Loan and Peter

Loan and Peter is a rivalry seen in Mystery Spell.

## Overview

Loan and Peter is an ongoing rivalry between Loan Huxley and Peter Bartholy seen in all Mystery Spell story routes but mostly in Peter's. It's unclear on how long their feud has been going on or when they met but it is clear that the two never have liked each other and probably never will.

In other story routes that aren't Peter's, the two don't interact that much and are usually only seen bickering if Loan is bothering one of the players or his brother Drogo Bartholy and Peter will defend them if needed. They don't think a lot of each other and don't really care what the other is doing as long as it doesn't bother them.

In Peter's route however, their relationship is much more intense and it's clear that Loan hates Peter the most out of the Bartholy brothers. At first, Loan hates Peter for the same reason why Sarah Osborne did. Loan was raised to hate the Bartholy's and he believes that they are all monsters and he constantly warns the player about them, telling her that they're dangerous and up to no good. After Loan develops a very obvious crush on the player, he wants her to run away with him and wants to take her away from the Bartholys which deepens the theory that another reason why Loan hates Peter specifically is because the player is dating him, which makes Loan jealous due to his feelings for her.

Peter has defended the player from Loan many times, and he once threw Loan across the bar at a party one time when Loan got drunk and started to get aggressive with the player. Peter also seems jealous of Loan if the player talks to him too much and was seen to be mad when the player danced with Loan at a party one time, which shows that there really is more to their spite for each other than it just being about opposing families, much like Peter's relationship with Sarah.

In season 1, Loan does care about the player and shows it by doing little thing such as sticking up for her when Samantha Gautier is being mean to her, dancing with her and checking up on by going to the Bartholy Manor and apologizing for Samantha spraining her ankle, (which Peter didn't seem too thrilled about). But after the player makes it clear to him that she's not interested and is going to stay with Peter, Loan seems to hide his hurt with anger and wants to bring Peter and the Bartholys down which he believes he can do since he is a member of the Descendants of the Templars and tells the player that she needs to pick a side and be on the right one or else they'll have no choice but to bring her down too. Loan does not want to hurt the player or put her into danger but he believes that he has to if she swears her oath to vampires.

In season 2, their relationship did not get better at all and the two always argued and had disdain for each other. Loan always seemed to be up to no good and they still looked down on each other. By the end, despite his hesitance, Loan had aligned himself with his father, Charles Huxley and the Descendants of the Templars. Peter seemed angry and disappointed in him, and in the good ending, Loan and his father are taken down by Peter and his friends and are arrested.

Loan and Peter do not like each other at all, and unlike other rivalries and relationships, they probably would resort to killing each other if they had to (especially Loan) which is a shame since Loan doesn't seem to be truly evil like his father, and does have a sense of right and wrong and good and bad. When looking at things from Loan's perspective in Peter's route, he did have good intentions towards the player and genuinely believed that she was in danger and wanted to keep her safe from Peter. Loan however, misunderstood Peter and was never willingly to give him a chance to prove he wasn't a monster so his stubbornness and jealousy inevitably lead to his downfall.

Had Loan not been bitter towards Peter and not believe that he was the good guy in their feud, the two could have possibly looked past their differences and become powerful allies together, much like how Peter and Sarah did, and take down the Descendants of the Templars together since Peter is usually willing to give second chances and work with unlikely foes such as Sarah, Cassandre Osborne and Haku Kobayashi.

Their whole rivalry mostly falls onto Loan and how he is, and Loan making Peter as angry as he does is quite impressive since Peter is the most mellow and pacifistic of the Bartholy brothers and is the least likely to get mad or fight. There's no telling what could have happened in their relationship if Loan had just given Peter a chance.