Kakin Empire / Hui Guo Rou Royal Dynasty

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The Imperial Princes of Kakin and Beyond Netero (fifth from the right)^note

The Kakin Empire is a wealthy country ruled by Nasubi Hui Guo Rou. It's located in the middle of the Azian Continent and it underwent a considerable economic growth that made it one of the wealthiest countries in the world. The Royal Family consists of Nasubi, his eight wives Unma, Duazul, Tang Zhao Li, Katrono, Swinko-Swinko, Seiko, Sevanti and Oito, and their fourteen children together. The Kakin Empire are the main sponsors of Beyond Netero's expedition to the Dark Continent, thus forcing the Hunter Association and the V5 to participate; the V5 in particular has to accept the Kakin Empire into their ranks, thus forming the V6 and as such, finally starting the journey to the Dark Continent, an endeavor involving thousands of people crammed up in a single gigantic ship, which is proverbially a pressure cooker ready to blow.

During the trek towards the Dark Continent, Nasubi announces a Succession War between the Princes of Kakin in order to determine the heir to the throne. The princes undergo a Nen ritual to imbue them with a Nen Beast called Guardian Spirit Beast in order to give them an even playing field, though they have no control or awareness of their respective beasts. The princes are informally divided between the Elder and Younger princes, on which the former have the logistic and manpower advantage regarding their resources for the war. What's more however, once the ritual starts, none of the princes can refuse participation as the Nen ritual likewise is a contract based power. Once they (unwittingly) agreed to it, it was pretty much kill or be killed.

The succession war involves the elimination of the rest of the princes in order to be considered the true heir, though not all the princes are aware of this. Each of the princes' retinue in the expedition consists of 15 guards personally chosen by the elder queens, which include members of the Hunter Association; however, the retinues also include assassins, moles, and normal bodyguards who are unaware of the situation; as such, the younger princes have either a few or none of the 15 bodyguards appointed by their own mothers.

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The Royal Family

Nasubi Hui Guo Rou

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Ruler of Kakin and patriarch of the Royal Family. A publicly jolly person, Nasubi is actually a ruthless man who makes his children fight for the throne's succession.

Abusive Parents: Sweet Jesus. We have ourselves one hell of a bastard father on our hands here. Seriously, telling your children, including an infant, the equivalent of, "Oh hey, kill each other and the last one standing succeeds me"!?! Just because you are bound by a barbaric and arbitrary tradition? You will never be Father of the Year. Not only that, chapter 382 shows that a king must choose the country over the family, as he genuinely believes that the sacrifices of the princes are necessary to decide the next king and that they need to work for that goal and that they have to carry the burden.
Battle Royale: He enforces a succession war on his children. His older sons and daughters have been preparing for it for most of their lives, while the youngest are shown to be utterly unprepared for it.
Big Fun: Puts on a jolly façade when making public appearances.
Edible Theme Naming: He and his brothers are named after vegetables. He's named after the Japanese word for eggplant.
Eldritch Abomination: The Guardian Spirit Beasts imposed on him and his offspring qualify as this. Even with considerable manpower and a proverbial arsenal, the Guardian Spirit Beast indeed level the playing field for the succession war; as such, baby Woble has as much chance of becoming king as Benjamin or Tserriednich. Of course, the only problem is that they cannot willingly control the Guardian Spirit Beasts, so there's that.
Equal-Opportunity Evil: In spite of the order they were born, Nasubi's sons and daughters have been provided an equal playing field in the form of their Guardian Spirit Beasts; these serve as both a protector and a handicap, as the Beasts cannot be used to harm other princes or their Guardian Spirit Beasts, but they can kill the hell out of the princes' retinues. Nasubi, however, has not been particularly egalitarian regarding the man resources that the princes are allotted to, as the Elder Princes have considerably better manpower and political backing than the younger ones.
Even Evil Has Standards: Invoked and played with. He is shown to be mournful and lamenting of the assassination of Prince Momoze, but he states that the deaths of his children serve a necessary evil to a goal that is paramount.
Fat Bastard: Nasubi is an obese man and seems to be cold-hearted to the point of being ruthless, since the rules he dictated in order to choose his heir allow, if not encourage, his children to kill each other.
Gonk: He has an obese figure with slit eyes.
Hidden Depths:
- King Nasubi survived his own succession war to become the only Prince of Kakin of his generation, and later became king. His Guardian Sacred Beast is a reflection of his own nature as a man of indomitable lust and ruthlessness, hiding it all behind a jolly disposition.
- As revealed in chapter 371, the deaths of his children serve an ulterior purpose other than the succession war, as he has caskets ready for all 14 of them, or alternatively 13 of them plus himself. He even states that Momoze, the first victim of the war, is not really "dead" as her body is placed in her casket.
- In chapter 372, he shows a surprising amount of wisdom, and he knows that the country and its people need to survive before the royals. When he presents that as a prisoner's trolley problem, he says that the question lies in the one who pulls the lever, meaning who ever will be king must carry the burden.
Nipple and Dimed: His absolutely vile Guardian Spirit Beast marks an incredibly rare example of a Shonen Jump manga (a medium aimed at junior high and high school teenagers) depicting breasts with highly detailed teats; likely, the only reason Togashi is able to get away with this is because they belong to an inhuman creature. Don't expect the anime to ever let this design aspect ever see the light of day should the Dark Continent go into production. (And if you try reading the manga in front of your friends and family and happen to stumble upon that thing and they see it and question what you're looking at, don't say we didn't warn you... just tell them it's the brainchild of someone's nightmares... yeesh...)
Pet the Dog: He may be forcing his children into a violent succession war but he turns down the request by Camilla to make it an absolute requirement that the last one actually alive will be the inheritor of the throne. That he doesn't simply default the war into an outright death match between his children is surprisingly kind of him.
Punny Name: Transliterated from Japanese, Hoikōrō means twice-cooked pork. Dude looks like a hog already...
- Additionally, "Nasu" means eggplant, which his hair makes him resemble.
Rule of Symbolism: He has a painting of Saturn (Cronus) devouring his children in his room. It's even focused on in a panel when he's talking about Karma/the sacrifices neccessary to become King.
Smarter Than They Look: He creates the public image of a jovial and friendly goofball, but he clearly became king for a reason and the banquet celebrating the Black Whale's departure shows that he hides a clever, highly ambitious and perpetually scheming mind right beneath it.
Troll:
- He states that the last surviving prince will inherit the throne. When Camilla and Zhang Lei ask him the details of what this entails, he leaves it open to interpretation.
- When Halkenburg requests to be removed from the succession war, Nasubi cannot help but smile at the notion that Halkenburg thinks that he has the option to quit.
Verbal Tic: Hoi!
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Genuinely believes the Succession War is for the greater good of Kakin. It is stated that he believes a King who's every action is done with the blood of their brothers and sisters on their hands will be sure to honor them and make Kakin the best it can be, which is why he supports the war.
You Can't Fight Fate: King Nasubi pits his 14 sons and daughters in a succession war against each other in order to determine the only rightful Prince of Kakin. This is purportedly a tradition that goes back to the first king of Kakin who created a Nen Artifact called the Seed Urn for the job, and it's the traditional way of the Hui Guo Rou family of weeding out the chaff among the royal Princes. Nasubi claims that these Succession Wars were the key to Kakin going from an Azian fief caught in border wars to a superpower. He flat out tells Halkenburg that there is no way to escape this war.

The Queens

General tropes

Diplomatic Impunity: Averted. The queens can't simply order assassinations on the princes in the Succession War, since they would go to jail for that. Hiring bodyguards and other forces for their children or sending guards as spies to the lower ranked princes is the most they can do.
Numerical Theme Naming: Their names are puns on Portuguese numbers, and in Oito's case, it's literal.
Royal Harem: They are the eight wives of King Nasubi Hui Guo Rou, and they gave him 14 children. They are officially equal in rank, but internally, there is an unofficial ranking, where the order of the marriage gives the earlier ones more privileges than the later ones. Unlike in many fiction, they aren't portrayed in any sexual way so far, and all eight of them act separately from each other.
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: The overweight king is not a very attractive man on the outside, and his wives look more attractive than him, albeit to various degrees. Queen Oito plays it straight due to being the youngest. The other seven queens are noticeably older, with all of them, other than Queen Swinko-Swinko, having wrinkles.

Unma Hui Guo Rou

The first (and oldest) wife of Nasubi, and the mother of the 1st Prince Benjamin and the 4th Prince Tserriednich. As the 1st Queen, she enjoys the most privileges and power among the eight queens.

Numerical Theme Naming: Her name is a pun of "uma", which is the feminine form of "one"/"a"/"an" in Portuguese.
Strong Family Resemblance: Her oldest son Benjamin takes his face from her, most prominently her nose and eyes.

Duazul Hui Guo Rou

The second wife of Nasubi, and the mother of 2nd Prince Camilla, 5th Prince Tubeppa, 7th Prince Luzurus and 9th Prince Halkenburg. She is the queen with highest number of children. She rather doesn't want to be part of the Succession War and refuses to help her children to kill their siblings, instead she lets them do what they want on their own.

Extreme Doormat: Subverted. She's quite demure and passive and her oldest daughter bosses her around, but Queen Duazul refuses to partake in her schemes of killing the other siblings.
Like Mother, Unlike Daughter: Her two daughters, Camilla and Tubeppa, have the will win the Succession War, but Queen Duazul would rather not be part of it. She's also demure unlike her confident daughters.
Like Parent, Like Child: Her youngest child Halkenburg seems to take the most from her, as he's unwilling participant in the Succession War because he doesn't want to kill his siblings, and Queen Duazul would also rather be not part of it. Luzurus is also showing to have a caring side.
Massive Numbered Siblings: Downplayed, in that she gave birth to "only" four children, which is actually quite a lot if it were a normal family. But since she's part of a Royal Harem where there are eight wives, her children have ten more half-siblings. She contributed the most in regards of providing the king with children, since the other queens only gave him one to two children each. There's also a notable gap between the births of her four children, where there are one to two births from other wives between the births of her own children. She only gave birth to two senior princes (her two daughters Camilla and Tubeppa) and two middle princes (her two sons Luzurus and Halkenburg), but no junior prince.
Numerical Theme Naming: Her name is pun of "duas", which is the feminine form of "two" in Portuguese.
Parental Favoritism: Averted. She has doesn't have a preference which of her children would win the war, and she refuses to help them to kill each other, although she also doesn't really prevent them from killing anyone either.

