History Characters / Crossed

* TheHero: The main character of 100+

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: To the extreme. Their only true goal is to brutalize the uninfected.
** Downplayed later on in Crossed +100 and Mimic. While Crossed's are mostly unchanging, several of them Manage to gain [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic qualities]] to themselves, mostly due to the harsh conditionings of the Crossed endured, and they even manage to have redeeming qualities and empathy at times.

* BodyHorror: A Crossed's skull also has a cross-shaped hole where the rash would be.
** There's also how they find their "fun". Due to their high pain tolerance and propensity for masochistic behavior, many Crossed sport grievous, disgusting wounds that would send sane humans into shock. The flipside is, of course, that blood loss and infection will eventually do them in, and that's not mentioning the fact that they intentionally agitate their wounds for a laugh.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Most crossed "just" maim, rape and kill their prey. The more restrained and creative ones however engage in this.

* DyingRace: Due to not caring about their own self-preservation, the Crossed are dying off and uninfected humans are making a comeback.

* {{Expy}}: The Crossed share their MO with the [[Series/{{Firefly}} Reavers]], both of whom rape, kill, eat and skin their victims (in that order if they're lucky). There's also a bit of a resemblance to the [[Film/TwentyEightDaysLater Rage Virus Infected]].

* IAmAHumanitarian: The Crossed often engage in cannibalism. Not due to a zombie-like hunger for human flesh, mind you, but because they get sadistic joy from the act. It's also a matter of pragmatism, since [[TechnicallyLivingZombie they need to eat anyway]].

* TheSociopath: Fits this to a T (or should we say +?). He was such a remorseless bastard before the outbreak, he remained pretty much the same after getting Crossed.

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* {{Expy}}: To the [[Series/{{Firefly}} Reavers]]. They also resemble the [[Film/TwentyEightDaysLater Rage Virus Infected]].

** The crossed are still human so they are just as vulnerable as anyone else, the only reason they have succeeded so far is because of overwhelming numbers, competent leadership (in Smokey's case), and the element of surprise.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: A recurring theme with the crossed. A character notes that the crossed don't really do anything nomal humans aren't capable of doing too.
* IAmAHumanitarian: The crossed often engage in cannibalism. Not due to a zombie-like hunger for human flesh, mind you, but because they get sadistic joy from the act. It's also a matter of pragmatism, since [[TechnicallyLivingZombie they need to eat anyway]].

* {{Sadist}}: The crossed have a pathological drive to commit any and all acts of violence they can, on anyone they can. And they enjoy every second of it.

** Fleshcook from ''Mimic'' also qualifies to an extent, being explicitly capable of love for not only fellow members of the Salt Clan but for at least one uninfected human [[spoiler: (Julie)]]. However, he is also downplayed as he does still seem to be keen on torture and killing.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: A recurring theme with the Crossed. It's often assumed, by people in and out of universe, that the virus doesn't ''make'' anyone do anything, as much as it rids the person of their inhibitions.

* LaughablyEvil: Well, he does use a literal horsecock as a weapon. Besides that, he goes out of his way to lead his horde in singing a song from ''Film/BuggsyMalone'' for no real reason.

* EvilCounterpart: Parallels are made between Salt and [[Literature/{{Foundation}} Hari Seldon]]. Both are leaders of secretive groups making long-term plans for the future based on projections. The difference is Salt's plan is to ensure the Crossed perpetuate at the expense of humankind.

** His plan is basically an evil version of [[Literature/{{Foundation}} the Seldon plan]].

* TheSociopath: Fits this to a T (or should we say +?). He had this so bad pre-outbreak that he remained pretty much the same after getting Crossed.

* VillainousLegacy: What he seeks to build.

* ScaryBlackMan: He is dark-skinned yet is incredibly savage.

* ViolentGlaswegian: Was born in Scotland and is very effecient at killing both humans and Crossed alike.

* CharacterDevelopment: An unique case, even more impressive regarding his nature as a Crossed. He starts out as crueler and more sadistic than all of the other Crossed, then becomes obsessed with the idea of establishing a Crossed society, until time erodes his confidence enough to make him far more jaded/cynical, to the point he doesn't enjoy torturing humans anymore... while still remaining a murder machine all the way through.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Has apparently been caught masturbating at least three separate times in his life; once by his mother, once in Summer Camp by a camp counselor and once by his aunt...while he was masturbating over a picture of ''her''.

A member of the school rugby team, the coach's son.

A member of the school rugby team.

A member of the school rugby team, son of the town sheriff.

A member of the school rugby team, described as "tough as nails."

* AdultFear: Notes that Fort Bragg was overrun very early on in the outbreak, which means his wife and child were almost certainly killed. This is part of why he wasn't afraid to die.

* ByTheBookCop: At least to start, Officer Thomas refuses to torture a Crossed prisoner. He does ultimately begin threatening him to divulge what he wants. This is what ultimately does him in.

* TooDumbToLive: Getting right in the face of a Crossed even when handcuffed ''really'' isn't the brightest idea.

* AmbigousSituation: At the very beginning of the series, Stan mentions that before C-Day he got stranded in rural Kansas after running out of cash and got stuck with a bar tending job. His narration implies he was wandering around or running from something. Whatever it was quickly became irrelevant when C-Day hit.

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A former special agent who found himself a nice place in the post C-Day UK.