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Pandora Hearts Character Archtypes



//**Hero**//
As the protagonist, Oz is bright, cheery and bizarrely optimistic, and was pampered as a child. He's the successor of one of the Four Great Duke Houses, specifically the Vessalius House. Oz's mother was murdered by another Duke family, the Nightrays. Oz's father hates him, and publicly disowned him and called him "filthy." This caused Oz to loathe himself and act as if his life means nothing. Oz was about to celebrate his fifteenth birthday at his coming of age ceremony, when he'd finally be recognized as an adult when disaster strikes. Oz is attacked by the Baskervilles, a mysterious group connected to the tragedy a hundred years ago and the Abyss. Oz is suddenly thrust into adventure when he's thrown into the Abyss. The Abyss is the lower realm of chaos, home to monsters called Chains. Normal people are unaware of it, and at best, it is a scary story to scare young children into obedience.

The Hero must...
 * Create the premise of the story
 * Oz holds the key to the Abyss where the secret of life and death lies. He fuels the story and is the objective of the villains.
 * Must have a weak link within the mind or physical body
 * Though he acts as if nothing bothers him, he has crippling self-esteem issue. He also isn't very good in a fight, and relies on the unstable power of his Chain, a being of great power distorted by the Abyss.

//Herald//
Instead of being a person, the event that plants Oz in the middle of the battlefield is his coming of age ceremony. At the age of fifteen he must stand before the frozen hands of the Silent Clocktower and swear to uphold the name of the Duke Household of Vessalius. Though the ceremony was meant to be short, things went terribly wrong. His best friend Gilbert was killed, the Silent Clocktower started again, and he was thrown into the darkness of the Abyss by the Baskervilles, the insane group taking on the name of a former Duke Household. In the Abyss he learns of his power to open the Abyss to the real world and meets Alice, the only Chain (a being of the Abyss with powers) with her humanity still intact. He joins forces with her and seals his fate by trading his own life for the ability to escape. Once outside, he seeks answers to his questions in the short time he has left.

The Herald must...
 * Give vital Information, necessary for the hero to complete their journey, usually shows purpose or reason of journey.
 * At the ceremony the Baskervilles tell Oz he has committed a unforgivable sin, punishable by being thrown in the Abyss. This is Oz's first reason to begin his journey to learn the truth, and his second is given by Alice, which he meets in the Abyss. To save people, learn more about his past, Alice's past, what happened a hundred years ago with the Tragedy of Sabrie, and how it all connects.
 * Prompts Hero into the stage of the “The Call of Adventure.”
 * If Oz had not been thrown into the Abyss or told he had committed a unforgivable sin, he would have never even knew either existed. He would have never found out that the Abyss released evil Chains into the real world to kill people and drag them into the Abyss. If he never knew about it, he wouldn't have felt compelled to stop it.

//**Threshold Guardian**//
Once dropped into the Abyss, Oz sees that its not a prison, but a twisted and demented world filled with monsters called Chains. He is then attacked by a Chain and rescued by Alice, who is a Chain with the appearance of a teenage girl. She explains to him that to escape he needs the help of a Chain, and she would be willing to help him. She also can only use a small amount of her full power, and to use all of it she needs to Contract with a human. The Contract is forever binding and will give both the Chain and the human access to each other's power. Oz is about to agree reluctantly when suddenly they are attacked by a young and powerful Chain. Alice protects Oz and is hurt in the process. Moments before she is killed he makes a Contract with her, and she and him defeat the Chain and escape from the Abyss. Soon after Oz discovers that other Chains are killing people, and he and Alice set out to discover the past and protect the humans from the twisted Chains of the Abyss.

The Threshold Guardian is...
 * Usually not the story's antagonist.
 * That particular Chain is killed and never shows up again. All Chains (but Alice) are killers, but don't take sides. They are insane, and can be manipulated and bound to do what they are told. For example, everyone on the Hero's side control Chains. They use Blood Mirrors and Contracts to bind the Chain without the side effects of insanity and death. Chains are also used on the Shadow's side, and most of the Henchmen and main villains control Chains. Though they never truly take sides, they can be manipulated and used because they NEED humans to Contract with them to appear in the world.
 * Necessary to begin the story's journey.
 * Had Oz not fallen into the Abyss and ran into his first hostile Chain, he would have not realized that the Abyss was real at all. He would have likely been killed by the Baskervilles or a rouge Chain instead of obtaining the power to fight them and beginning his search for the truth.