Tang Zhao Li Hui Guo Rou

The third wife of Nasubi, and the mother of 3rd Prince Zhang Lei.

Numerical Theme Naming: Her name is read as "Tōchōrē" in Japanese and is a pun of the Portguese word "Terceiro", which means "third".
Strong Family Resemblance: Her son Zhang Lei inherited his dark skin and short height from her.

Katrono Hui Guo Rou

The fourth wife of Nasubi, and the mother of 6th Prince Taithon.

Numerical Theme Naming: Her name is a pun of the Portuguese number "quatro", which is "four".
Strong Family Resemblance: Her daughter Taithon takes a lot of her looks from her mother.

Swinko-swinko Hui Guo Rou

The fifth wife of Nasubi, and the mother of the 8th Prince Salé-Salé.

Laser-Guided Karma: The first prince who dies in the Succession War is the 12th Prince Momoze, who is murdered by Queen Swinko-Swinko's spy Tuffdy (although she didn't order the issue herself). The next prince who dies is her son, the 8th Prince Salé-Salé, murdered by the 1st Prince Benjamin's spies Rihan and Yushohi.
Locked Out of the Loop: She doesn't know that her son died, since his death is kept a secret to the public.
Numerical Theme Naming: Her name is a pun of the Portuguese number "cinco", which is "five". Since her name is Swinko-swinko, it's basically "five-five".

Seiko Hui Guo Rou

The sixth wife of Nasubi, and the mother of twins, the 10th Prince Kacho and the 11th Prince Fugetsu.

Numerical Theme Naming: Her name is a pun of the Portuguese/Italian number "seis", which is "six".

Sevanti Hui Guo Rou

The seventh wife of Nasubi, and the mother of the 12th Prince Momoze and the 13th Prince Marayam. Due to the young age of her children, Queen Sevanti is the one responsible for hiring her children's bodyguards. She favors the safety of her youngest child over her oldest, giving her son the most amount of guards while leaving a bare minimum for her daughter, with fatal consequences.

Doting Parent: She dotes Marayam a lot, but not so much Momoze.
Mama Bear: Only to Marayam. She orders the guards she hired for Momoze to protect Marayam instead, and leaves Momoze with just the guards that were sent by the other queens. She regrets it later. She reports the six guards for the suspicion of murder and wants them executed.
My Beloved Smother: Her favoritism for Marayam means that she's also giving him way more security than her daughter, and she doesn't leave his side at all.
My God, What Have I Done?: She's visibly lamenting for the death of Momoze, whom she left with only six guards, all of which were sent by the other queens.
Numerical Theme Naming: Her name is a pun of "seven". Also doubles with Floral Theme Naming, since her name is a homonym for the flower with the same name.
Parental Favoritism: Because he's her youngest child, Queen Sevanti is way more concerned about Marayam's safety than Momoze, going so far as to give Marayam all of the guards she hired for Momoze, saying that they were originally meant for him anyway. She thinks that Momoze is able to take care of herself and only leaves her with the six guards that were sent by the other queens. That turns out to be fatal mistake, as Momoze is killed by the guard named Tuffdy, sent by Queen Swinko-Swinko. Later, Sevanti is shown mourning the loss of her daughter.

Oito Hui Guo Rou

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The eighth (and youngest) wife of Nasubi, initially a poor Kakinian girl that was chosen by the king. The 14th Prince Wobble is her only daughter and she holds very little influence within the court, all of this meaning that her chances for survival are beyond thin. Despite this she is willing to do whatever is necessary for her´s and her daughter's survival and to do so she hires the services of hunter Kurapika Kurta, who has his own reasons to chase after the Hui Guo Rous...

Due to the circumstances of Prince Woble being a toddler, Queen Oito is the other important target Kurapika needs to protect.

Action Survivor: Oito is not a person of violence at all nor is she ambitious like the princes or several of the other queens; but circumstances have forced her to participate in the backstabbing royale that is the Succession War.
Beauty Equals Goodness: She's the most conventionally attractive of the eight queens, partly because she happens to be the youngest of them. She's also the most caring of them, even caring for the lives of the her step-children, and she also lacks the passivity that some of the other unwilling queens display.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Not moron or a badass per se, but she is definitively far more competent that one would be forgiven to assume she is only an Extreme Doormat at first glance. She does not appear to be any different than the other queens: a trophy wife to be used by Nasubi. In reality she was able to play Kurapika of all people and so far has shown to be able to work with what she got (which isn't much) and be an asset for Kurapika's plan.
Deadpan Snarker: On the rare moments when she is able to calm down a little bit between the constant peril, she has a surprisingly dry sense of humor.
Empowered Badass Normal: As a consequence of Kurapika's plans, she was awakened and her aura was opened, making her suitable to learn Nen. She even uses a Manipulation technique that Kurapika stole for recon purposes. Mind you, she is still on the very basics of Nen learning and Kurapika believes that she will be a slow one, but she is now capable of seeing Nen Beasts, which is an asset on itself.
Mama Bear: She is in a desperate situation but will do anything to ensure the survival of her daughter. She also cares about her step-children, as she immediately called for help when Momoze was attacked, crying bitter tears and blaming herself when she learns that help came too late.
Numerical Theme Naming: She's the eighth wife of Nasubi, and fittingly, she's named "Oito" (which is Portuguese for "eight").
Rags to Riches: Initially just a poor girl whose life became the stuff of movies when the king of her country noticed her. But then...
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: When Oito uses "Little Eye" to spy on the other princes, she sees how Momoze is about to get killed by an unknown assailant. She immediately yells out and urges everyone in her room to call the guards to intervene. Kurapika asks Oito to calm down and not reveal to Benjamin's guard, Babimyna, that she can use Nen, but she rejects this and doesn't care about their plan, causing Kurapika to reluctantly follow her orders. When it turns out that they were too late, Babimyna asks Oito why she called for help, as there was no personal benefit from doing so. Oito proceeds to chew him out for not understanding that she simply wanted to save the life of her stepdaughter, regardless of the succession war. Babimyna then removes his En from the room and gives Oito more privacy, noting that their presence stresses her out.

The Princes

General Tropes

Big Brother Bully: The older the prince, the more resources they have at their disposal. Benjamin, who is the oldest, has the most resources in the war available to him, with spies and assassins hidden among every bodyguard group of the younger princes. This is really dangerous, since he's a No-Nonsense Nemesis. This doesn't seem so bad, except it goes hand in hand with the following trope.
Big Little Brother: Zhang Lei the third prince and Taithon the sixth prince are among the shortest of the 14 princes and therefore are dwarfed by many of their younger siblings. In fact, only the two youngest siblings are shorter than either of them.
Big, Screwed-Up Family: The older the princes are, the more insane they seem to be. Ben, Camilla, and Tserriednich are three of the oldest princes, and are easily the most unstable of them all—this is bad, since those three have some of the best resources for winning the war at their disposal, as well as being three of the only four princes who are Nen users. This perhaps has something to do with Children Are Innocent, as many of the younger siblings haven't been exposed to the harsh realities of the world like Benjamin or Zhang Lei have.
Cain and Abel: Circumstances have resulted in a scenario in which only one of the princes may survive- dead, or alive.
Diplomatic Impunity: Averted. Anyone murdering the princes will be punished for their crime, since the laws are still in effect. Even the queens wouldn't go unpunished if they were to order a prince's assassination. In order to win the contest, the prince and their allies have to either be secretive or smart about how to to kill the other princes without getting caught.
Guardian Entity: The Nen Beast Parasites called Guardian Spirit Beasts level the playing field for the war, as they essentially given Nen powers to the princes without them knowing. They look absolutely horrific. Most of the princes don't have control over their Guardian Spirit Beasts, and while they are visible to Nen users, they are invisible to the princes themselves. The Guardian Spirit Beasts feed on the princes' aura to sustain themselves, so if the host has been drained too much of their aura, the Guardian Spirit Beast will disappear until the host has enough aura to manifest their beast again. The Guardian Spirit Beasts can be killed, but killing them doesn't kill the hosts directly, but it leaves them vulnerable. If the host dies, the Guardian Spirit Beast loses its source of energy and disappears completely, with Kacho's Guardian Spirit Beast being the exception due to its requirement of manifestation being the death of either of the twin princes. The Guardian Spirit Beast can change its appearances due to the host's mental state, and they prioritize the host's safety even against their will, and therefore they can attack other people without their host's knowledge. The Nen ability of the Guardian Spirit Beast is separate from the personal Nen abilities of the host, and they can co-exist with other Nen Beasts conjured by their host.
Gender Is No Object: While there is clearly many things wrong with the Kakin Royal Family gender inequality is not one of them. There is an equal number of male and female princes vying for the throne and their position is determined by the order of their birth and their own accomplishments rather than their sex or which one of King Nasubi's wives gave birth to them.
Massively Numbered Siblings: There are fourteen children of them, and these are only the legitimate ones. There's at least one more sibling who is illegitimate.
Meaningful Name: Hui Guo Rou is supposed to be a corruption of "Hoikōrō", or "Twice-cooked pork". This seems to be in direct reference to several part of Chinese folklore, particularly surrounding the imperial dynasties; Pork being a symbol of riches, fortune and good health due to it being a luxury product in ancient China, and "twice-cooked" directly referring to the Succession War being a way to "boil" the excessive amount of princes down until the dynasty is left with a single, powerful king in a way that resembles Kodoku rituals, better known as shoving several poisonous bugs inside an enclosed space to use the victor as a lucky charm.
Non-Indicative Name: Even the women are called "princes".
Our Monsters Are Weird: All of the Guardian Spirit Beasts except Kachou and Fugetsu's are positively bizarre, ranging from strange giant Mix-and-Match Critters to nondescript floating shapes to nightmarish, repulsive, borderline NSFW abominations.
Take Over the World: Some of the Princes such as Benjamin and Tserriednich not only plan to take the throne, but to expand the empire to the rest of the world.

