Antagonists

Antagonists are characters that appear in every single route in the Is it Love? series. They are the characters that are usually the prime source of conflict through out the story and chaos in the players lives. There are different types of antagonists though.

The antagonists on the small side of the scale are people who just have different moral agendas than the players and others, or they just don't like the players for their own personal reasons, and act antagonistic towards them, with malicious intent or not. These antagonists however, don't appear to be genuinely bad people and often show their good sides, showing them in a more protagonist or anti-hero type light. They would never intentionally cause harm to others and are often against the true evil sources in the story. Many of the smaller side antagonists have been redeemed for these reasons.

The antagonists on the medium size spectrum are exactly what they seem, ones that are more in the middle. They aren't the best of people but they also aren't the worst. They are either bad people who haven't caused that much damage or are people who have caused a lot of damage, but show signs of remorse or guilt for it. Some are bad people but aren't evil while others are good people deep down inside, but have a hard time showing it or just refuse to. Depending on what their character is like, a medium antagonist having some sort of redemption is usually a 50/50 chance.

The antagonists that are large, mostly referred to as villains, are the worst of the worst. They are bad people with little to no good in them, to the point where almost none of them have been redeemed, nor will ever possibly be redeemed. They intentionally cause harm and damage to others, for their own personal amusement or to benefit themselves for personal reasons, show no regret for it, are are often proud of their actions. They are evil deep down and crave the most corrupt of things such as money, power, sex, drugs, revenge or other things that make people go mad with desire. They are often the most interesting characters though which is why there have been more of them as of late.

### Categories

* Affably Evil: -Antagonists that are mostly polite and nice, especially to the players, which makes it easy to forget they're antagonists. These kind of characters usually act as servants or minions to a higher villain with more authority, but not all the time.
* Anti-Hero: -Protagonists or misunderstood villains that lack certain traditional hero qualities, often engaging in some negative behaviors or having certain flaws, but otherwise still having a moral compass erring on the side of good. They sometimes do the wrong thing for the right reasons, or even the right thing for the wrong reasons. Anti-Heroes are almost always on the small scale of evilness as they simply just don't have a lot of evil in them.
* Bully: - Antagonists that bully the main character or any other protagonist throughout a story route.
* Big Bad: -The main antagonist in a story route.
* Concerned Friend/Relative: -An antagonist that acts the way they do because they care about and are worried for their family member/friend, which is usually either the main character or love interest.
* Evil Ex: -An ex partner of either the main character or one of the love interests.
* Evil Villain: -Evil to the core with almost no redeeming qualities and are true antagonists. All Evil Villains are on the large scale, but this doesn't mean that all characters on the large scale are Evil Villains.
* Greedy: -Antagonists that are driven by the desire to have either money or power.
* Love Interest: Antagonists that are also love interests in any story route.
* Love Rival: -Characters that have feelings for one of the main characters love interests and want to be with them.
* Love Sick: -Characters that behave the way they do because they're in love.
* Murderer: Villains that have murdered somebody.
* Redeemed: -Antagonists that are currently considered redeemed in at least one story route.

### Aleksei Votiakov

Aleksei is the CFO of Carter Corp's Russian Branch, the owner of a textile company as well as one of the members of the Russian mafia group, The Bratva. His real motives is to get the money from Carter Corp's main branch in Manhattan, New York to continue his illegal business such as weapon smuggling. After meeting with the player who is the CFO of the main branch, this is where his plans have finally set in motion, using his men to target the player which was repelled by Jake Stewart. He also made the player's ex-boyfriend, Ashton Darrow as his victim when they tried to target the player at her apartment when she rejected the latter's advances. In Chapter 10, he succeeds in kidnapping the player at Gabriel's apartment after he managed to subdue both Gabriel and Ashton and soon reveals his true motives at the final chapter where he takes her back to Moscow while being held captive. Just as he forces the player to get the passcode to open it, it was thwarted by Jake and Carrie Kang after the latter had outsmarted him on purpose and his base were infiltrated by the American Special Forces. Aleksei was shot by Jake before he attempted to kill the player before he fell over the debris of steel. Although, he survives from his gunshot wounds, leading to his hospital arrest.