//Mentor//
When Oz's father rejects him, Oscar steps in to be the father figure in Oz's life. He raises Oz alone since he has no wife or children and Oz's mother was killed in a fight between the Duke Households. Oscar was kind and light-hearted, but mature. He kept Oz out of trouble and taught him morals and confidence. When Oz vanishes in the Abyss, he arranges for the Abyss studying group, Pandora, to try and rescue him. When Oz returns, its Oscar who sends him help and explains the situation. He helps Oz learn to control his new power and insures the Baskervilles don't have another chance to throw him back into the Abyss. Even now, he is the only father figure to both Oz and Raven.

The Mentor...
 * is a motivator.
 * Oz lost all confidence in himself when his Dad publicly rejected him. It was Oscar who helped him out of the darkness he buried himself in. Later, when Oz returns, he attempts to kill himself to save his best friend, Gilbert. Oscar is the one who snaps him out of it and he and Gilbert give him a reason to live again.
 * teaches the Hero to confront the fear, anger, and guilt inside them.
 * After obtaining and learning to use the Alice's power, the power of his Chain, Oz fails to save people close to him and begins sinking into self-loathing. Oscar sees this and scolds him for it. He demands to know how Oz is going to save anyone if he's dead. Dying won't save anyone, it's better to live. If you die you'll hurt the people closest to you. Oz finally understood and promised not to throw away his life, even if he does fail to save someone again.

//Sidekick//
At the beginning of the story Gilbert starts out as a shaky young lad with no backbone. When Oz plunges into the Abyss Gilbert searches for a way to return his best friend from the realm of the cursed. He meets a strange man named Break, who promises to do everything in his power to help him if he'd become a Nightray, one of the Four Great Duke families, specifically the family that had Oz's mother murdered. Though he hated the idea of being branded a traitor for leaving the Vessalius house, Oz's family, he saw no other way considering no one else besides him and Oscar remembered what happened when Oz disappeared. So he took on the name Raven and bound a Chain to him without the nasty effects of death and insanity using a Blood Mirror and Contracting with it. With this new power he trained himself for the day he could free his best friend. Ten years passed, and when he was about to pull Oz from the Abyss, he appeared himself, uncontentious, but alive. What was ten years for Raven was thirty minutes for Oz. When he awakened, Oz, Raven's best and only friend, didn't recognize him. Even then Raven swore to protect Oz until his last breath, and upholds that promise all throughout the story.

A Sidekick...
 * is a trusted servant.
 * Oz never trusts anyone quite like he trusts Gilbert. Though the betrayal by his father left him shaken and mistrustful, Oz openly trusts and depends on Gilbert. Even after ten years, he relies on his friend to protect him in a pinch and tells him when something is wrong.
 * may have qualities of other Archtypes.
 * The older Gilbert, Raven, has an almost shadowy personality most of the time. He would easily fit into the role of a Shadow or Henchmen with his dark hair and the way he openly expresses anger and frustration. Despite carrying big guns in plain sight, Raven is truly a kind person on the inside. The loss of his best friend and the intense training he underwent in Pandora forced him to grow up fast, resulting in a split persona of kindness toward people he cares about and a cold darkness and fiery rage toward those he doesn't.

//Henchmen//
Though intelligent and seemingly independent, the five beings under their leader, Glen Baskerville, are merely pawns in a much bigger game. They all do exactly as Glen says, and never think of disobedience. Though they can act on their own in means to the end he desires and show that they too have feelings and desires, they never at upon those feelings and desires unless they are oriented toward their leader's goal. The Baskerville followers are Lottie, Fang, Doug, Lilly and Zwei. All were recruited by Glen when he saved their lives, and they dedicated their eternal existences to doing his bidding.

Henchmen are...
 * the Shadow's allies.
 * The Baskerville followers are dedicated to reviving their fallen leader. They also are researching the Abyss and the Tragedy of Sabrie. The Baskervilles call Oz their "Key" and want to use him to control the Abyss. The problem is Oz doesn't know he has powers and no one knows how to use them if he truly does.
 * carrying the qualities and beliefs of their leader.
 * Glen Baskerville believes that he will gain power by controlling the Abyss. All the other adopted Baskervilles believe this too, and will stop at nothing to help him accomplish his goal.