Senior Princes

Benjamin Hui Guo Rou

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First Prince of Kakin and son of Nasubi's first wife, Unma. He is the full brother of Tserriednich and the Deputy Military Adviser of the Royal Army of the Kakin Empire.

Benjamin is a passionate, military-minded individual who is capable of making informed, rational decisions and being very respectful of his men. This makes him a Reasonable Authority Figure to his men, but this mindset belies a cruel and cold-hearted individual who believes in striking down all who oppose him with lethal force.

Aerith and Bob: His name "Benjamin" is extremely mundane compared to the other princes', only followed by Camilla.
All Your Powers Combined: He receives the abilities of his soldiers when they die, on the condition that they swore loyalty to him and went through military school with him.
Animal Motifs: He looks and acts like a lion heading a pride, with all the viciousness that it entails.
Arch-Enemy: His first order of business when he's informed of the succession war is to have a loving conversation with Tserriednich, promising to murder the hell out of each other. No lost fraternal love there.
Cain and Abel: He intends to kill all his siblings to become king, but he especially has a problem with his full younger brother, Tserriednich.
Dirty Coward: Invoked. The guards that he assigns to the rest of the princes are instructed to kill whomever they feel like killing as long as they set up a scenario where they "acted in self-defense".
The Dreaded: His ruthlessness is so well-known that an attendant to Woble, Shimano, outright refused to answer him on the phone because she knew he was already prepared to kill everybody among that group without even talking to him.
Empowered Badass Normal: The first of two princes that has been thus far confirmed to be capable of using Nen.
A Father to His Men: Since his Nen ability requires loyalty from his men, he obviously treats them with care and respect. While their deaths would make him stronger, since their abilities will be transferred to him, Benjamin avoids having his men killed.
Four-Star Badass: He is not afraid to get his own hands dirty. In fact, he wishes to kill all of his siblings personally. However, due to situation, he has to leave his men do most of the work. After all, if Benjamin dies, it's over, so using his manpower sufficiently is the best he can do at the moment.
The Giant: Easily the biggest member of the family and almost as huge as Beyond. In his Establishing Character Moment, he was wrestling a male lion and dwarfed it, making it look like a normal housecat in his grasp.
Gonk: He looks and has the size of a lion; fittingly, his first appearance shows him wrestling a lion.
Hot-Blooded: He takes his duties as the First Prince of Kakin very seriously. His sister, Camilla's, arrogance and conceit piss him off so much that when he leaves the banquet, he rips off his suit and wishes to kill his siblings immediately, starting with his younger brother, Tserriednich. Ironically, he keeps his calm due to the succession war's situation requiring him to act wisely and thoughtful. Not only that, when Camilla tries to assassinate him personally, Benjamin remains calm and stoic and tells his men not to shoot her and have them arrest her instead.
Oh, Crap!: He has to halt the attempts on the rest of the princes when he realizes that the Guardian Spirit Beasts are way more dangerous than he thought. He still sends guards to shadow the princes, though.
Pragmatic Villainy: Though he is irascible and merciless, his bodyguards are entirely loyal to him and consider him an excellent leader. As chief of the military, he also has complete control over the bodyguard assignation to the rest of the princes, being able to send his own followers to spy on them as assigned bodyguards. However, he doesn't have this authority over Tserriednich, which both preoccupies and irritates him to no end.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Benjamin is hot-blooded, impulsive and prefers shortcuts, but if he is offered enough information and alternative points-of-views from his advisers, he will take his time to think it over and make sound judgments and decisions. Being both flexible and stern, he is implied to be A Father to His Men and has the Undying Loyalty of his soldiers, as for instance Vincent was immediately willing to kill himself when he was captured by Kurapika, so he could not betray Benjamin. Their loyalty goes so far that those who swore loyalty to Benjamin serve him even in death, by transferring their powers to him after they died.
Take Over the World: His goal should he win succession in the war is to not only claim the throne but unite the world under Kakin rule.

Camilla Hui Guo Rou

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Second Prince of Kakin and daughter of Nasubi's second wife, Duazul. She is the full sister of Tubeppa, Luzurus and Halkenburg.

Camilla is a Spoiled Brat of a prince, being a Daddy's Girl since she was young. Despite this, she is passionate about winning the war, even if her intelligence (or lack thereof) and spoiled nature cause her to become Her Own Worst Enemy.
Camilla's Hatsu is a Nen Beast named "The Cat That Lived A Thousand Lives", which is automatically activated when Camilla dies, causing the the titular cat to be summoned and crush the killer between it's paws, killing them to use their lifeforce to reanimate Camilla.

Achilles' Heel: Once you figure out how her ability works, you just need to not deal a fatal blow to her. This is exactly what Furykov does, when she attempts to kill Benjamin, as he merely breaks her arm and disarms her.
Aerith and Bob: Not to the same degree as Benjamin, but Camilla's name is much more normal than the names of the younger siblings who were born after her.
The Beautiful Elite: Aesthetically, Camilla is a considerably beautiful woman. Psychologically, not quite.
Costume Porn: She is always immaculately dressed. She also changes her hairstyles a lot.
Counter-Attack: Camilla's ability is a counter-type and requires her to be dealt a fatal blow and kill her to activate it.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: At first, one might think she's recklessly stupid and won't last for long in this war. Turns out she's reckless because her Nen can ressurrect her and she has a whole plan behind the scenes to basically curse all her siblings. Subverted, however: her blatant lack of intelligence makes her harmless to say the least, no matter her skills.
Death-Activated Superpower: Her Nen ability activates when she is killed by somebody else. It takes the killer's life force and uses it to resurrect herself. It goes further than just her though. Camilla has an entire military group of 13 people, one for each of her brothers and sisters, who have been trained to inflict a Dying Curse on their designated prince when they kill themselves.
Death Is Cheap: Because her ability will steal her killer's life force and give it to her, so she can resurrect herself. She will deliberately make people kill her to activate it if possible.
Death Is the Only Option: Her ability only activates when she dies, so she tries to bait people into killing her and then takes their life to resurrect herself. It abuses the effect that Nen can get stronger after one's death, but once you figured out her ability, you can take countermeasures. It's also rather obvious that she baits you into a counter attack, as she deliberately shuts off her own aura with Zetsu, making her even more vulnerable than normal people. Other than that, she doesn't display any other notable abilities besides her aim with her gun, and she is quickly captured and imprisoned by Benjamin's men once she runs out of bullets.
Didn't Think This Through: Her plan to kill Benjamin and his guards is absolutely idiotic, to say the least. Her plan requires her enemies to kill, which would trigger her Nen ability. She doesn't expect Benjamin to figure out her ability so quickly, and her trying to taunt the enemy to shoot her makes it obvious that that's what she wants. She gets arrest for her foolish plan.
Entitled Bitch: Camilla has the impression that she can do anything she wants and screw everyone else, making her very hated.
Ermine Cape Effect: She is shown to dress in regal fashion in all her appearances.
Hartman Hips: As you can see in the header image, Camilla has what is coliqually referred to as a bubble butt of royal proportions.
Hidden Depths: Camilla is one of only two princes who actually already developed Nen before the Succession War began. Considering her immature behavior, this is rather unexpected.
Idiot Hair: One of her hairstyles is cowlicks galore, and Camilla's not too bright upstairs.
I Shall Taunt You: She delivers extremely viscious trashtalk, threatening people's entire family and everyone they know and promising A Fate Worse Than Death to get them to use lethal force. This is the only place where she's not quite a Brainless Beauty, as Camilla deliberately does this to try and make people kill her so that her Hatsu activates.
It's All About Me: Ideally, she wants her siblings to volunteer to die for her. Because she for some reason thinks she should be king.
Jerkass: She is extremely selfish, narcissistic and conceited.
Logical Weakness: Her Hatsu is only triggered when she is killed. Naturally, the opponent would simply have to not kill her to incapacitate her, and since she hasn't developed her Nen for any offensive capability, she has few means to fight back if someone gets her gun out of her hands.
Politically-Active Princess: She is one of the Senior Princes, granting her status well above the younger princes in terms of influence and power.
Psychopathic Womanchild: She is the oldest daughter of the family and the second oldest child overall, yet talks and thinks like a preschooler and is extremely cruel towards everyone around her.
Spoiled Brat: Being refused something makes her very angry. She also shows absolutely no respect towards her elder brother, Benjamin.
Camilla:: Unbelievable...!! There's something wrong with this world! Cammy has to change it herself! Wanting something doesn't make it come true! It's just not fair!!
Statuesque Stunner: Camilla is a tall and physically beautiful woman ... which means diddly squat thanks to her spoiled and bratty personality.
Third-Person Person: Constantly referring to herself as "Cammy" only makes her look even more immature.

Zhang Lei Hui Guo Rou

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Zhang Lei Hui Guo Rou is the third prince of Kakin and the only son of his father's third wife, Tang Zhao Li.

A rational and diplomatic individual, Zhang Lei is logical almost to a fault. He places great importance on intel, and refuses to act unless he has all the information necessary.

Affably Evil: Polite enough to allow Kurapika to come to his room to discuss Nen and Nen Beasts and would prefer not to bloody his hands by killing off the other Princes, but prideful to the point that he would not wait on any other Prince and would readily kill them if he is forced to.
The Chessmaster: Zhang Lei is definitely not to be trifled with because he is chillingly calculative and shady.
Gonk: A mild example. He's not ugly, per se, but he's got a very chubby face like a stereotypical monk with medicinal burns above his eyebrows, so he does look pretty unusual.
Membership Token: His response to finding out his Guardian Spirit Beast produces coins is to give those coins to trusted people when he becomes King. After all, since they are Nen coins, they are one-of-a-kind, and can't be forged due to the aura. Of course, we don't know yet what those coins ACTUALLY DO, so the jury is still out on if this is a good idea.

Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou

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When I become King, my first order of business is seperating the people into two categories: useful trash and useless trash.

