History Characters / CallOfCthulhuTheOfficialVideoGame

* BigBad: Is the true reason behind the Cult of Cthulhu on Darkwater Island.

* DragonInChief: The Leviathan is far more active than its master, Cthulhu, by virtue of being awake and free.

* GetOut: If Pierce responds to a customer spitting at him by kicking the man's stool out from under him, Mitchell will refuse to serve him alcohol and tell him he's not welcome.

* WrongGenreSavvy: She believes Doctor Fuller is a corrupt medical doctor performing unethical experiments and not a MadScientist involved in the occult.

!!SPOILERS
[[folder:The Mythos]]

!!The Dimensional Shambler

!!The Leviathan

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In the second-to-last level it pulls this on Thomas Fuller, allowing Pierce to kill him.

!!Cthulhu

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Has a dream of the future in his office that warns him of Darkwater Island. He doesn't understand until it's too late to do anything about it.
* {{Foil}}: Serves as one to Jack Waters the protagonist of ''VideoGame/CallOfCthulhuDarkCornersOfTheEarth''. They're both private detectives investigating the Mythos who are traumatized by their pasts. Edward, however, is a great deal less screwed up [[spoiler: and fully human]] despite being TheAlcoholic and a ShellshockedVeteran. He also doesn't [[spoiler: accidentally get a child murdered.]] As such, he's able to potentially get a SurprisinglyHappyEnding.

* MugglesAreUseless: Flat out dismisses any supernatural explanation, which would be understandable if not for the fact its Darkwater Island.
* PoliceAreUseless: He is much less helpful than Officer Bradley. [[spoiler:He arrests Pierce near the end of the game, accuses him of being involved in the strange goings-on, and rejects the latter's offer to join forces.]]

* MadDoctor: He performs [[spoiler:unethical experiments on his patients, many of them resulting in death.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He pulls this on [[spoiler:Marie Colden around 3/4 of the way through the story, when he decides she's being to nosy for her own good. Leviathan pulls it on him much later, as Pierce is Cthulhu's TheChosenOne while Fuller was seemingly just a means to an end]].

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Does her best to help Pierce and the others against the cult.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Believes Doctor Fuller is a corrupt medical doctor performing unethical experiments and not a MadScientist involved in the occult.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: An invisible force throws him around the room, breaks his leg, and then his neck.

* {{Bifauxnen}}: Wears men's clothing and short hair in a time when this is unusual and is no less attractive for it.
* DarkActionGirl: If it comes to blows between her and Pierce, she can handily kicks his ass unless you've heavily leveled up your strength. She also dominates a population of rugged fishermen and bootleggers through the threat of physical force, so her skills appear to be well-known.

* HiddenDepths: She's a decent investigator in her own right, capable of piecing together elements of a crime scene just as well as Pierce can. She also seems to be able to tell when Pierce is being deceptive by reading his body language.

* PragmaticVillainy: She's livid when [[spoiler: Henry West is killed on her turf because the death of a police officer jeopardizes her business]].
* UncertainDoom: In the game's finale, [[spoiler: she is left holed up and wounded in the shipping office, and it's unknown whether she managed to escape]].

* EldritchAbomination: The Leviathan is a Star Spawn that serves as the a conduit between the Great Old Ones -- specifically Cthulhu -- and humanity. While its physical body was killed during the "Miraculous Catch," it continues to exert its will on the inhabitants of Darkwater in the form of nightmares, and merely being in its presence causes people to lose their minds.
* KingMook: In reverse as Star Spawn were created, essentially, to be degraded lesser versions of Cthulhu.

* SealedEvilInACan: He was sealed away in R'lyeh until the stars are right, but the cult worshiping seeks to expedite his return.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When she [[spoiler: accidentally summons the Shambler]], she's in such a hurry to flee that she locks her own men in with it, leaving them to be killed while she makes her escape.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: We have no idea what happened to him if you spare his life during the ZombieApocalypse.]]

* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Being the Oracle of the [[spoiler: Cult of Cthulhu]] does indeed suck.

* PlotTriggeringDeath: Her death with her family in the fire are the reason why Pierce is sent to Darkwater island. [[spoiler:Except she didn't really die.]]

* BodyHorror: Touching the Necronomicon has had quite an unpleasant effect on him [[spoiler: due to the pre-existing Mythos already in his body due to eating Leviathan's flesh]]; as a result he is quite unpleasant to look at, seeing as how [[spoiler:half of his face is disfigured and a mess of tentacles has replaced his left arm.]]

* PhysicalGod: The Leviathan was worshipped as a dark oceanic deity by the indigenous people who settled on Darkwater in the 14th century, ultimately driving them to sacrifice themselves. Its worship was picked up by Reverend John Wyckwood three centuries later, leading him and his flock to the same fate. Even being slain during the Miraculous Catch didn't stop it from exerting its will upon the cultists.

* NumberTwo: To Cat.
* Undying Loyalty: The only time Dominic leaves Cat's side is during a last stand to give her time to escape [[spoiler: from the rapidly mutating fishermen]].

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Banishing the Shambler left her mentally exhausted and enabled the Leviathan to exert its will on her, entrapping her in the Mythos. From there, she embraces her role as the Oracle and joins the Cthulhu cult.]]

* BodyHorror: After he [[spoiler:let the Leviathan have its way with him]], he is quite unpleasant to look at, as [[spoiler:half of his face is disfigured and a mess of tentacles has replaced his left arm.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He pulls this on [[spoiler:Marie Colden around 3/4 of the way through the story, when he decides she's being to nosy for her own good]].

