Trey Clover

Trey is a tall, fair-skinned young man with short, dark-green hair. He has very short, side swept bangs and thicker-than-average eyebrows. His eyes are a warm mustard yellow and he always wears black, full-rimmed glasses. On his left cheek is a small black marking in the shape of a club (or clover) symbol. He is often shown with a clever smirk on his face.

The Clover family runs Patisserie Clover and Trey was raised helping with the business, being taught to cook and bake from an early age along with his younger brother and sister. As the oldest child, he often had to take care of his little siblings and assume a parental role, most notably ensuring they all brushed their teeth at night. Trey also was frequently the one entertaining his siblings; they would frequently pester him to bake them desserts, and he has mentioned that he once spent his whole allowance to get his brother a ticket for a spelldrive game.

Trey presents himself as mild-mannered, practical, accommodating, and relatively ordinary. He prefers peaceful routines over spectacle and dislikes becoming the center of attention; even after three years at NRC, birthday interviews and cameras still make him nervous. He frequently takes the role of the reasonable older student, calming others down, handling practical problems, and preventing Heartslabyul's more volatile personalities from creating unnecessary trouble.

He is highly adaptable within established routines. Trey does not necessarily believe that every Heartslabyul rule makes sense, but he appreciates the predictability created when everyone follows the same structure. Even arbitrary rules can be convenient because they eliminate endless decisions about what should be done.

His easygoing image, however, hides a mischievous and occasionally vindictive streak. Trey enjoys jokes and can deliver them so calmly that others initially take him seriously. When his dormmates asked what he wanted for his birthday, he requested absurd amounts of work from each of them and was surprised when they actually agreed.

More significantly, Trey does not always forget mistreatment simply because he avoids open confrontation. As a first-year, he and Cater were unfairly blamed by upperclassmen for painting Heartslabyul's roses the wrong color. Rather than directly challenging them, the pair planned revenge, with Trey later using his magic to make the offenders' cake unbearably spicy. Years later, he still recalls struggling not to laugh at their reaction. His reputation as a pacifist is therefore only partly accurate: Trey generally prefers harmony, but he is perfectly capable of retaliating when sufficiently irritated.

Trey is also more self-critical than his relaxed demeanor suggests. When confronted with something he does poorly, he tends to acknowledge the weakness rather than pretend otherwise. His difficulty interpreting art, for example, leads him to deliberately practice articulating his own impressions rather than simply dismissing works with “I don't get it.”

Outside of his family, Trey's most notable childhood relationships were with Riddle and Che'nya. Trey grew up in the same neighborhood as Riddle, yet never encountered him when playing outside due to Riddle's strict upbringing. Along with Che'nya, Trey encouraged Riddle to sneak out and play with them. This only lasted for a brief period of time, however. Riddle's mother discovered her son was missing from his room and found him at the Clover family's bakery. Trey's family heavily scolded him for his irresponsibility. This scene was heavily altered from the Japanese release where it was Riddle's mother scolding Trey herself, which explains why Trey was so hesitant to be more stern towards Riddle prior to Book 1. This event was an extremely formative experience for Trey, causing him anxiety around the situation in the present.

It's your wedding day and you're stressed.