Fourth Prince of Kakin, and second son of Nasubi's first wife, Unma. He is the full brother of Benjamin.

Tserriednich is, in a few words, a complete and total psychopath; Take everything wrong with Neon and dial it up to eleven. A Mad Artist, Tserriednich is dead set on completing the war and remaking the world in his twisted image. Of all the princes, he is easily most dangerous as a winner, lest he become The Caligula.

Tserriednich is the current owner of the last Kurta tribesmen eyes, which are part of his personal collection of horrors. As such, he is the main objective of this arc's Revenge Mission for Kurapika.

The Ace: As of chapter 366, it's shown that Tserriednich is a prodigy when it comes to learning Nen. His rare talent is shown when Tserriednich tries the water divination test which reveals that he's a natural Specialist.
Antichrist: Tserriednich seems to be paralleling the biblical Anti-Christ as he has begun to unconsciously develop a specialized Nen Beast that looks monstrous while having the numbers 666 arranged on its chest. Tserriednich is horribly evil and seeks to control and dominate the world. He has great power and potential as a nen user, and gains the ability to see the future and force others into illusions of the vision he just saw while he changes destiny and alters the outcome. Either this is a coincidence or Togashi really really likes christian religious horror (what with the fallen angel motifs with the Phantom Troupe and the whole chapter black saga from Yu Yu Hakusho).
Arc Villain: Seems poised to be the primary villain of the Succession War, being the most actively malicious and ambitious of the princes, as well as being in possession of the last of the Kurta tribesmen eyes.
Ax-Crazy: Despite his refined, sophisticated demeanor, Tserriednich is shown to be a homicidal maniac who skins, mutilates and murders people as casually as one would breathe. Even as a child, he was shown to be utterly fucked in the head, given that he shot a fellow cadet in the legs simply for arguing with him.
Beauty Is Bad: He is one of the more handsome princes of Kakin, but don't let it fool you. He is also a mass murderer and sadist, and his status grants him the resources to get away with it.
Berserk Button: Liars. Tserriednich makes it clear that the one thing he hates most in the world are people who are dishonest to his face, and is more than willing to mutilate anybody who deceives him. Theta ends up taking a huge risk of pissing him off by feeding him disinformation about Nen. His Guardian Spirit Beast embodies this, being a Living Lie Detector that punishes liars by inflicting Body Horror for each lie they tell until they can no longer be considered human.
Chekhov's Gun: Tserriednich being imparted a Guardian Spirit Beast via the ceremonial jar sheds some light on an aspect that would later on prove important: The prince has no knowledge about Nen, as he seemed unable to see the spirit emerge from the jar and place a seed in his mouth. It later turns out that while uninvolved Nen users can see the beasts, a Nen user like Benjamin cannot see his own beast. However, when Kurapika reported Nen Beasts on the ship, Tserriednich immediately got curious and now wishes to learn Nen.
Collector of the Strange: Collects human body parts.
Combat Clairvoyance: Tserriednich naturally develops an ability that grants him a vision of the future of up to ten seconds, when he enters Zetsu and closes his eyes. Furthermore, people around him are affected by an illusion of his actions that were shown in his vision for these ten seconds when he opens his eyes again, allowing him to change the future accordingly.
Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Chrollo and Meruem were Anti Villains characterized just as much by their sense of empathy and humanity as they were the monstrous acts they committed. Tserriendnich, meanwhile, is shown scene after scene to be a complete and utter monster who relishes in suffering brought about by his own twisted sense of enjoyment. This is best highlighted in his relationships with his subordinates; while the Phantom Troupe are True Companions and Meruem's relationship with his servants and Komugi humanise him greatly, Tserriendnich's men are all people who consider themselves his friends, and are deeply horrified by what he has done.
Dissonant Serenity: He is a remarkably casual man considering how horrendous of a human being he is. This even extends to the fact that his Zetsu is totally immaculate and the serenity on his face when using it makes him look almost like the spitting image of Jesus Christ.
(After the Succession war is first agreed upon by Nasumi) "Aaah, dear God. Thank you. Finally... I can freely dispose of all the rotten trash. Quake in your sleep, Benjamin. I will be the next King."
Dodge the Bullet: Tserriednich can do this not because he is extremely fast, but because he has Combat Clairvoyance coupled with illusions that trick people into thinking he is still moving the way he foresaw in his vision. He tricked Theta into believing that she successfully shot him, while he saw it coming and got out of the way in time.
The Dreaded: This guy is the one prince even his own bodyguards fear taking control. And when the prospect of a murderer figuring out how to use Nen, let alone a Guardian Spirit Beast, comes up, it equals pure pandemonium.
Evil Genius: One of the biggest problems for everyone is that Tserriendnich was already this. As a result, he learned how to use Nen alarmingly quickly when Theta was attempting subterfuge in the hope he'd screw it up.
Theta: I was naive... This is a man who must never, ever learn about Nen...
Faux Affably Evil: While he appears dignified and sophisticated at first glance, he's actually a sociopath with a hobby for killing people and collecting their body parts.
Four Is Death: Is the fourth prince in line for Kakin's throne and the most amoral and sociopathic of the lot whose first scene involves the aftermath of him violently murdering two women in his room before asking for more.
The Gift: Arguably his most horrifying trait; The moment he learns about Nen, it becomes clear that he is a generational talent that blows even Killua and Gon's potential out of the water, and unlike them, he is already very willing to experiment. Even with his bodyguards deliberately trying to misinform him during Nen lessons, he makes leaps and bounds that put their own abilities to shame and is shaping up to be a serious problem for everyone else within a week of realizing Nen is a thing.
A Glass of Chianti: Rarely seen without red wine or champagne in an ice bath within arm's reach, even while taking pictures on a smartphone of a woman having a tattoo forced onto her back before Tserriednich skins her alive.
Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Detailed in Wicked Cultured, Tserriednich namedrops several Real Life musicians, philosophers, soccer associations and even Goldbach's Conjecture in a rant about how the women his "provider" brought to his hotel were barely even animals in his eyes due to their ignorance on such topics.
Locked Out of the Loop: His bodyguard Theta realizes right off the bat that Tserriednich must. Not. Learn. About. Nen. Because if he does, God help them all. So she does all she can to muddle the truth and only tell him what she thinks will appease him without revealing how to use it. Unfortunately, Tserriednich figures it out on his own.
Logical Weakness: He develops an ability that lets him see 10 seconds into the future and also force others that were part of the illusion to see the vision he saw after cancelling the ability. This means that he can see what you will do 10 seconds into the future and then he makes you see what he foresaw you doing while he can alter the actual events while you are trapped in his illusion. This could very well be considered a Story-Breaker Power but for the fact that he has to engage Zetsu and close his eyes which, without a good strategy, makes it Awesome, but Impractical for a combat situation as your opponent isn't going to wait for you to close your eyes and activate zetsu plus it only works if Tserriednich's concentration isn't broken. He has to develop the ability more for it to be useful in an actual fight.
- Further, it's only 10 seconds into the future which means that, in order to avoid trouble, it has to be a danger he could avoid within a 10 second time span. If he's near a powerful bomb than it's unlikely that he can save himself as it would take more than 10 seconds to get away from a bomb to minimum safe distance.
- His future sight is also of the active variety, not passive. It's the opposite of Spider-Sense in that he has to conciously look for danger. It won't let him know if he's in harms way unless he activates the ability.
- The portion of the ability that draws people into the illusion of the future he saw or are involved in only works on them. An inanimate object like a bomb isn't going to be fooled by an illusion and only the viewer's perception of time is affected not time itself. This may also include people who attack him from a distance like a sniper or someone using a detinator because a minimum distance or the degree of involvment hasn't been established for who is affected by the illusion.
Mad Artist: As he puts it, he seeks "art, produced by youth with a future put in an extreme situation". He calls it a "synthesis of the arts", and sends his men out to bring him intelligent women to torture and skin.
Man of Wealth and Taste: Except his tastes have become way too sophisticated... and thus more extreme to the point where his erudite knowledge of the arts is only matched by his ability to use them for brutal endeavors. In his Establishing Character Moment, he is having a woman tattooed so he can skin her alive while talking to his brother on the phone, the latter busy wrestling a goddamn lion.
"Men who swear indiscriminately and girls who say "Like?" a lot are fundamentally the same, don't you think?"
Master of Illusion: People around Tserriednich will see his actions that he foresees in his vision in the next ten seconds after he cancels his Zetsu and opens his eyes again. Theta is the first victim of this, when she attempts to kill Tserriednich with a shot to the head. As he foresaw his death, he dodged in time while Theta was led to believe that he was dead.
Monster Misogyny:
- In his first real appearance in chapter 345, he is seen with two women, who were invited over to his hotel room. One page later he is seen taking a shower to wash off blood on his body and complaining that the women that were sent over were uncultured swines.
- In chapter 348, a woman is seen being tattooed in Tserriednich's room, while her arms are restrained. In the next chapter, the tattooed skin of a human's back is seen framed in the background, which implies that after the tattoist was done with his work, Tserriednich killed and skinned the woman.
Nightmare Fetishist: HOLY JESUS. The things he does to people to satisfy his thirst for murder as scenery are downright satanic.
Noodle Incident: Chapter 394 reveals that in 7th grade an incident known as “You can only talk back if you break my record incident” where he shot a classmate in the legs for talking back to him.
Number of the Beast: The own Nen Beast Tserriednich is creating has the numbers 666 arranged in a circular pattern on its chest. Further proof of Tserriednich's evil nature.
Odd Friendship: Is reportedly good friends with Halkenburg, who otherwise seems to be the most morally upstanding of the princes.
Passed-Over Inheritance: As the inheritance of Kakin is kill-or-be-killed, Tserriednich is one of the most serious contenders for the throne in spite of being fourth in line, as per his conversation with Benjamin.
Portent of Doom: When Tserriednich took the water divination test, the water boiled and smelled atrocious. This shows that he is not only a natural Specialist, his aura and nature are definitely malevolent. Even when some of the more evil characters like the Chimera Ants took the divination test, none of them got a reaction nearly as ominous. Given that a Specialist can create an ability that can do or be just about anything coupled with Tserriednich's personality, something really bad is going to happen soon.
Renaissance Man: A very interesting modernized, yet twisted example; His erudite and widespread interests is played like a true Renaissance aristocrat involved with all kinds of organizations and strange sorts like tattoo artisans, professional Handsome Leches to provide him women, and Tserriednich also directly sponsors a mafia his illegitimate sister has turned into an Apocalypse Cult. It also means he lives like something of a modern day criminal mastermind or drug lord, complete with an entire row of phones for his different ventures and putting up an aura of genuine charisma and Wicked Cultured around his bodyguards.
Serial Killer: His targets are intelligent women. Those who don't share his vast curiosity for the world around them and the arts he compares to pigs and monkeys he can't make art from.
The Sociopath: One that can probably rival Hisoka and is the last person you’d want to master Nen and win the Succession War. Like many sociopaths, he's in large part driven by a need for stimulation which he finds in murder. One of the reasons he takes to Nen training so well is because he finds Nen abilities incredibly fun and a worthy intellectual challenge for himself. Theta even notes that once the Prince becomes aware that Nen abilities are a thing, his ability to already think outside the box and consider every possibility dwarfs her own due to Tserriednich's sheer creativity.
Superpower Lottery: He's won it. First, he's a Nen Specialist. Second, he has an astonishing talent for learning Nen, mastering the four basic principles of Nen in one week even when his teacher was actively trying to slow down his progress. Thirdly, during his training he managed to conjure a second Nen Beast in addition to the one the ceremony granted him. And worst of all, he has Combat Clairvoyance, which gives him a serious edge in combat as soon as he masters his Zetsu.
Teens Are Monsters: He once shot a fellow cadet in the leg in 7th grade due to an argument they previously had.
Take Over the World: He not only plans to dominate the succession war but the world itself.
Villainous Crush: Seems to have developed one on Theta after her unsuccessful assassination attempt. This is both due to how well she fits his criteria for an intellegent woman, but also how strung him along with very little lying involved and indulged in what he perceived as her Sadism while doing so by playing a very patient game during his Zetsu training, dropping flowerpots and making his other bodyguards react to false alarms, all until he was completely immersed in it so she could shoot him. She definitely didn't bank on him not only surviving, but finding the whole thing hot.
Unskilled, but Strong: Tserriednich has an immense Aura and is a natural Specialist, but has spent most of his life pursuing the arts, sciences and sociopathic leisures only a Prince could afford and only learned about Nen after the Succession War had already began. This means that while he has a very powerful ability, he is still a complete amateur in Nen and seemingly fighting in general compared to someone like Benjamin.
Wicked Cultured: Such that he gives off Hannibal Lecter vibes, or acts like Patrick Bateman if he actually was extremely passionate about art. He prides himself on an erudite knowledge of various subjects, including (but not at all limited to) modern philosophy, music, mythology, physics, Sumo Wrestling, medical science, mathematical conundrums, tattoo art and soccer. He also expects the same intelligence from others, and uses it as a basis of determining whether they're a person or not.
"Mark, my man. Those women... all they cared about was fashion and fucking. They'd never heard of Higgs, ES, IPS, Série A, Liga Española, Kant, Hegel, Hakuho, Fechner, Goldbach, Janáček, Crocul or ANYTHING!" At least ask them beforehand if they know the capital of Kakin, it's ruling party or the name of the king. That's the bare minimum for a human being. If I'm skinning pigs and monkeys, it's just dissection. What I seek is art, produced by youth with a future put in an extreme situation. A "synthesis of the arts".