### Alicia Boone

Alicia is the daughter of the late Maeva Boone and Ryan's former rival, Leopold Williamson who is seeking revenge against Ryan and his company for the death of her parents. She is the one responsible for letting Cassidy to get through her HR archives which is a passcode that leads her to work undercover or being recruited at Carter Corp as the new personal assistant. She is also responsible for sending threatening letters to both the player and Jenny Blake. Her actions leads Ryan to rehire Jake and his former war buddy Ethan to serve as their bodyguards. She is also responsible for killing her father's wife, Veuve Williamson just to get the Cherry Love necklace which is supposed to be given to her mother Maeva. In the end of chapter 6, Alicia was detected by Colin Spencer as the mole of the company while in chapter 7 following Ryan's fall out with the player, he easily found out her true motives when she attempted to assassinate him and thwarts her to make an escape, leading him to apologize to the player for the misunderstanding. Her plans became full circle in chapter 9 where she already shot Matt Ortega with her handgun before being confronted by Ryan and the player then both Jake and Jenny at the latter's apartment. It was revealed that she's followed Leopold's last words before he committed suicide, however the player knew that her father Leopold had lost it's footing when Holy Fields are finally taken over by Carter Corp led by Ryan especially to the death of his mistress and her mother Maeva, leading him to commit suicide due to depression and heartbroken. Alicia became guilty to her actions and realizing that she became a criminal in a quest for vengeance for the sake of her dead parents, leading Ryan to tell the authorities to take her into custody.

### Asmodea

She is a demoness who leads as the leader of the Knights of the Underworld and like Zac, she was opposing against Torquemada's demons. In both Zac and Lucifer's mini-series, she is responsible for raping Zac as her toy and at the same time she and Judith Lightbringer teaming up to overthrow her father, Lucifer Lightbringer as the Lord of the Underworld. But it was toned down due to Judith who finally got her revenge rather than overthrowing her father in his throne.

### Carl Weaver

Carl and his wife Joyce Weaver are scam artists similar to Steven Simons, in their case it was sabotage, trickery and theft. They are the ones responsible for stealing the player's jewelry and belongings during her stay at the Rosewood Ranch as well as sabotaging the family ranch by poisoning the horses using poison pellets and tricking people around Opal Lake City just to steal their belongings. Carl was also responsible for kidnapping Amy Dixon after she found out of their real schemes while on the way back to her home. The player discovers their real motives at the Indian Summer Ranch which Carl personally confronts the player who just discovered their real motives. However, the player and Amy managed to escape the warehouse from the ranch, thanks to Caleb Rosewood and Lone Star who found out their whereabouts. In the canonical good ending, Amy had testified both of them after an encouragement with both Caleb and the player, leading Carl and his wife Joyce to get arrested by Sean Wilson and his group of authorities. In the bad ending, Carl was in hot pursuit by Sean and the player in which Carl managed to take Sean down. Just as he attempted to attack the player for thwarting his plans along with his wife, He was knocked down by Caleb with a hook punch to the face, leading Sean to arrest him.

### Cassandre Osborne

Cassandre is Sarah's grandmother and the matriarch of the group of witches within Mystery Spell Coven. Her reasons of becoming a villainess is due to her greed for power and her opposition towards same sex relationships which is why she always scolds Sarah for having relationship with the same gender. She also taking sides with Viktor Bartholy and Charles Huxley at the climax of her granddaughter's mini-series due to their alliance strictly to gain power and to cause chaos throughout Mystery Spell. In the second season of Drogo's route, she coarse the player to become a vampire-witch hybrid by allowing Drogo to transform her into a vampire and trains her to use powerful witchcraft and spells. According to Conrad at the end of the second season that Cassandre had asked him to make alliance into battle against Viktor but it was revealed that she imprisons Viktor through her scepter and plans to use the latter's power to cause mayhem due to her greed for power, leading to the culmination at the third and final season of this route as most witches are trying to hunt her down due to the threat had caused by her. In both Viktor and Conrad's mini-series, she is somewhat annoyed and angry when either the player or Elena Gabe are trying to need her help but at the cost of her life. She even called both of them as troublemakers when Nao Arasaka uses the ritual with his astromancy magic to summon her spirit.