//Trickster//
If you ask anyone who the most bizarre and and unpredictable character in Pandora Hearts is, chances are you'll hear its Break. Crazy, intelligent, sharp, Break is the Joker of Pandora Hearts. Though he's clearly missing a few nuts, there's no mistaking he sees everything that happens. He acts harmless, but when it comes down to it he has a Chain, and his Chain is a insane killer of other Chains. Break was once a killer for the one he loved, but now he's working for Pandora, and manages to keep a huge, insane smile even when everything goes wrong. Aside from Oz, Break is the most positive maniac in the story.

The Trickster is...
 * unpredictable crazy
 * Though he helps Oz and his friends sneak into places and survive by the skin of their teeth, he does it in absurd ways. For instance, he once got them into a private school to save Oz's sister, Ada, by dressing them up in school uniforms. Another time he slipped them into a Duke Household by dressing them up as maids. (Not to mention Alice is the only girl in the threesome...)
 * possibly aligned with Hero, Shadow, or simply independent.
 * Until about chapter forty, it's very unclear who Break is working for. Pandora wants him to investigate the Abyss, Oscar wants him to help Oz, Vincent (Gilbert's brother) wants him to back out, and everyone seems to want something from him at one time or another, but what does Break want? He's out to fill his own agenda, but its unclear what exactly that is.

//Shapeshifter//
Alice's past is a huge question mark. Her first appearance is at the Coming of Age Ceremony, where she attempts to rescue Oz. Her second appearance has her snapping at Oz, demanding that he fear her and help her escape the Abyss. Her personality is constantly shifting along with her feelings for her companions. Alice's first memory was awakening in the Abyss with only her name, and hearing Oz's watch call to her. Turns out Alice herself sealed her own memories in objects and scattered them across the world. Her past is a tragedy with her own death and transformation into a Chain concluding it. But what happened between that time?

The Shapeshifter...
 * changes role or personality.
 * Alice goes from being cold and manipulative to fond and rude. Originally Alice intended to just use Oz and didn't care who she hurt. Eventually she regains her humanity and falls in love with Oz. Her role changes from Shapeshifter to Sidekick.
 * often doesn't care as long as they get what they want.
 * In the beginning Alice only wanted to retrieve her memories while Oz wanted to learn about the Abyss and the past to learn of his "sin" and stop the Chains and Baskervilles from hurting more people. Alice manipulated Oz to make him Contract with her, and once they escape forces him to attack his own friends. It seems she's the villain, but Alice shows concern for Oz, but not anyone else. As time passes Alice learns to properly convey human emotion and the value of a human life. She grows fond of the agents at Pandora and falls in love with Oz. Even so, like many other characters that care about Oz, she's willing to sacrifice others to protect Oz. Unfortunately, so is Raven. To kill Alice would be to break the Seal of the Contract on Oz and save his life.

//Shadow//
Glen Baskerville is a mystery. He rarely makes appearances in the story, though he's mentioned numerous times. Glen lived a hundred years ago, and he was the sole reason of the Tragedy of Sabrie. This event was where a entire city was slaughtered, and the country was dragged into the Abyss. Glen was best friends with Jack Vessalius, Oz's ancestor. Glen was in love with a young woman named Lacie, and its unclear what happened to her, but after she died Glen simply lost it. Already intelligent and frigid, Glen iced over when his beloved Lacie was killed.

The Shadow must...
 * believe in their agenda.
 * Glen Baskerville caused the Tragedy of Sabrie and personally insured the entire country drowned in the darkness of the Abyss. He never once regretted it, and claims it was to return his lost lover from the dead and bring prosperity to all people by joining the Abyss to the real world. He even gave up his life to accomplish his goal, though he later was revived.
 * bring destruction.
 * Glen was a master of destruction. Even long after his death a hundred years before the story, no one has been able to pull the city out of the Abyss. The area around the gap is cursed, and anyone who approaches disappears. After a hundred years, Glen's followers, the adopted Baskervilles, still inflict mayhem and death wherever they glance.