Tubeppa Hui Guo Rou

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Fifth Prince of Kakin and second daughter of Nasubi's second wife Droiselle. She is the full sister of Camilla, Luzurus and Halkenburg.

Tubeppa is a researcher at heart, fascinated with science and discovery.

Doing Research: She is first shown in a laboratory mixing chemicals. She seems to be a lady of science.
Emperor Scientist: Well, she IS a potential candidate for being King. Currently trying to understand Nen via Science, and her Guardian Spirit Beast is essentially her own personal chemical lab (provided she has a lab partner that she can
Lady Looks Like a Dude: She is markedly masculine-looking. While her jawline is impressive, it doesn't do her femininity many favors. She also wears masculine clothing, which further adds to the confusion.

Middle Princes

Taithon Hui Guo Rou

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Sixth Prince of Kakin and the only daughter of Nasubi's fourth wife Katrono.

The leader of her own personal Cult of Personality, Taithon is unconcerned with the war and would rather focus on spreading her religion to all.

Gonk: She looks like a fatted-up caricature of an Asian noblewoman.
Inconsistent Spelling: Her name is romanized as Tyson in the English localization, but the book named after herself spells her name as "Taithon".
Lady Looks Like a Dude: Not as pronounced as Tubeppa, but her chubby round face is quite mannish.
Love Freak: Grossly obsessed with love and peace. Even her religion is syrupy like her.
Meaningful Name: Her book is named after herself, which is supposed to be a manifesto of love and happiness. Humorously, scanlators incorrectly interpreted the translation of her name's approximation from raw Japanese characters as "Tyson" until a clarification popped up in the source material.
Naïve Everygirl: Taithon couldn't harm a fly and is a promoter of love and joy... She has no idea how dark and screwed up the rest of her family is or what she's even got herself into, or that her Guardian Spirit Beast, which she's been told is a pile of "fairies", is actually some freakish spawn of an orfice belonging to something.
Older Than They Look: She looks like she could be one of the younger princes, especially due to her short height, but she's the actually the sixth oldest. Her rather childish demeanor doesn't help.
Womanchild: Constantly squealing about love, wears a teeny tiara on her head like she's playing dress-up, and sings silly songs, but looks like a grown woman. Odds of her surviving the succession war are... sucky.

Luzurus Hui Guo Rou

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Seventh Prince of Kakin and first son of Nasubi's second wife Duazul. He is the full brother of Tubeppa, Camilla, and Halkenburg.

A stoner artist, Luzurus is surprisingly concerned with the war, but his lack of foresight means his planning often backfires on him. Luzurus is guarded by Basho of the Nostrade Syndicate under Kurapika's leadership.

Annoying Younger Sibling: The older princes (at least Tserriednich and Benjamin) consider him a complete idiot.
Afro Ass Kicker: Mixed with a male example of Girlish Pigtails; two big tufts of hair sticking off the sides of his head like fuzzy Q-tips.
Cut Lex Luthor a Check: In one scene Luzurus talks with one of his men about how they could use the mixture he is smoking to safely detox drug addicts, lessening the risk of them dying.
Didn't Think This Through: He hired assassins to board the ship, but none of them got past Kurapika's test, as they had murderous intent from the beginning.
Erudite Stoner: Very frequently seen smoking a hookah. However, he doesn't get high in a self-destructive manner or breathe in things that poison the body over time. He uses different combinations of gentle drugs to encourage inspiration when he paints and is a very lax person with intelligent concerns about addiction.
Nice Guy: He's chill and easygoing about life, typical of a stoner. He even takes the news that there's a Guardian Spirit Beast lurking around him surprisingly well.
The Slacker: Compared to the rest of the princes, Luzurus is not very "princely" and didn't do his homework regarding the succession war.

Salé-Salé Hui Guo Rou

Saleé-Salé Hui Guo Rou

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Eighth Prince of Kakin and the son of his father's fifth wife Swinko-Swinko.

A fat, hedonistic pig, Sale-Sale wants nothing more than to enjoy the cruise in peace.

Beware the Silly Ones: Says he has a plan to change the world despite being urged to change himself. Subverted – after Sale-Sale dies, Tserriednich reveals that his big plan was to perform a "shitty rap" at the next banquet.
Delinquent Hair: Sports a pompadour, and just look at the way he behaves. He's totally self-indulgent and he's darned proud of it, taking right after his polygamous father.
Fat Bastard: The most rotund and sedentary Prince, lying around his room like a heap of dough. One of his honeys even uses him as a bean bag chair. And he disgusts his bodyguard, who is left speechless, even though the worst we've seen him doing is being a hedonist and not a killer, sadist, torturer and similar things which some of his siblings regularly engage in.
Fatal Flaw: His hedonism and sloth. Despite participating in a bloody succession war Sale-Sale is content to laze around in his bed all day with nothing protecting him other then his guards and Guardian Spirit Beast. Ultimately Sale-Sale is killed because he forgoes any plan to improve himself or his guards so, once his Guardian Spirit Beast is destroyed, he's made quick work off by one of Benjamin's private army.
The Hedonist: Sits around on his pampered patoot all day? Check. Total slob? Check. Gorges himself on food and drink and spends all his time playing with knives, women, and even sex toys? Multi-checkaroo! We have a winner!
Hookers and Blow: This hedonistic pig couldn't care less about the succession war as opposed to lying around unclothed in a pile of vice and food in the company of scantily-clad chicks, blasting his music and having an underwear dance party.
A Lady on Each Arm: Always surrounded by an entourage of women.
Loved by All: An acknowledged risk with Salé-Salé's Guardian Spirit Beast since the smoke it spreads will eventually cause all who inhale it to adore Salé-Salé which in turn creates miniature versions of the Guardian Spirit Beast that can spread more smoke to others. Therefore it's entirely possible that Salé-Salé's Guardian Spirit Beast could spread to all of Kakin and cause all of its people to become devoted to him.
Momma's Boy: His mother scolding him gets him to take things more seriously and to reassure her that she can trust him to have a plan.
Non-Action Guy: Salé-Salé is one of the least active participants in the war. Similarly enough, his Guardian Spirit Beast, while it has a powerful ability, has no means of self-defense. Predictably, after one of Benjamin's men (Rihan) destroys his Guardian Spirit Beast, he dies not long after.
The Pig-Pen: His room is an ungodly mess, and he sits around in his underwear. Even his ghastly Guardian Spirit Beast is a reflection of his repulsive nature. Heck, he literally spends 90% of his lifespan in the arc naked in his bed. Even when his mom comes to scolds him.
Royal Harem: Compared to his father who has eight married wives and isn't shown to treat them as sexual objects, Salé-Salé is constantly surrounded by half-naked women who are clinging on him in his bed.
The Slacker: He doesn't appear to be taking the succession war seriously, as his mom even has to scamper him out of bed and get serious.

