself was still a virgin.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: In her secret identity she behaves significantly differently. [[spoiler:Mostly because she isn't trying to seem tough.]]

* SplitPersonality: Of sorts. Her ''introduction'' actually features "Liesel" [[spoiler: and "Riko"]] holding a conversation over tactics! [[spoiler:This may or may not be the actual Liesel advising her replacement.]]
* WeakButSkilled: Has no magical powers or special abilities, unlike the other Princesses; she compensates with her Dress and Combat Pragmatism. [[spoiler:There's a reason she was the one chosen to replace the actual competitor.]]

--> Voiced by: Creator/ShizukaIto

--> Voiced by: Haruka Sawai

Nanae is Arata's adoptive mother as well as his homeroom teacher. She's rather lazy but loves her children dearly.

Arata's childhood friend who lives down the street and attends the same class in school. Her father runs the kendo dojo where Arata and Shizuka train.

* BadassNormal: No special abilities, no spells, just a skilled blacksmith wearing state-of-the-art equipment. Especially notable since the other princesses come from the royal bloodlines of their nations, and Chris says royals inherit greatly enhanced physical abilities compared to the common people of their world; as a commoner [[spoiler: and, considering her status as the last-minute replacement, presumably not even one of the stronger "normal" people]], she's able to go toe-to-toe with the most powerful princesses in the Waltz and come out on top.

* {{Hammerspace}}: Her skirt. She has propulsion jets and ''freaking rocket launchers'' under there. Arata lampshades it during her fight with Suzushiro, wondering how she has so ''many'' missiles.

* CrazyPrepared: Just when you think Suzushiro has the advantage, Liesel pulls out another trick from her skirt. Arata begins to wonder just how many missiles she has under that skirt.

* BareFistedMonk: Unlike the other princesses who wield specialized weapons, Suzushiro fights bare handed. She also has the greatest weapon damage in the cast.

* LovingAShadow: As Arata learns when she tells him to stop associating with Chris, Suzushiro has many incorrect ideas about Chris's personality, mistaking the [[WomanWearingTheQueenlyMask the Princely Mask for the Man]] and has never seen "his" angry, {{Tsundere}} side. (Setting aside that she's also unaware Chris is a woman, since she ultimately decides she doesn't care and still loves her anyway.)

* LovingAShadow: As Arata learns when she tells him to stop associating with Chris, Suzushiro has many incorrect ideas about Chris's personality, mistaking the [[WomandWearingTheQueenlyMask the Princely Mask for the Man]] and has never seen "his" angry, {{Tsundere}} side. (Setting aside that she's also unaware Chris is a woman, since she ultimately decides she doesn't care and still loves her anyway.)

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: He is an ordinary student until Chris appears as an exchange student.

* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Discussed and parodied. When it becomes obvious that the fusion with Chris is suffering due to a rather UnsettlingGenderReveal, Chris suggests bashing Arata around the head until he forgets, but April then comes back that even if this "technique" works as intended, having Arata walk in on Chrs or vice-versa could easily undo the effort.

* HealingFactor: The Prince's Blessing gives Chris this.

* FieryRedhead
* HellishPupils
* HonorBeforeReason: Throws the first fight after Iris survives her finishing move, even though the unconscious Iris was at her mercy, because she doesn't feel it's honorable to end like that after such a spectacular battle. She also feels that the big bad is disgracing the Waltz and agrees to work with Arata later on.

* JoustingLance: She wields her lance, Perpetuelle, in melee combat.
* PetTheDog; Right after we see her BloodKnight nature, we have a scene of her giving Nodoka a rather nice gift. She doesn't even know Nodoka.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She has been in love with Chris for years, but Chris thinks of her as a little kid.

* {{Determinator}}: She gets beaten around like a rag doll during the Liesel fight, but just tanks all the damage until she finally make that devastating counter.
* GlassCannon: She provides a large weapon damage boost, but she actually decreases your defense.

* HotBlooded: When in battle. Again, Gotouther-sama.

* TheRival: With Liliana early on, for Chris' attention.
* SilkHidingSteel: Her properity and charm.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Appears to be the Ditz, but is a competent fighter and a member of Restenteza's intelligence apparatus.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Appears to be a high school girl, but is actually the oldest of the Princesses participating in the current Waltz.

* RunningGag: Everything outlandish that she does is explained away by having lived abroad.