* {{Bifauxnen}}: Wears men's clothing in a time when this is unusual and is no less attractive for it.
* DarkActionGirl: If it comes to blows between her and Pierce, she handily kicks his ass. She also dominates a population of rugged fishermen and bootleggers through the threat of physical force, so her skills appear to be well-known.

* TheCameo: He only shows up for a split second in the "Perform the Ritual" ending, [[spoiler: though even that brief glimpse is enough to drive the cultists, Pierce, and Drake into a frenzy of murderous violence.]]
* DrivenToMadness: This is the effect of just seeing Cthulhu in person [[spoiler: and happens to our protagonist in the worst ending.]]

* ChainedByFashion: Its larger pair of pectoral fins are pierced by rings that seem to have once been attacked to giant chains.

* TheDragonInChief: The Leviathan is far more active than its master, Cthulhu, by virtue of being awake and free.

%%* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: In the "Perform the Counter-ritual" ending, Algernon Drake seals him inside Edward Pierce -- who is then shown institutionalized in Riverside Institute under the care of Dr. Fuller.

* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: In the "Perform the Counter-ritual" ending, Algernon Drake seals him inside Edward Pierce -- who is then shown institutionalized in Riverside Institute under the care of Dr. Fuller.

* TheCameo: He only shows up for a split second in the "Perform the Ritual" ending, though even that brief glimpse is enough to drive the cultists, Pierce, and Drake into a frenzy of murderous violence.

* SealedEvilInACan: He was sealed away in R'lyeh until the stars are right, but the cult worshipping seeks to expedite his return.
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: In the "Perform the Counter-ritual" ending, Algernon Drake seals him inside Edward Pierce -- who is then shown institutionalized in Riverside Institute under the care of Dr. Fuller.

* Bifauxnen: Wears men's clothing in a time when this is unusual and is no less attractive for it.

%%* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Banishing the Shambler left her mentally exhausted and enabled the Leviathan to exert its will on her, entrapping her in the Mythos. From there, she embraces her role as the Oracle and joins the Cthulhu cult.

%%* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: If Pierce refuses to enact the ritual and has enough sanity to just walk away, Sarah is overcome by despair at having caused the deaths of her friend and son for nothing, and kills herself.

[[folder:The Mythos -- '''SPOILERS''']]

[[folder:Hawkins Family]]
!! Sarah Hawkins

!! Charles Hawkins

* CollectorOfTheStrange: His mansion has a number of fittingly nautical-themed novels and texts, including ''Moby Dick'' and ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea''... as well as a fair number of esoteric texts.
%%* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: He was partially transformed into one following his failed attempt to steal the ''Necronomicon''; sporting a tentacle-beard on the mutated side of his face, and a mutated arm with tentacles for fingers.

!! Stephen Webster

[[folder:Darkwater Inhabitants]]
!! James Fitzroy

!! Roy Mitchell

!! Algernon Drake

[[folder:Darkwater Police]]
!! Ethan Bradley

* MercyKill: Pierce has the option to do this to him [[spoiler:after Leviathan takes over the island and Bradley starts succumbing to the Mythos. If you refuse to kill him, Bradley will call you a idiot and tell you to run before collapsing entirely as his mind continues to melt.]]

!! Henry West

[[folder:Riverside Institute]]
!! Thomas Fuller

->'''Voiced by''': [[{{Creator/WolfKahler}} Wolf Kahler]]

!! Marie Colden

* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler:Dr. Fuller kills her and pumps her corpse full of Leviathan serum in an experiment to raise the dead. It's highly unclear whether or not this works. At one point her corpse seems to attack Pierce to prevent him from killing Fuller, but a few seconds later it's back on the slab as though nothing happened. She's later seen on the cult's island as a member of the cult, but Pierce is completely tripping balls at this point. It's left unclear whether she was brought back to life and has succumbed to TranshumanTreachery or if Pierce is just hallucinating it all.]]

!! Francis Sanders

[[folder:Cat's Gang]]
!! Catherine 'Cat' Baker

!! Dominic Murphy

->'''Voiced by''': Colm Gormley

Cat's second-in-command. He speaks with a Scottish accent.

[[folder:The Mythos -- '''SPOILERS''']]
!! The Dimensional Shambler
An extradimensional predatory monster accidentally summoned by Sarah Hawkins through one of her cursed paintings. It is invisible to those unaware of its existence; hunting those who gaze upon its visage and pulling them into a pocket dimension.

!! The Leviathan

!! Cthulhu

* EnemyMine: She's openly antagonistic towards Pierce throughout the game, though not overtly hostile or violent as his investigation doesn't directly involve her crime syndicate. [[spoiler:However, towards the end of the game, Cat and her minions are pretty much the only people on the island left unaffected when Leviathan takes over; after her men get wiped out by the insane villagers, Cat's the only person left on the island, not under the sway of the Mythos, and provides Pierce with a moderate amount of help in escaping.]]

* KrakenAndLeviathan: Fitzroy dubbed it "Leviathan" after the Biblical sea-monster, and it is a massive cephalopod-like creature with a fanged maw surrounded by squid-like tentacles, four shark-like pectoral fins, and a tail that in cave artwork resembles that of a shark but resembles that of an ancient fish when it appears before Pierce.
* PhysicalGod: The Leviathan was worshipped as a dark oceanic deity by the indigenous people who settled on Darkwater in the 14th century, ultimately driving them to sacrifice themselves to it. Its worship was picked up by Reverend John Wyckwood three centuries later, leading him and his flock to the same fate. Even being slain during the Miraculous Catch didn't stop it from exerting its will upon the cultists.