Halkenburg Hui Guo Rou

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Halkenburg Hui Guo Rou is the ninth prince of Kakin and the second son of his father's second wife, Droisulle. He is the full brother of Camilla, Tubeppa and Luzurus.

Halkenburg is easily the nicest of the princes, being a democratic leader. His Magnetic Hero personality means many people flock to his rule, making him arguably one of the best candidates to win the war despite being the 9th prince in line for the throne.

The Aloner: Kurapika speculated he suffers from angst and alienation, and that he is a difficult person to deal with, as later confirmed by Oito.
Armor-Piercing Attack: Halkenburg's Nen arrows can penetrate any defense the target can put up. However, if the incident with Shikaku is any indication, the arrows don't "pierce" armor as much as Halkenburg can prevent the armor from forming the moment he's selected his target.
Badass Bookworm: He studied physics there and also won archery world championships.
Beware the Nice Ones: When he realizes that there is no way he can escape participating in the war after his failed attempt to assassinate his father and his own Guardian Spirit Beast preventing him from committing suicide, he decides the best way to change the kingdom is to win the war and become king. Benjamin immediately makes Halkenburg a top priority target when he realizes Halkenburg is playing to win.
Blessed with Suck: Halkenburg has the best manpower and support of the younger princes, as Oito surmises that they will have to rely on him to try to change the rules of total annihilation that the succession war entails. The problem is that the older princes are notoriously keen to the idea of killing each other and becoming the sole crown princes... and they're considerably more powerful than he is.
Driven to Suicide: When his attempt to assassinate his father to end the war fails due to his father's Guardian Spirit Beast, Halkenburg tries to shoot himself in the head to escape the war. His own Guardian Spirit Beast grabs the bullet before it can hit him.
Grand Theft Me: His Nen ability gives him the power to do this on behalf of his subordinates. He essentially takes their spirit and fires it as an unblockable Nen arrow into an opponent. The subordinate's spirit then takes over the foe's body.
Horrible Judge of Character: Halkenburg once noted that Tserriednich is the only prince of Kakin he accepts. The guy who loves to torture and kill women.
I Cannot Self-Terminate: To defy the succession war, Halkenburg tries to shoot his father, which fails because of his father's Guardian Spirit Beast. When he tries to shoot himself, it also fails because his own Guardian Spirit Beast catches the bullet.
Magnetic Hero: Halkenburg is described as a Determinator who usually keeps his resolve to himself, but instantly draws people to his cause in group discussions. And those who don't follow him willingly can be made to follow him, by taking their wills away and putting the spirits of his subordinates in.
Martial Pacifist: Realizing that he has no other choice but to fight, Halkenburg "awakens" and is now determined to win the succession war. Benjamin immediately views Halkenburg as the top priority target then.
Oh, Crap!: When he realizes that he cannot quit the war as he intended to.
Only Sane Man: Halkenburg is the one person who is thoroughly disgusted with the idea of taking part in a bloody succession war and would rather retire to his ready room and plan ahead for the future, while the other Princes either are lost in their own worlds, horrendously naïve, innocent lambs, or downright evil.
Opt Out: Halkenburg hated the idea of partaking in the succession war and asked his father to let him concede.
The Paragon: According to Oito, Halkenburg is the prince the younger princes will have to rely on if they are to survive. Even when he is difficult to deal with, he is the only prince that has shown initiative outside the established order of Kakin.
The Straight and Arrow Path: Subverted. Halkenburg is proficient in archery, but actually does use a gun. His Nen ability however allows him to shoot unblockable Nen arrows.
Super-Toughness: Every Nen user can protect themselves with their aura, but Halkenburg is especially tougher because he governs the aura of his subordinates too.
To Be Lawful or Good: Halkenburg wants to end the monarchy of Kakin, but to do so, he must become king. The only way to become king, however, is to win the succession war, which means Halkenburg has to kill his siblings. Kurapika and Halkenburg's subordinate, Yuhirai, see how self-contradictory the prince is and fear what might happen if Halkenburg's morals clash with his Guardian Spirit Beast's will. Which is exactly what later on happens. Halkenburg tries to prematurely escape the war by first trying to kill his father and then himself, with both attempts failing. Seeing that there is no other alternative, he resolves to fight, which instantly turns him into Benjamin's priority target. Not only that, when his father asks him after the failed attempts if he knows about the prisoner's trolley problem, Halkenburg immediately thinks if he had to choose between the countrymen and his siblings, then King Nasubi points out how flawed it is to think that there are two choices when the only right choice is to choose the country and its people, and the question being who is the one pulling the lever. Who is going to be the king bearing the cross?

Younger Princes

Kacho Hui Guo Rou

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Kacho Hui Guo Rou is the tenth prince (princess) of Kakin and the daughter of her father's sixth wife, Seiko. She is the older fraternal twin sister of Fugetsu.

A Jerkass teen with a serious mood problem. She used to be friends with her younger sister Fugetsu, but the circumstances of the war have driven them apart. Both her and Fugetsu are guarded by Melody of the Hunter Association under Kurapika's leadership.

Affectionate Nickname: Her sister, Fugetsu, calls her Ka-chin/Katty.
All for Nothing: Her entire plan to escape with her sister was futile from the very beginning.
Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Kacho's first scene with Fugetsu is her berating her sister for acting overly familiar, when they are supposed to be at war against each other. However, Melody figures out that Kacho acting like a Royal Brat and Jerkass towards her servants is just an act. Their Guardian Spirit Beast' abilities are linked to both sisters. Kacho intended to flee with Fugetsu from the start, but when that plan fails, she makes sure that Fugetsu is safe first. Kacho's Guardian Spirit Beast then takes her form after Kacho died, protecting Fugetsu in her stead.
The Beautiful Elite: Kacho is one of the prettiest Princes of Kakin.
Beneath the Mask: Kacho is snobby and acts like a jerk towards anyone, even her own twin sister, but Melody early on notices that she is trying to fool herself with this act. She is not cruel, and her only wish is to escape with her sister.
Big Sister Bully: She is markedly cruel towards Fugetsu when she's not in the spotlight.
Big Sister Instinct: Kacho gets Fugetsu to safety first, when both try to escape the ship and are about to get killed. Her Guardian Spirit Beast is also intended to keep Fugetsu physically and emotionally safe after Kacho died.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: At first glance she seems to be this, but the truth might be even stranger as seen below.
Chekhov M.I.A.: For some very unsettling reason, her Guardian Spirit Beast refuses to appear. Melody has a field day imagining why and if it could prove antagonistic by itself should it actually manifest from some unknown trigger. Kacho's Guardian Spirit Beast never makes an appearance until chapter 383, because it remained formless until Kacho's death. Her Guardian Spirit Beast is linked to both twins. If one of them dies, the Guardian Spirit Beast will take the form of the deceased twin, to stay by the living one's side until death.
Cruel Twist Ending: The story builds up to the first banquet, when Kacho and Melody plan to distract the guards so Kacho can flee with her sister and escape the succession war. It initially works, but when the two sisters try to flee on their boat after leaving the ship, they are suddenly attacked by something and Kacho urges Fugetsu to open a Portal Door, closing it once Fugetsu gets through the door. Fearing the worst, Fugetsu cries for her sister, but an unscathed Kacho momentarily opens the door and the two make it back to their room. The narrator then explains the abilities of the twins' Guardian Spirit Beasts, with Kacho's Guardian Spirit Beast only triggering its ability when one twin dies, revealing that the Kacho who is with Fugetsu is actually her Guardian Spirit Beast and Kacho, with Dies Wide Open, lies dead on their life boat.
Death-Activated Superpower: One of the twins has to die before Kacho's Guardian Spirit Beast will take the form of the deceased to protect the other sister.
Evil Twin: She is Fugetsu's fraternal twin who treats her sister as if she were trash. Subverted, because it's an act. She is actually a nice person and loves her sister very much.
Guardian Entity: This is the case for all Guardian Spirit Beasts and their princes, but Kacho's Guardian Spirit Beast deserves special mention because it is designed to take the form of the twin that dies first to protect the other. Kacho dies in chapter 383, so her Guardian Spirit Beast takes Kacho's form to protect Fugetsu.
Hidden Depths:
- In chapter 366, it's shown that Kacho used to be very close to Fugetsu, and Melody speculates that she might be trying to force herself to go through the succession war in spite of herself. She later gets into coattails with her guard Melody in order to flee from the ship with Fugetsu.
- Kacho's bratty behavior makes it all the more surprising that she manages to communicate in secret with Melody (with morse codes) and hatches a plan to escape the ship. Unfortunately, she didn't account for the possibility that a prince trying to flee the battle would spell certain death.
Hidden Heart of Gold: Kacho is behaving vile and atrociously to scare away people, because there's a part of her that is very opposed to participating in the succession war. It seems she doesn't want anyone to view her weaknesses, lest they pounce. Melody also figures out that acting like a jerk towards her servants will make said servants want to support her sister more. This is exactly what Kacho apparently wants.
Living Emotional Crutch: Kacho is extremely important to Fugetsu. Fugetsu breaks down in tears when she thinks her sister died, and as Fugetsu herself notes, "I'm fine as long as I have you." Thus, Kacho's Guardian Spirit Beast's ability "Without You" ^note ensures that it stays that way, as it takes Kacho's place to protect Fugetsu after Kacho died.
Motifs: Her bodyguards and her servants are all unconventionnal character designs at best, Gonk at worst.
Royal Brat: Almost any word that comes out of her is an insult or complaint directed at her mother, siblings or servants. This is partially an act though, she wants her servants to support her sister, Fugetsu.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Her priority seems to be to flee the boat together with Fuu, and she's asking Melody to facilitate the means.
Sibling Yin-Yang: Played with. She is the opposite of her twin, Fugetsu, though it's implied that a great part of it is Kacho faking it.
Tender Tears: Just as Fugetsu does while thinking of her, Kacho tears up when thinking of Fugetsu.
Twin Theme Naming: "Kachou Fuugetsu" is a classic Japanese calligraphic saying.
Twinmaker: Literally. Kacho's Guardian Spirit Beast is initially formless and only takes the form of the twin sister that dies first.
We Used to Be Friends: Kacho and Fugetsu used to be inseparable. Then the succession war happened and their close bond went asunder. Or not. Kacho still deeply cares for her sister and would do her utmost to ensure her sister is safe.