### Cassidy Sparke

She is the younger sister of Parker Sparke and the second born daughter of Luis Antonio Toledo and Mrs. Sparke. She is mostly the bully through most players within Carter Corp. story routes and to the point of ruining the relationship between Gabriel and the player seen on Gabriel's route as well as abusing her power as a Human Resources Manager to just to ridicule any higher officials and employees alike as Mark angrily disapproves her actions which led to her firing. Cassidy is also responsible for causing a catfight to the player following her firing and her actions leads Mark to sanction the player as well as the latter's resignation to the company. According to Jenny Blake, Cassidy is a battered wife and was abused by her own ex-husband and also files a divorce. Ryan's chapter 10 on his third and final season and according to her brother, Parker, Cassidy was mistreated as an outcast by her parents and was a hunchback person who becomes a bully victim by many where she was constantly bullied due to her deformed appearance. Cassidy displays her hatred over her brother Parker due to abandoning her for his cowardice, creating a rift between the siblings. Her deformed appearance was later fixed by cosmetic surgery to become what she was today. She became the main catalyst in the third and final season of Ryan's route due to her being secretly engaged to Giorgio Maccini as both her and Mrs. Sparke had shared their interest over rich men, becoming a mole to the company in order for Giorgio to set his various crimes in motion. However at the final chapter of the story despite both the player and Lisa had told her the truth about Giorgio's infidelity, Cassidy is initially shrugged them off until she realizes the error of her ways when Giorgio has been manipulating her from the start to finish as well as getting impregnated by him during their secret relationship and learning of his infidelity, she cries remorsefully and was console by her brother Parker, finally reconcile together as siblings. Cassidy is also the one who put Giorgio behind bars for what he had done and angrily gives him a powerful slap to the face and telling him that her unborn child would never recognized who the father is which surprises Giorgio, stating that their conception of their child was their love for each other. But Cassidy angrily rebuffs him that it was not love between them but his manipulation to her, finally breaking his engagement with him. In her brother's mini-series, she reunites her ex-fiance Giorgio following her visit at Havana to see her brother Parker and her family.

Players had also disapproved Cassidy's role for being a bully victim and a battered wife and becomes a bully herself whenever she mistreated them terribly at work.

### Celeste Devolt

She is the daughter of Allan and Hailie Devolt and the younger sister of Julian Devolt who is the head of Devolt Foundation. She was very manipulative and cunning due to being chosen by both Henry and Ivana to be with James as both paired up as a love team to impress the rich and aristocrat people. But James had became romantically interested towards his childhood sweetheart, the player who works as a concierge and a drama actress who had an investigation crusade about her mother's firing at the Palace. In chapter 7, it was really Celeste who informs James about the player's real identity as (the player's name) Murray after James learns of who she really is whenever she makes lies towards him. She did made a personal confrontation with the player about James, which led her to hire an actor to make Henry illegally fires the player but was reinstated by both Ethan McAllister and Margaret Lawrence. Her recent actions were unaware by her parents including her older brother Julian, which causes a friction between him and James' friendship of why she was crying due to James' rejection. At the final chapter of the story, Celeste was pointed out by Ivana due to the grease stain on her scarf where she was asked by Ivana to take out the brake disc on the player's car beetle. Celeste also reveals that she had never planned to kill the player due to being in love until Ivana is revealed to be the mastermind behind the misfortunes of both the player and Rose Murray and Henry realizes he has been manipulated by his wife the whole time for illegally firing his mistress Rose for a fake jewelry theft caused by her in the past, leading him to apologize to the player and Rose for the mistreatment he gave them both and it reveals that he loves Rose more than his wife Ivana, as history repeats itself with his son James and the player's current relationship. Following Ivana's volunteer arrest for her crimes, Celeste eventually apologizes to the player knowing that she can never be with James and never acts like another version of her ever again. But is also disgusted towards Ivana for manipulating her.

### Charles Huxley

Charles was Loan's father and the leader of Descendants of the Templars, he first appears at the second season of Peter's route replacing the previous dean in Sebastian's route. Charles' true motives are revealed according to Haku Kobayashi that he and his men were responsible for the disappearances of many women who went missing and plans of eliminating all kinds of supernaturals. In chapter 10, Charles unveils himself as a gray werewolf when he tried to attack the player and was rescued by both Peter and Sebastian in his large black wolf form. He also made Samantha Gautier as his own victim even after she had flirted and romantic interested on him despite his son Loan's unhappy behaviors towards them. Once their plans are about to set in motion at the final chapter of the story to cause destruction by having a gala night with the students, it was thwarted by the player and the group all supernaturals such as vampires, witches, mediums and shapeshifters, leading both him and Loan to get arrested for their various crimes. At the bad ending, he and his group had managed to kill Dorothy Rakoczy as their victim before he and Loan escape from the authorities. In Viktor's mini-series, Charles was also an uncaring father to his son Loan which he sent him and his group to infiltrate at the Arcane but not knowing that his son and his men were all killed by Viktor from decapitation and torture if Loan and the others had survived Viktor's murder spree. Charles is also sided with Viktor and Cassandre in Sarah's mini-series where they formed an alliance to strictly to gain power and to cause mayhem in Mystery Spell.

### Chuck Stanford

Chuck is the player's manipulative and abusive ex-boyfriend and a lawyer who keeps demoralizing the player's life including her work at the Blue Swan Hospital. He is also responsible for sending threatening messages to the player as an anonymous messenger from her phone which she showed this to her best friend Sofia Flores. He also hires Max Storm under his alias Max Foster to keep watch over the player which led them to demoralize her job at the final chapter. At the final chapter of the story, it was the player who slaps his phone at the edge below, much to his humiliation and shame and was complimented by Camilla Cresset and Chuck was ridiculed by many hospital staff while walking in shame.

