Character Graveyard

Terence T. Lintock, Midshipman R.I.P. I know that I've posted you somewhere else, but you belong here, as the first protagonist I've ever killed. I still wish that there was another way around it.

As others come along...

Okay...Here's one of mine!

RIP:
Joseph Canning, Able Seaman - you are the one of my three MCs who says the least, and, in fact, gets the fewest opportunities to shamelessly exploit your character. And yet, through all the fights between Fred and Matthew, you will be there, being my solid little rock, keeping my story from descending into chaos. I don't know what I'll do when you finally do die....The story may fall apart at that point...so I may have to rethink killing you so early. Or at least write that scene last.

truly I don't remember killing any of my characters except for one xD.

R.I.P
Matthew- even though you died young and early in this story, you played a big part bringing two characters closer together.

(What's with all the epitaphs for characters who aren't dead yet?)

So R.I.P. Philip Gateley, Midshipman, who also isn't actually dead yet. But you will be missed for your sense of humor and all the wisdom that was hiding underneath it.

I have a few who already died, but will make their debut in flashbacks. ;)

Adieu, Jean-Luc! Au revoir, mademoiselle Anne-Marguerite et son frere, Michele. :(

They will be dead by the end of the novel.

Oh, and bleuhh, one of my MCs is named Matthew as well. Matthew Everard. He used to be the one named Canning, but then I realized that his initials made M.C. He doesn't die, though.

Another dead character...

R.I.P.
Frederick Barton. My bouncy, bubbly, vulgar, boy. Poor sweetheart. You're my favorite. (shh, don't tell) I'm sorry I made you commit suicide...or get a horrible disease...I'm not sure...

Anyway, don't hate me for this. Or for killing Joseph (and making you think I killed Matthew).

Quite a few . after all if you set your novel around the Affair of the Poisons you're going to have a few casualties.

Marquise de Brinvillers - quite a spectacular one. Tortured and burnt at the stake. And all in chapter 1!

Henriette-Anne - dies of poison.

Angelique de Fontages - fall from a horse. Possibly intoxicated or something more sinister?

Catherine Montvoisin - tortured and burnt at the stake.

Etienne Guiborg - dies in prison before he can be brought to justice.

Unnamed infant - throat slit during magical ritual (I'm not looking forward to writing this at all. It's disgusting and so sad.)

Victoire Bergeron - stretched by rack and broken on the wheel.

Arsene Theriault - dies in galleys. Flogged to death for insubordination.

Oh man, I think just about the only character that doesn't die or disappear is my main character. :/

RIP:

Peter, you bubbly, excitable nitwit. If you'd kept your head down for more than bedroom activities, you wouldn't have been caught by the Gestapo.

Jakob and his wife, Romy- two star-crossed lovers indeed. Well, I suppose I can pretend Romy survives. :/

Rascher- You, I don't feel sorry for. Good riddance to bad rubbish. (Seriously? You used the insecticide invented by a Jewish man for that? There's not even a word for you anymore.)

Werner - I almost feel sorry for you, but at the same time, I don't think I do. Ah well, you were sacrificed to a good cause.

Marie. Sweet, sweet Marie. You didn't deserve what happened to you. Your disguise should've kept you much safer than it did. But when you died, you were loved, and that's all anyone can ask for, I suppose.

Hohenheim- you stupid old man. You stupid, wonderful old man. Didn't you realize that would break your son's heart? And of course, the irony that loves to hump your family's collective leg kind of made it all in vain anyway.

Alfons - the most heart-wrenching death in the entire story. My MC thanks you for the light you brought into his life, and hopes you know he never regretted a thing, not even when he was in Dachau. Not even for a second.

And thus, I mark these characters for death, and give them their pre-humous eulogy:

Josiah- Dude, you went out with a bang, which I guess was what you always wanted. Your death was very sad, but you had to die so Robert would see what he had done. You'll be remembered, buddy.

Father Nathaniel- Crazy priest? I smell a big ending fight sceeeeeene! Seriously, though, you get pretty wacked out by the end, so it's pretty fitting that you'd get killed in the way you did.

Ben- -sob- PLEASE DON'T DIE! YOU WERE JUST A CUTE LITTLE KID! -sniffle- You seriously are the only character I'm truly sad about killing, and I will feel incredibly guilty when they find your body mangled in the machine.

Abel- I'm kind of sad about you, despite trying to make you as despicable as possible. But still, you didn't deserve THAT...

Adam- Doesn't technically die, but you're pretty insane and twitchy by the end, and I doubt Industrial-Revolution era asylums were very pleasant.

I only have one so far but another one or two may die later on...

R.I.P. dear Sophie. A bout of pneumonia took your life. And you died without letting your daughter know that your real name isn't Elizabeth McAllister. Oh and I can't forget that poor Iesada feels terribly guilty for not being a part of you and Kaiyo's life; your death will hit him VERY hard.

It's too bad you had to die right at the beginning.

Kay, I did my MCs in separate posts...Now I'll do the Minor Characters deaths'.

R.I.P.

Audrey Wright; An MC at heart. Died in childbirth.

Caroline Wright; I really didn't want to kill my only character under one. Died from malnutrition a week after her mother.

Unnamed Doctor; You shall have a name. Died from some obscure sickness (Okay...I killed him off to make room for the MC. SORRY!)

Mr. Canning; Um...why are you on this list?? Died before the story begins, from...some obscure sickness? (Okay. Joseph wouldn't have gone to sea if his father didn't die!!!)

The Tyrant Captain and all his Tyrant Officers; I hate you all, you jerks. I'm glad you're dead. All killed in a mutiny (Huzzah!)

Loads of random sailors and soldiers, whose only purpose is to get blown to pieces so we can stick some gore in there; Um...Sorry?

R.I.P Pilot Officer Guy Pakenham, beloved brother, son and fiance. His plane was shot down during the Battle of Britain, and he died of his injuries a week later. He was a skilled and heroic pilot, an inspiration to all who knew him and a firm friend. He will be sadly missed.

I'm sorry Guy! I didn't want to do it. And I'm quite sure your fiancee will never forgive me. But it had to happen.

R.I.P Pilot Officer Kenneth Guy Pakenham, beloved brother, son and fiance. His Spitfire was shot down during the Battle of Britain, and he died of his injuries a week later. He was a skilled and heroic pilot, an inspiration to all who knew him and a firm friend. He will be sadly missed.

I'm sorry Guy! I didn't want to do it. And I'm quite sure your fiancee will never forgive me. But it had to happen.

RIP Felix Rater. You're thought of the villain, but you're just misunderstood. I don't know how you die yet, but it might well be horrible and bloody.

RIP Daniel Woodward. You're a minor character, but you're important.

RIP all the soldiers that died in WWII. You need a mention, as some flashbacks involve you.

I've just realised all but one of my main characters die. Guess that's what you get if you set your story right in the middle of the Holocaust.

R.I.P Lidia. You didn't mean to tear them apart. At least you were able to give life to your son before you passed. [Died in the Warsaw Ghetto].

R.I.P Herman, you who changed the perspectives of so many people. I feel better about you, as Derek finally allowed you to suffer with some dignity. [Died in the Birkenau labour camp].

R.I.P Magda, who never really got the love she wanted - needed - from Rosaline/Marlene. [Died in Central Berlin, due to the devastating bombing by the RAF].

R.I.P Rosaline/Marlene and Ada - I don't want to kill you two off. I'm going to sob, I know it. The protagonists who inspired my whole novel. *sniff* [Die in Auschwitz-Birkenau, in the gas chambers].