The Princess of Steel, she hails from Palmeid, a blacksmithing country and the only non-monarchy in Eldhiland. She doesn't really have much interest in marrying Chris--she's really just involved in the Waltz to prove the power of her Dress and for the sake of everyone who helped create it. Liesel employs ruthless tactics and prefers to win by any means possible rather than fighting with honor, and she deeply resents the other princesses for their natural strength of arms. Liesel's personality is intentionally left quite mysterious.

* BadassNormal: No special abilities, no spells, just a skilled blacksmith.

* TheChessmaster: She's very cold and calculating [[spoiler:when trying to be]].
* CovertPervert: Gets turned on by (to her seconds later shame) the faux HoYay. She has the same reaction when she learns that Arata and Chris slept together. She knows it too.

* DropTheHammer: Valfiche, Liesel's weapon.

* {{Hammerspace}}: Her skirt. She has propulsion jets and ''freaking rocket launchers'' under there.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: While not as aggressive as the other red eye princess, Angela, she's very cold, calculating and pragmatic. [[spoiler:And then subverted, when it turns out her disguise as Riko is actually the only time she isn't trying to come off as someone else. Riko is about as threatening as a teddy bear]].

* RapunzelHair

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: In his quest for a "perfect" world, he turned into a despot.

* TheMole: Sided from the start with Shichiou to help him escape the Waltz.

* KillAndReplace: In order to safeguard the life and ascension of her daughter, Cecelia enlists the aid of then princess of Wisley, Nanae, to kidnap and kill her older sister's child so female-Chris can become the Crown Prince with no one being the wiser. Her plan partially succeeds, as Chris is raised as the Crown Prince and Empress Lydia's son disappears from Eldhiland. However, Nanae does not kill the real Chris Northfield, instead naming him Arata and raising him as her own son.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Has a brief moment of repentance near the ends where she laments her evil actions.

* YourCheatingHeart: Had an affair with the recently deceased Emperor of Eldhiland, who had already conceived Arata with her older sister, Empress Lydia. This results in the [[RoyaltySuperPower Prince's Blessing]] being shared by both Chris ''and'' [[ReallyRoyaltyReveal Arata, creating the main crisis of the story]].

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Red-{{purple|eyes}} to be exact.

* PurpleEyes: She has divine heritage.

* JerkassFacade: [[spoiler:Her entire cold personality is an act by Riko to disguise how unhappy and scared she is when fighting-her real personality is a NiceGirl who doesn't think twice about rushing into a burning building to save someone.]]

* HonorBeforeReason: Throws the first fight with Iris after surviving her finishing move, even though the unconscious Iris was at her mercy, since she doesn't feel it's honorable to end like that after such a spectacular battle. She also feels that the big bad is disgracing the Waltz and agrees to work with Arata later on.

--> Voiced by: Hiroko Taguchi

* SplitPersonality: Of sorts. Her ''introduction'' actually features "Liesel" and "Riko" holding a conversation over tactics! [[spoiler:This may or may not be the actual Liesel advising her replacement.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: Sides with Shichiou to help him escape the Waltz.

* KillAndReplace: In order to safeguard the life and ascension of her daughter, Cecelia enlists the aid of then princess of Wisley, Nanae, to kidnap and kill her older sister's child so female-Chris can become the Crown Prince with no one being the wiser. Her plan partially succeeds, as Chris is raised as the Crown Prince and Empress Lydia's son disappears from Eldhiland. However, Nanae does not kill the real Chris Northfield, naming him Arata and raising him as her own son.

* HeelFaceTurn: Sides with Shichiou to help him escape the Waltz.

* YourCheatingHeart: Had an affair with the recently deceased Emperor of Eldhiland, who already conceived [[ReallyRoyaltyReveal Arata with her older sister, Empress Lydia. This results in the [[RoyaltySuperPower Prince's Blessing]] being shared by both Chris ''and'' Arata, creating the main crisis of the story]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jealous of her sister Lydia (who became the Empress after winning the Waltz), she seduced the Emperor, resulting in the conception of [[HeroicBastard Chris not long after Arata, Empress Lydia's child and rightful Crown Prince, was born. However, because they are both children of the Emperor, and were born at around the same time, they both inherited the [[RoyaltySuperPower Prince's Blessing]] and the destiny that accompanies it. This creates an imbalance in the magical ritual at the centre of the Princess Waltz that has secretly kept Shichiou sealed away for a thousand years, as the ritual relies on there being only ''one'' Crown Prince. This imbalance is exploited by Shichiou, allowing him to weaken his seal and escape, [[GrandTheftMe through Chris]], putting both Eldhiland and Earth in jeopardy]].

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