### Creep

The Creep was the very first antagonist in the series, and was actually the first Is it Love? character ever, and is still one of the most dangerous to date. Almost nothing is known about him which still leaves him with no redeeming qualities and it's clear he is a very unstable and twisted human being, but is also cowardly and easy to overpower. He has done many crimes throughout the series, such as assault, kidnapping, theft, attempted robbery, attempted rape, attempted murder and so on, and shows absolutely no remorse for it. It's easier to list the crimes he hasn't committed throughout the series but the times he is seen he is shown stealing the player's purse on her first day of work, attempting to steal the player's purse in Ryan's season 2 before seeing that Jake Stewart was bigger than him which made him change his mind, assaulting the player in Matt's season 1 and attempting to rape her, going as far as unzipping his pants before Matt Ortega saved her by beating him up. Then later in season 2, he badly beat Matt up in his gym, leaving him injured, and also assaulted the player again in the process, he then kidnapped the player again later in season 2 with the help of another man by the orders of Lana Escobar, while she was tied up in the warehouse, he began to feel her up and wanted to have his way with her before being stopped by the other man, stating that the boss wanted her unharmed. He appears again in Ryan's season 3 and attempted to either shoot Ryan or the player on the beach, but missed and ended up shooting Ethan, almost killing him. In Colin Spender's season 2, he goes into Green Surf Lodge, pulls out a gun and threatens Adam Peterson to give him all the money there, when Adam gives him the money, he throws it back in his face after recognizing Colin and that he is famous, and says that Colin probably has 10 times more money on him while also making sexual remarks to the player. Adam attempts to disarm him but fails and is knocked out, he then attempts to kill Colin and the player despite Colin giving him his money only to be knocked out by Josh before he could (which was all a ruse revealed later as he was working with Josh). Later in the story he also knocked Owen Hobbad out, but in the good ending him and Josh are arrested, while in the bad ending the Creep managed to escape while Josh died. Needless to say that he is a selfish, vile and evil person and doesn't seem to have any good in him. He's perverted, ruthless and overly aggressive, and will try to hurt anyone who gets in his way with pleasure.

Evilness: -Large

Category: Evil Villain

### Dad

From Colin's story dad can be considered as a semi antagonist given in the beginning he was against her daughter's dreams and motivation and wanted her to marry Samuel hence being a somewhat an obstacle on the player and Colin's current relationship. Dad However, was never abusive to the player and changed his mentality and view in the first season finale of Colin's and accepted your dreams and relationship with Colin. He later became a supportive protagonist in the second season where he always contacted his daughter as well as assisting her to the altar during her wedding with Colin at the canonical good ending.

Evilness: Negative

Evilness: Negative

Category: Strict parent, cold parent.

### Damian Krug

Damian is considered by many fans as a male version of Cassidy Sparke but in a different Universe and being the opposite. He was mean to the player in James' route but, in Cameron's he is just a neutral character. Damian loves to pick on Cameron and his other colleagues and can be considered as a mean bully or a representation of bullying culture in workplace. And other times getting retaliated by the player by drinking coffee mixed with salt. He has been shown to side with Ivana Oswald-Descieux in order to ruin the player's everyday life. But on the final chapter of James' route, he tried to assault her due to his allegiance with Ivana until James nearly slaps him for assaulting the player further, causing him to run away. However following the player's resignation, he eventually apologizes to the player and for his alignment to Ivana.

He is similar to other antagonists like Fiona and Jenny Blake but here he mostly bullies the player especially in her romance with James.