Fugetsu Hui Guo Rou

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Fugetsu Hui Guo Rou is the eleventh prince (princess) of Kakin and the daughter of her father's sixth wife, Seiko. She is the younger fraternal twin sister of Kacho.

A kindhearted and gentle young woman, who has no idea what the war is about and wants nothing to do with it. She, like Kacho is guarded by Melody.

Affectionate Nickname: Kacho calls Fugetsu Fu-chin/Fuu-Fuu.
The Beautiful Elite: Just as beautiful as her twin, though an entirely different kind of beautiful.
Butt-Monkey: Kacho treats her like an idiot.
The Drag-Along: It's implied that she has this kind of relationship with her sister Kacho, Fugetsu being The Load.
Nice Girl: Not much is said about her other than being an awful lot nicer than her twin Kacho. By her conversation with Kacho, it seems that she is one of the few Princes that has not prepared her guard for the succession war.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Fugetsu transporting herself to the lower levels of the ship not only ends up revealing that she has a non-combative teleportation Guardian Spirit Beast, thus making her a prime target for assassins, but also gets her placed under 72 hours of intense scrutiny which inadvertently complicates Melody's plan to sneak her and Kacho off the ship.
Oh, Crap!: Her reaction to Kacho's not-so-kind words towards her. She actually has to regain her composure for the cameras.
Portal Door: Her Guardian Spirit Beast is a gigantic ceiling worm that allows her to travel anywhere she wants through it.
Sacrificial Lamb: Fugetsu is the only younger prince that didn't recruit bodyguards online, and it's assumed that she's sharing them with Kacho alongside the bodyguards that the elder queens assigned to the younger princes. She's among the least prepared of the princes and a serious candidate to go down early.
Sibling Yin-Yang: The opposite of Kacho, both in terms of looks and personality. Kacho has fair hair, Fugetsu has dark hair. Fugetsu is timid, quiet, polite and dresses rather masculinely, while Kacho is very loud, bratty, rude and dresses very femininely. They pretend to get along, but their first "private" moment reveals that Kacho is even mean to her twin. Though this is just Kacho's facade. She acts the Royal Brat to make herself a target and ensure her sister gets the support of both their servants. The two actually truly get along well and are best friends.
Sibling Team: Right at the start of their journey to the New Continent, Kacho makes Fugetsu team up with her to kill the other princes and win the war. Fugetsu's Guardian Spirit Beast's ability is also a mutual cooperation type. Fugetsu can open the door and decide the departure, but only Kacho can decide the portal's destination. If one twin were to die, the ability would become useless. Except for the fact that Kacho's Guardian Spirit Beast ensures that this doesn't happen because it will replace the deceased twin. Both of their Guardian Spirit Beasts are mutual cooperation types of Nen Beasts.
Tender Tears: While reminiscing the halcyon days she spent with Kacho.
Twin Theme Naming: "Kachou Fuugetsu" is a classic Japanese calligraphic saying.
We Used to Be Friends: Fugetsu is shown crying and embracing a photo featuring her and Kacho, suggesting that they used to be closer before the succession war became an issue.
Wholesome Crossdresser: She dresses in a rather masculine manner during the departure to the Dark Continent. It does not diminish her femininity.

Momoze Hui Guo Rou

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Momoze Hui Guo Rou is the twelfth prince (princess) of Kakin and the daughter of her father's seventh wife, Sevanti. She is the full sister of Marayam.

Momoze is a classic example of the beautiful princess—kind, elegant, and good with words. She hates the war, and removes herself from it at the beginning. Momoze is guarded by Hanzo of the Hunter Association under Kurapika's leadership.

Be Careful What You Wish For: She gets killed by an unknown assailant, who seizes the opportunity that her Guardian Spirit Beast drained her unconscious to suffocate her in her sleep; this is, after she dismisses her concerned guards and arguing that she can take care of herself.
Brainwashed and Crazy: Her Guardian Spirit Beast pesters its target by asking "Are ya free?" over and over until the target says they're free, in which case the beast mind controls them and makes them kill everyone nearby.
The Cutie: She's a gorgeous young girl.
Ermine Cape Effect: She dresses and carries herself like a classic princess.
Kill the Cutie: In glorious spades. Among the Princes, Momoze was one of the nice and endearing ones. She's also the first one to go in the succession war, proving how brutal it will be for all involved and that nobody among the offspring is safe, not even the kind children.
Nice to the Waiter: She's an exemplary princess towards her servants and retinue.
Ojou Ringlets: A feature of her hairstyle.
The Only One: By her inner monologue, she thinks that her mother and brother are not taking the succession war seriously and cannot count on them in the first place. It's also apparent that she's the youngest Prince who will voluntarily fight the succession war, as the two younger princes after her are too young to realize what's happening.
Princess Classic: As there is no major development regarding her, her appearance alone suggests this.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: She intends to at least go down fighting in the succession war and she laments that neither her mom nor her brother are ready for it, nor they should take part on the fighting.
Rule of Glamorous: Alongside Camilla, she's the only other female Prince of Kakin that sports this appearance.
Sacrificial Lamb: Of course one of the nicest and most innocent children is struck down first...
Slain in Their Sleep: Her Guardian Spirit Beast attacked Kurapika's comrades, leaving her exhausted and tired after a lot of her aura was consumed. She is killed by one of her bodyguards, who uses their opportunity to kill her while she lays asleep and her Guardian Spirit Beast cannot protect her.
Tempting Fate: As stated in Be Careful What You Wish For, she dismisses her personal guard and laments that her brother and mother are unprepared for the war; just hours later she's suffocated in her sleep by an unknown assailant.
Too Dumb to Live: A ruthless succession war where practically every bodyguard is trying to murder somebody the second they let their guard down? Nah, let's just go to bed with relaxed protection, shall we? Aaaaand she ate pillow in her sleep. Although her mother is also to blame for that.
The Unfavorite: Her mother Sevanti is rather neglectful towards her and she favors Momoze's younger brother more than her daughter. She even orders the guards hired for Momoze to protect Marayam instead, leaving her with only the guards sent by the older queens. This leads to Momoze's death, and Queen Sevanti does mourn for her.
Wise Beyond Her Years: She is calm and collected regarding the succession war, as she is savvy enough to understand the gravity of the situation. Unfortunately, this still doesn't save her from being killed by her own bodyguards.

Marayam Hui Guo Rou

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Marayam Hui Guo Rou is the thirteenth prince of Kakin and the youngest son of his father's seventh wife, Sevanti. He is the full brother of Momoze and the youngest male prince.

An extremely young boy. His mother therefore stays by his side. Marayam is guarded by Biscuit Kruger of the Hunter Association under Kurapika's leadership.

Babies Make Everything Better: He's barely past toddler age.
Bit Character: He has no development and mainly serves to illustrate how out of depth the younger princes are regarding the succession war. His Guardian Spirit Beast, mother and bodyguards are more prominent in the story than him.
Dragons Are Demonic: Marayam's Guardian Spirit Beast is a Chinese dragon, and steadily growing bigger. It actually looks tame and normal compared to the other bizarre Guardian Spirit Beast.
Mama's Boy: His mom dotes him and he rarely spends any time away from her.
Not So Stoic: Marayam has no problem displaying positive emotions like joy, but he doesn't show any visible signs of negative emotions. But due to way how his Guardian Spirit Beast changes and acts, it's clear that Marayam has an awareness of his surroundings, as he managed to pick up on the fact that his big sister died without anyone telling him. His Guardian Spirit Beast becomes bigger, bulkier and gains spikes on its spine in response to Marayam's stress, anxiousness and trauma, and later it hides the entire suite in some kind of pocket dimension to prevent intruders from coming in, which is a clear sign of how afraid the young boy is, even if he doesn't show it.
Parental Favoritism: His mother Sevanti prioritizes his safety over his sister's, to the point that she orders the guards she hired for her Momoze to protect Marayam instead.
Sacrificial Lamb: Averted. He initially looks like he'll be one of the first princes to die due to his youth and lack of interest in the succession war, but he lasts longer than several of his siblings thanks to his mother's over-protectiveness and an extremely ferocious Guardian Spirit Beast.
Space Master: His Guardian Spirit Beast is capable of warping space around Marayam, making it very difficult for outsiders to get close to him. It's also constantly growing, and vicious towards strangers.
Skewed Priorities: He is more interested in his pet hamster than his regal duties. Justified due to how young he is. And despite him being mostly occupied with his hamster and toys, he's still aware of his surroundings and has picked up on Momoze's death without anyone telling him.

Woble Hui Guo Rou

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Woble Hui Guo Rou is the fourteenth prince of Kakin and the daughter of her father's eighth wife, Oito. She is the youngest Prince of Kakin overall, a baby still. Woble and her mother are guarded by Kurapika Kurta of the Nostrade Syndicate under collaboration with the Hunter Association.

Babies Make Everything Better: Subverted. Being a baby, she is the most vulnerable of the Princes and a ripe target for assassination; added to the problem, she is just as dangerous as the rest of the Princes when her Guardian Spirit Beast manifests itself.
Doomed Protagonist: As a baby, she has basically no means of defense whatsoever, yet she's supposed to defend herself just like the rest of the Princes.
Evil-Detecting Baby: Can sense ill intent in people around her and will cry, such as the example with Vincent below. Inversely, Woble can also detect genuine desire to protect her and Oito and will reach her arms out to them, like with Kurapika.
- Woble's Guardian Spirit Beast was also able to detect and kill the bodyguards who were planted by the other queens.
Gut Feeling: The moment the Royal Guard Vincent shows up at the door, Woble starts to cry, leaving her mother puzzled. It then turns out that Vincent was not a guard or a spy but an assassin. She stops crying when Kurapika, with his scarlet eyes revealed, promises to protect Woble and Oito and asks for their trust.
Power of Trust: Whenever Kurapika's loyalty to Woble and Oito is questioned, Woble will reach for him, which is a sign of her trust in him. Because of this, Oito continues to trust and cooperate with Kurapika as well, which is part of the reason why they have been surviving for so long.
Sleepyhead: She is almost always asleep in Oito's arms. This has two aspects attached to it: first, she is a baby at arms; second, her Guardian Spirit Beast drains energy from her to exist. When she wakes up and reaches out to Kurapika, it implies Woble trusts him to keep her and her mother safe from harm.
The Unseen: Her Guardian Spirit Beast. Among all the ones among the Princes, hers is the only one yet to make an appearance, and the most mysterious.