Evilness\_= Small

Category:Mean bully/ Troll

### Danael

Danael is the High-Ranking General of the Heaven and as an antagonist in Fallen Road and being a supportive antagonist in both Zac and Lucifer's Mini-Series. He is mainly responsible for ruining the relationship between Caliel and Sariel during their romantic engagement and a corrupted angel who dislikes close relationships. He banished Sariel from the heaven in order to rose upon his ranks, leading Caliel to take her back to Earth and to execute her by cutting off her angelic wings, resulted to her amnesiac state, thinking she was attacked by a group of demons. At the end of chapter 16, Danael brutally beats Sariel after she rejects his romantic advances and also reveals to her species as an Angel before Zac arrives to save her. His brutal beating leads the player to get comatose after Zac had saved her and healing her wounds. At the final chapter of the story, it was Danael who slays Torquemada with his sword after he was reluctant to join forces with the Protectors, demons who opposed against Torquemada's demons including Ramos Hearse, and their own kind. In all three endings, Danael is shown to be pretentious while pretending he was amnesiac after the turn of the events during the court hearing at the Heaven. Although, either Zac or the player tried to attack him for his antagonistic behavior but to no avail. In Zac's mini-series, he was the one who sent Judith Lightbringer under her main alias with some box of celestial bullets in order to transform them into infernal bullets. At the non-canonical good ending, he was shot multiple times by Zac after Judith gives her leadership to him to lead the Styx. Her actions leads to her broken friendship with Asmodea, causing him to turn into a pile of golden dust. But at the canonical bad ending, she was the one who shot him multiple times with infernal bullets, leading him to be sent in Hell where her father Lucifer Lightbringer had currently resided. In Lucifer's mini-series, he was frequently interrogated by Lucifer and being checked upon by the player at his dungeon after seeing to have holes all over his body which happens to be gunshots. She informs Lucifer about his injuries. He was screaming in pain when Lucifer uses his telekinesis to remove the infernal bullets all over his body as he discovers the true nature of these bullets. He was also mentioned by Sariel when she attempted to arrest both Zac and the player but was thwarted by Lucifer. He continued to get interrogated by Lucifer and the player along with Zac who defended his daughter Judith who is mainly responsible for their recent troubles.

### Drogo Bartholy

Unlike his role as a main love interest and a supporting protagonist in Peter's route, Drogo portrays as a secondary antagonist in Nicolae's route, which he had failed to seduce the player as Nicolae had succeeded to seduce her, leading him to become hostile and his hatred towards her and wants her out of the Manor. Although in chapter 10, he had caught up with both of them which led to their fist-fight as Peter is trying to break the two of them up. In most of the routes he's in, he is mostly controlled by Viktor using hypnosis to cause more mayhem even he attempted to kill the player in his vampiric state at the climax of the first season of his route and destroying most of Sebastian's office and personally confronts them just to get the Mirror of Truth in both seasons in Sebastian's route.

### Giorgio Maccini

He and Viktor Bartholy had the most appearances as the main villain of Is it Love? games, Giorgio made his appearances in two main routes of Daryl and Ryan and two mini-series of Joe and Parker. Giorgio shares Viktor's ruthlessness and murderous personality as well as their love towards any sexy women they had meet. In Parker's mini-series, Giorgio is somewhat connected to the Spanish mafia group, El Manchado.

### Grace Leviels

Grace was Mark's ex-wife within Mark's route where she is yet another obsessive ex who wanted to wreck Mark's relationship with the player but this time, she tried to defame her ex-husband instead. She is not like other female villains who stooped this low to go and smear the reputation of their object of love. Grace is considered to be a cliche villain but being the most pathetic villain where she abandoned her sick son, Nathan Leviels who was dying from cancer and tried to manipulate the player into using her traumatic past her weakness and naive nature. But was backfired when the player rebuffs her due to her experiences as a battered wife which led her to apologize and had signed Mark's divorce papers, allowing her ex-husband to be with the player. In Joe's route which is prior to Mark's route, Grace finally shows her marital problems towards her now ex-husband Mark during the auction at Time Square at the beginning of the route.

Evilness: -Medium
Category: Evil Ex/Love Rival/Big Bad/Redeemed

### Grandpa

Like Colin's route where your dad was against your wish Grandpa here tried to force the player from Mark's story to marry and get settled fast. The getting married part was forceful according to player given she did not agreed on to go marry a man fast irrespective of feelings and emotions. The Grandpa can be a neutral antagonist because he despite of marriage part and not agreeing with player on some points was happy to see her getting a job and sucess on Carter Corp. It is still not known how did the grandpa react to knowing Mark was now dating her. It could be possible he may not like Mark given he wanted the player to marry Liang or a Chinese guy.

Evilness: -Small

Category:Concerned relative

### Henry Oswald-Descieux

Henry was not fond of players and for most of the story in James was that father who didn't liked what his son liked (the player) Henry wanted James to marry Celeste as he was "destined" To marry her as his dad was a very close friend of the Devolts. He was always against the player and tried to fire her and sabotage relationship but, it was later revealed that he was just doing this so James won't repeat the same mistake he did years ago. And also That he had the affair with the player's mother. But, still Henry can be considered as an unfaithful husband and also this is as one of reasons why Ivana went antagonist in the James story. In Cameron's route he's not an antagonist but just neutral

### Jenny Blake

Jenny being an antagonist might seem strange to new players, but Jenny started out as an antagonist in Ryan's season 1. Jenny immediately hated the player for dating her brother automatically assuming she was a gold digger out for his money, but pretended to like her to fool Ryan and the player. Jenny would post mean comments on the player's cooking blog, trying to get her to doubt her relationship with Ryan and break them up. After it's revealed that she is the secret commenter, she's very aggressive to the player (while playing innocent to Ryan) and bullies her, also telling her though that women in the past would pretend to be her friend just to get close to Ryan to use him, and she would have to comfort him after they broke his heart and didn't want the player to do the same. In season 2 however, she is redeemed after she and the player have to deal with the same stalker together and she sees that the player isn't after Ryan for his money. She later starts a relationship with Jake Stewart and even has twins with him by the end, and appears as a protagonist in Gabriel and Mark Leviels' story routes.

Evilness: -Small

Category: Bully/Big Bad/Concerned Relative/Redeemed

### Josh

The first psychopath to shown in the Is it Love? games. Hailing from the second season of Colin's route, Josh is an obsessed fan and a dangerous killing machine who wanted to replace the player so he could get his love and affection for Colin. His obsession to Colin leads him to kill Colin's parents at his hometown at Brownsville, New York following their reconciliation and for burning their house down. His real motives are revealed at both endings that he was indeed responsible for kidnapping Colin when he is about to make his second world tour and drugs him to be at his side and the one responsible for collaborating with the Creep to make a robbery set-up at the beginning. He is currently in hot pursuit with the authorities along with the Creep. Josh despite sounding as an interesting villain was a horrible or predictable villain and was mostly given free pass due to a lot of plotholes in the second season of Colin's route. He was the first character to traumatized the player for his real motives as well as witnessing his suicidal actions at the bad ending where he stabs himself multiple times after seeing his bloody idol getting stabbed by him to save her.

Evilness: Extremely high

Category:Obsessed individual/ unhinged / sadistic

### Julian Devolt

Julian isn't so much of an antagonist, but an antagonist protagonist, he is on this list due to how he treats the player (and Cameron Cooper) for most of James' story route. He seems to have a fascination with the player, and likes messing with her and joking around with her, it's very clear that she is his favorite employee despite him trying to make it seem like she isn't, and that he is also attracted to her. They have a fine relationship at first, with him only acting occasionally bratty and stuck up, but usually polite, that is until Julian finds out that she is dating James. He would never cause any ill intent towards the player or her relationship with James, but he was afraid that she was only using James for his fame and fortune and thought she was probably a gold digger, and was very honest about his thoughts. He would have also preferred for James to date his sister Celeste, rather than breaking her heart by rejecting her. Julian starts to warm up to the player though and begins to trust her and her intentions with James. Julian is also polite to the player in Cameron's route, but this could be because she is James' cousin and he doesn't want to make him mad. Julian is an odd but unique character as it can be hard to read him and his intentions sometimes, but deep down Julian is a good person with good intentions, even though he doesn't like to show it and acts snobby because of it.

Evilness: -Small

Category: Love Interest/Bully/Concerned Friend/Anti-Hero

### Liang Shaw

Liang was a minor antagonist in Mark's story route, serving as the secondary main antagonist, but was also the cause of Ryan's anger towards Jenny, Mark and the player after he informed him of false information. Liang can be considered as an unofficial second love interest so it can be said that he was the first 2nd love interest to go antagonistic towards the player rather than an an antagonist turning into a 2nd love interest. No one has done this to any player before (not counting Sohan Héka as he was under the influence of magic) He never shows signs of being aggressive or antagonistic behavior which makes him two-faced and a backstabber. He was a jealous co-worker and wanted to sabotage the player's work.

Evilness: -Small

Category: Affably Evil

### Samantha Gautier

Samantha at one point was Mystery Spell's series big bad, before being replaced by Viktor Bartholy. She was even considered to be the big bad in Drogo Bartholy's season 1 before it became apparent that it was actually Viktor. Samantha was a typical mean girl who would give all of the players a hard time and bully them. However, she was a unique antagonist, as she was mean to the players just because she wanted to for her own amusement, and not because she was lovesick and wanted to be with the players main love interest like many other female antagonists. Samantha would often show hints of vulnerability though, such as being insecure, jealous, being scared of her father, being scared of death and grieving losses, showing she is a human being with feelings. The closest she ever came to physically harming a player was in Peter Bartholy's route when she pushed player and sprained her ankle because she thought she was flirting with Loan. It was revealed that she originally bullied the player in Drogo's route because she looked like her old school bully. And Samantha also seemed to have a strange fixation on the player in Sebastian Jones' route, the only main character she would rarely be nice to for a long time before Peter's season 2. Starting in Peter's season 2, Samantha apologized for some of her actions to the player and asked her for help. In Viktor's route, in the scenes she was in, Samantha is never rude to the player and is only focused on finding where Loan is because she's worried about him. In Conrad's route, Samantha has finally undergone her full redemption and is shown in a completely different light. She is grieving the loss of Loan, is very good friends with Haku Kobayashi, is very polite and helpful to Elena Gabe and her friends, and wants them to defeat Viktor and lets them stay at her house to do so. Samantha was never truly a bad person, she just needed to mature.