Three Great Mafia Families

General Tropes

The three largest Mafia families in the Kakin Empire, each of which are led by illegitimate members of the Kakin Royal Family and are situated on the Black Whale during the Succession Contest for the purpose of securing territory on the New Continent.

The Xi-Yu Family, the most powerful family in regards to finance and numbers, are established on Tier 4 of the Black Whale. Their primary source of income comes from human trafficking and the distribution of goods. Third Prince Zhang Lei Hui Guo Rou serves as their primary benefactor.

The Heil-Ly Family, made up of only 23 members, are established on Tier 3 of the Black Whale. Their primary source of income comes from mediating secret deals with other members of the crew stationed on the upper decks. Fourth Prince Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou serves as their primary benefactor.

The Cha-R Family are established on Tier 5 of the Black Whale and control all of its commodities. Seventh Prince Luzurus Hui Guo Rou serves as their primary benefactor.

Xi-Yu Family

Onior Longbao

The illegitimate brother of King Nasubi Hui Guo Rou and the boss of the Xi-Yu Family, Onior is a man who regards life, resources, and power as a struggle for supremacy, in which the "haves" must protect themselves from the "have-nots".

Edible Theme Naming: He and his brothers are named after vegetables. He's named after the onion.

Hinrigh Biganduffno

The underboss of Xi-Yu Family, second in authority to only Onior himself, and the one most directly involved in the conflict against the Heil-Ly family and Phantom Troupe.

Hinrigh is a Conjurer who has the Nen ability to transform objects into animals that he can manipulate, and that retain some form or their original usage.

Agent Peacock: Not as bad as other examples but he likes his tacky suits.
Badass in a Nice Suit: "Nice" might be a stretch but Hinrigh rocks his grotty suits while being an extremely badass mover, Nen User, and Tactician.
The Beastmaster: His Nen ability allows him to control the animals he creates out of mundane objects, allowing for versatility in combat and surveillance.
Combat Pragmatist: Hinrigh, for all his professionalism, is a career criminal with an unorthodox Nen ability, so he fights pretty dirty. He has no problem disabling, backstabbing, and tricking his opponents when in combat.
Heart Is an Awesome Power: In typical HxH fashion, he uses his very odd ability to great effect in a fight, using handcuff-made pigeons to disable enemies and defend against projectiles (as they are coated in Nen), or using a camera-made cat for surveillance.
Know When to Fold 'Em: He can tell that Hisoka is bad news and all but begs him to stay hands-off in the fight with the Mafia families.
Nerves of Steel: Despite knowing that Hisoka is a crazy killer who could kill him at any moment, Hinrigh sits rights next to him and asks him to wait in tier 1's recreation area until the battle of the Mafia families is over, since the Cha-R are teaming up with the Phantom Troupe and the Xi-Fu in order to fight the Hei-Ly. When Hisoka asks him whether he thinks whether the Spider of Hisoka would win and who his favorite member is, Hinrigh replies that he's a fan of the Spider and he likes all members of it. This level of honesty makes Hisoka accept the favor.
The Stoic

Lynch Fullbokko

A member of the Xi-Yu Family who holds both herself and the Xi-Yu Family in high regard, and has little patience for being talked down to.

Lynch is an Emitter who has the Nen ability to probe her targets for honest answers to any questions she gives them by punching them immediately after asking them a question.

Bullying a Dragon: Tried to use her ability on Hisoka; Hisoka hit her with a Counter-Attack so hard and fast that she collapses into a heap.

Zakuro Custard

A mild-mannered member of the Xi-Yu Family, whose timid demeanour contrasts heavily with his role as a mobster. Nevertheless, he has managed to cement himself as one of Hinrigh's most trusted underlings.

Zakuro is a Manipulator who has the Nen ability to manipulate his own blood at will, which possesses enough strength to restrain and subdue a weak Nen user. Zakuro requires an open wound in order to utilise his ability, and thus carries an IV with him at all times.

Oh, Crap!: When he and Lynch actually find and provoke Hisoka, Zakuro realized very fast that they should have listened to Hinrigh's warning of not getting close to him.

Misha Hao

A late member and "cleaner" of the Xi-Yu family, who continues her work as a loyal and dedicated body disposer through the use of post-mortem nen.

Her post-mortem Nen ability is unconfirmed, but appears to involve the principles of Manipulation.

Heil-Ly Family

Morena Prudo

The illegitimate daughter of King Nasabi Hui Guo Rou and the main powerhouse in command of the Heil-Ly Family. Morena leads a cult-like group of followers and openly desire to spread chaos and destruction throughout a world she sees as unjust and utterly disgusting.

Her Nen ability allows her to bestow Nen abilities to other people by kissing them, creating a complex system of levels in which her initiated can get more power by killing people of designated point values.

Ambiguous Situation: Although Morena is undoubtedly an experienced Nen User who thoroughly understands how to use Nen and her ability, it is unknown if she herself is the creator of her ability Contagion because Her ability can be replicated in someone infected by it under certain conditions (high enough level) and she herself has 45 levels when she was first introduced despite being the main user of the ability. This means she either can be infected by her ability too, or she is another "player" who has begun the process of spreading it herself with her crime family.
Antagonist Abilities: Morena's Nen ability, "Contagion", enables anyone that ingests her saliva (usually by a kiss) to potentially go through a Nen awakening and receive an instant Nen Ability after killing a certain number of people of a certain value(EX: Nen Users being worth 10 levels, regular people 1, Kakin Princes 50), or "leveling up". To make this power worse, after a person has reached 100 levels, they gain a copy of "Contagion" and can spread murder-based instant nen abilities to a new "community". A perfect power to enable an organization of mass murderers who become more dangerous the longer they are left unchecked.
Biblical Motifs: She wears a crown of thorns and has a very offputting vibe of dark martyrdom about her.
Dissonant Serenity: Her expression is always ephemeral and chillingly vacant for someone leading a criminal organization bent on mass murder.
Good Scars, Evil Scars: Her twin scars over her right eye, marks given to Bastards of the Kakin Royalty, contrast her unsettling, but beautiful face, a visual signifier as the mastermind of an Anarchistic plot of ritualistic mass murder.
Klingon Promotion: Sometime after joining the Heil-Ly family as a junior member, Morena staged a coup and became the new Boss of the family in the process.

Luini

A member of the Heil-Ly Family, and a ruthless killer who shares Morena's desire to spread chaos and destruction throughout the world.

Luini is an Emitter whose Nen ability allows him to enter an alternate dimension and travel to any location he has visited in the past, on the condition that he is locked inside a room with only a single door and no other forms of exits when using his ability.

Hates Rich People: Though he doesn't usually tend to discriminate on the kind of people he murders, Luini utterly loathes the upper class, and expresses hopes that the Phantom Troupe will wipe them out.

Padaille

A former demolition worker and member of the Heil-Ly Family. Padaille is a sadistic and bloodthirsty man with little regard for anything other than the act of killing. As such, he is completely devoted to Morena, whose ability allows him to satisfy and indulge in his twisted urges.

Padaille is a Conjurer whose Nen ability allows him to transform his right hand into different types of tools and weapons.

Cha-R Family

Brocco Li

The illegitimate half-brother of King Nasubi Hui Guo Rou and the boss of the Cha-R Family. Brocco is a man who believes that those in power should respect a certain form of etiquette.

Edible Theme Naming: He and his brothers are named after vegetables. He's obviously named after the broccoli.

Tajao

The Vice-Boss of the Cha-R Family and Military Advisor to the private army of Seventh Prince Luzurus Hui Guo Rou.

Ken'i Wang

The underboss for the Cha-R fanily and one of the members more directly involved in the ensuing conflict.

He appears to be aware of the existence of Nen, though it is currently unknown if he can use it himself.

The Stoic: So much so that his smile is said to be a curse.
They Look Just Like Everyone Else!: Wouldn’t look out of place in a normal office.

Ittoku

The elderly consigliere of the Cha-R Family.

Sun-bin

A member of the Cha-R Family known for speaking in an informal fashion and wearing a deadpan expression at all times, even when expressing concern. He claims to abhor bloodshed, though others will dismiss this as a lie.

Sub-bin is a Nen user who possesses enough skill to recognise the power possessed by other Nen users by looking at their aura flow.

Tsudonke

The Supervisor of the Cha-R Family. Like many of the young Mafiosi, Tsudonke is a secret fan of the Phantom Troupe, who inwardly relishes the chance to meet his heroes.

Other affiliates

Theta

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A provisional Hunter hired to be one of Tserriednich’s bodyguards and Nen teacher.

Nerves of Steel: She barely shows any visible reaction on her face upon seeing the Tserriednich's horrifying Guardian Spirit Beast, even when it's up-close. When he later conjures another Nen Beast, she still keeps her poker face.
Oh, Crap!: Has this when she realizes how dangerous Tserriednich is and that he should never be allowed to learn Nen.
The Stoic: She doesn't show much emotions and keeps a poker face, so that Tserriednich wouldn't catch that she's afraid of his potential, his Guardian Spirit Beast and his personal Nen Beast.

Justice Bureau

Kaiser

A member of Kakin’s Justice Bureau.

Steiner

A member of Kakin’s Justice Bureau and high ranking member of the International Permit Agency.

Peuckert

A member of Kakin’s Justice Bureau and a member of the International Permit Agency.

Characters / Hunter × Hunter: Kakin Royal Family

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