Evilness: -Small

Category: Anti-Hero/Bully/Redeemed

### Samuel

Samuel was a jealous ex-boyfriend who was still mad at the player for breaking up with him and moving to New York. He felt betrayed and was upset that she never gave him a real explanation as to why, and thought that the player being in a rock band was stupid and was insulting her. When Colin Spencer came out and saw them fighting, he intervened which eventually caused them to have a fist fight (which Samuel lost). Samuel seemed like he would never forgive the player and always remain spiteful towards her, until season 2 hit. In season 2 which takes place a few years after season 1. It is revealed that he has moved on and is engaged to another woman. After talking to the player, he revealed that he was able to recognize his wrong doings and that they weren't right for each other, and apologized for his actions and was happy that she was pursuing her passion for music, leaving them on good terms and an unlikely friendship. Samuel wasn't a bad person at all but just closed minded and upset about his girlfriend leaving him until he was able to grow from it.

Evilness: -Small

Category: Evil Ex/Redeemed

### Steven Simons

Steven Simons is the father of Gabriel Simons and the ex-husband of Holly Simons. When Gabriel was a kid, Steven had a bad gambling problem and ended up being in a lot of debt, because of this he abandoned Holly and Gabriel, becoming a dead beat father and didn't see Gabriel again for over 20 years. He makes Gabriel believe that he wants to reconcile their relationship and become a good dad again, which Gabriel gets excited about. When in actuality, Steven is a scam artist who has a knack of gambling, he tricks Gabriel into joining with him whenever they go to a casino to win money. Unfortunately, his cheat tactics in gambling backfired, forcing both of them to escape, but he also abandons Gabriel which leads Gabriel to get arrested by the authorities. His actions also caused Gabriel to apprehend him by all means, such as hiring a private investigator to search for him. In the good ending, he was mentioned by Gabriel when he tells the player how to arrest him by entrapment operation even after he confesses his crimes to Jenny Blake who serves as an accomplice and right-hand woman to his son. But in the bad ending, the entrapment went backfired due to the player's interference, she blaming Gabriel and Jenny for their closeness and Steven had seen though their trick. He angrily tells Gabriel not to follow him or call the authorities before leaving. His escape leads to Gabriel and the player having an argument and breaking up. Steven does seem to love Gabriel deep down, but still doesn't mind using him or others for his own benefit. He's a polite man which is makes it harder to see how hurtful he can be towards others, it's unlikely he would ever try physically harm someone with malicious intent though. It's possible that Steven really did want to reconcile with Gabriel, but then realized he could make some money by using him and his naivety. He's selfish and deceitful, but not evil or dangerous. He does have some good in him which he displays to the player, and even seems to be attracted to her, and he could probably be redeemed one day, but for now he remains a bad father and friend.

Evilness: -Medium

Category: Affably Evil/Greedy/Big Bad

### The Hitchhiker

They are basic demons in Fallen Road, and through Zac and Lucifer's mini-series. These demons are known to cause more trouble all around Fallen Road and ransacking houses just to get the celestial bullets. They are easily to be taken down by Sariel, Jeff, Jesse, Zac and Caliel and their personality can be similar to The Creep's. They show no remorse for their wrong doings and only want to benefit themselves and Torquemada. When they are killed by the characters, they are turned into piles of ashes.

Evilness: -Large

Category: Evil Villain

### Thomas Gordon

Thomas being on this list might be shocking to some, but he is actually an antagonist in Gabriel Simons' season 2, despite not actually appearing in this route. At the end of the season, it's revealed that he is a stalker and expert photographer as he had been paid to take pictures of Carter Corp employees without their knowledge and use them for blackmail, including ones of the player and Gabriel. However, the real antagonist of season 2 was never revealed, leaving it on a cliffhanger. The real antagonist is the one who either paid or blackmailed Thomas to take pictures of the employees which means Thomas wasn't the real perpetrator and had an accomplice, and was only doing what he was told. Thomas was arrested while the accomplice is still unknown. Considering how Thomas is in Ryan's story route, it is unlikely that he did this with intentional malicious intent, and was probably just caught in the crossfire. A season 3 would need to be released in order to tell if he's a bad person or not here.

Evilness: -Small

Category: Affably Evil

### Viktor Bartholy

The most renowned and heavily used antagonist in the entire Is it Love series, Viktor is the big bad of the Mystery Spell universe and has the main antagonist in more story routes than any other character.

Viktor's depiction as an antagonist was at first seen as an unseen threat in Drogo Bartholy's season 1, he was never seen but his presence was felt, especially since he would often control Drogo to do what he wanted. Then in Nicolae's season 1 and Drogo's season 2, he was the mysterious shadowy figure, seen only in the player's dream, and at the very end of Drogo's season 2 in the final battle. In Sebastian's route, he is never seen but he once again causes a lot of trouble from behind the scenes by forcing Drogo to do what he wants since he wants the Mirror of Truth, he serves as the secondary main antagonist and was considered a threat off screen. The only story route Viktor is not used or mentioned a lot is Peter Bartholy's route. Besides Peter's story, he always messes with the characters and causes mayhem in the story. Viktor can be classified as a serial murderer given he murdered over 19 known Universe characters in Mystery Spell. He has one of the highest kill counts in the entire series, he has killed many people and will probably continue to kill more. Viktor has never been defeated and is always imprisoned in all story route good endings, except for Chad's story route where he was killed for good by his former lover Cleo. However, this ending may not be canon, as in Mystery Spell's mini-series, the bad endings are usually the canon ones. Viktor is often inconsistent on his character as sometimes he is a ruthless killer who wants to be the most powerful vampire on Earth, and will get rid of anyone in his way or just for his own liking. While other times it appears that he does still have some good in him, and isn't completely evil, the bad outweighs the good though. The only people he seems to slightly care about are his children (especially Lorie) but he still doesn't have a problem using them for his own benefit, or even killing them if they defy him. Viktor was said to have been a good human being, and was also a good person evil when turned into a vampire. He didn't start going crazy and mad with power until after he turned Lorie into a vampire and absorbed her sociopath behavior. If this is true, him turning Lorie was the biggest mistake he ever made. When interacting with Viktor, he is often polite, cool headed and sultry. This along with him being seductive and smart make it east to forget how dangerous he can be and why characters should never let their guard down around him, no matter how tempting it maybe be. He's greedy, unhinged, un-remorseful, ruthless and evil, and will probably never be truly redeemed unless it's in his own story route where he was turned into a human in the good, non-canon ending. Viktor is possibly the most evil character in all of Is it Love? With only few characters rivaling him.

Evilness: -Large

Category: Evil Villain/Greedy/Murderer/Big Bad/Love Interest/Affably Evil

## Trivia

* In both Cameron's route and the first season of Matt's route has no antagonists instead they having traumatic problems serving as the main catalyst. The player from Cameron's route's case was getting traumatized over losing her colleagues in a freak accident as an aerospace engineer.
* Ryan's route featured the most number of antagonist and former antagonist. First is Jenny Blake, second is Alicia Boone, third is Parker Sparke and fourth is Giorgio Maccini.
* Viktor is the main antagonist of 8 Mystery Spell routes out of 9. Viktor was later replaced by Ka-Ata-Killa as the main antagonist in Sebastian's route due to him taking plans to get the Mirror of Truth in the shadows and always on rampage off-screen.
* Cassandre is the one of few female antagonist along with Alicia who were not a lovesick antagonist.
* Lana was the very first dangerous lovesick female antagonist in Is it Love?
* Carter Corp features three Mafia groups in their story as antagonist. Lana was such a memorable antagonist due to her as a gang leader of drug cartel that lead to creation of another Mafia antagonist like both Giorgio Maccini and Aleksei Votiakov.
* Liang, Steven, and Aleksei were the only antagonist who showed a likeness for the main characters and flirted with them in story.
* Josh was the very first psychotic lovesick male antagonist to be featured in Is it Love?.
* Chuck Stanford and Grace Leviels can be considered legally an evil antagonist given both are lawyers and would stoop down to low level to get what they want.
* Judith Lightbringer was the very first female main character to become an antagonist and was a mini series exclusive antagonist.
* Julian, Danael and Parker are the only antagonist that can be considered anti-hero in this article.
* Steven was the very first all out antagonist to be blood related to a main love interest.
* Ivana was the first spouse based antagonist in Is it Love?.
* Carl Weaver was the first antagonist to be introduced in the story being a married villain.
* Torquemada is one of few antagonists along with Asmodea while Steven who had no poor me backstory to become an antagonist.
* Asmodea was the first villain to spark controversy in Is it Love? fandom having she sexually assaulted the player of Fallen Road and Zac as a possible rape act.
* Sarah's mini series featured the most number of antagonists in Is it Love? being 4 (if Elijah Osborne is not counted).
* Samuel was the very first ex boyfriend based antagonist in Is it Love?.
* The most common type of antagonist featured in Is it love? routes were jealous ex, love rivals, and exes or former girlfriends/boyfriends were: Cassidy Sparke, Jenny Blake, Grace Leviels, Celeste Devolt, Fiona, Sarah Osborne, Elijah Osborne, Doris, Ka-Ata-Killa, Samuel, and Chuck Stanford.