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* AChildShallLeadThem: They are all short and look like they are preteens.

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* AChildShallLeadThem: They are all short and look like they are preteens. The character descriptions in Chapters specifically explain that the Six must be between 12 and adulthood, with their numbering signifying oldest (One) to youngest (Six).
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* SacrificialLion: No matter what choices you make, [[spoiler: he will die during the raid of the Enclave]].
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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:She died in an alleged accident sometime before ''Chapters'']]

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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:She died in an alleged accident sometime before ''Chapters'']]
''Chapters''.]]
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: He does just want to go home and prevent Chaos.]] '

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: He does just want to go home and prevent Chaos.Chaos from destroying his homeworld.]] '
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Peats' second in command and the public face of [=WATICorp=].

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Peats' Peats's second in command and the public face of [=WATICorp=].



* ThrowingOffTheDisability: His sickly white eyes looks normal in ''Chapters'', and other characters and the game text refers to him as a previously blind person.

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* ThrowingOffTheDisability: His sickly white eyes looks look normal in ''Chapters'', and other characters and the game text refers to him as a previously blind person.
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* NotHimself: [[spoiler:Zoë notices that something is off about him when she meets him in ''Chapters'', pointing out that he is acting suspiciously robotic all of a sudden.]]
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* SmugSnake: Peats is a perverted coward who is completely helpless without his technology.

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* SmugSnake: Peats is a perverted coward who is completely helpless without his technology.
technology. [[spoiler:In the end, Samantha Gilmore exploits this weakness in order to kill him and usurp his control over [=WATICorp=]]].
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* {{Deuteragonist}}: More accurately a tritagonist to Zoë and April, though in Dreamfall he's now secondary.
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* RavenHairIvorySkin: Has very pretty, big brown eyes, long black hair and pale skin. It's especially noticeable when Zoe is in the Winter, as her skin is a lot paler there than when she is in Stark or Arcadia.

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Substituted "Raven Hair, Ivory Skin" for more accurate "Ambiguously Brown". If Zoë has "ivory skin", how does one describe the much paler April?


* AmbiguouslyBrown: While official sources have been far from consistent on this regard, Zoë is generally a lighter-skinned example of the trope. With ''Dreamfall Chapters'', Ragnar Tørnquist revealed that she is specifically a quarter Chinese, [[http://redthreadgames.com/forum/topic/3178-some-issues-with-chapters-–-portrayal-of-east-asians-and-villains/?p=132302 "mixed with Argentinian, Indian and English blood."]]



* BaldWomen: The promo for Chapter 5 of ''Chapters'' has Zoe with a very closely shaven head. In the story, we see it's because [[spoiler: she's been in a coma in a lab.]]

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* BaldWomen: The promo for Chapter 5 of ''Chapters'' has Zoe with a very closely shaven head. In the story, we see it's because Book 5, due to [[spoiler: she's been in being part of a coma in a lab.continuing experiment by Jiva.]]



* {{Deuteragonist}}: To April in the series overall, though the primary protagonist in her own games.



* MissingMom: Her mother has been dead for a long time. [[spoiler: She's wrong, it's actually Helena Chang. She learns this in ''Chapters''.]]

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* MissingMom: Her mother has been dead for a long time. [[spoiler: She's wrong, it's actually MissingMom:[[spoiler: Helena Chang. She learns this in ''Chapters''.Chang.]]
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Helena seeks to recreate the world so she can create a utopia.]]
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Nothing suggests that Zoe was comatose in the first Dreamfall


* AstralProjection: She has the power to project herself into other realms while dreaming. Unlike normal uses of this trope, Zoë's projected self is every bit as real as she is, able to interact with the world around her and be perceived by those around her. [[spoiler:In Book Three of ''Chapters'', her use of a Dreamer in an attempt to regain her memories causes her to shift completely into Arcadia, rather than merely projecting as she had before, though the end of Book Four suggests she was actually dreaming in both worlds, while her real self slept elsewhere. In Book 5, we learn she's been doing it for the entirety of Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, and Chapters both.]]

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* AstralProjection: She has the power to project herself into other realms while dreaming. Unlike normal uses of this trope, Zoë's projected self is every bit as real as she is, able to interact with the world around her and be perceived by those around her. [[spoiler:In Book Three of ''Chapters'', Zoë is eventually revealed to have never woken up from her use of a Dreamer in an attempt to regain coma. Until she wakes up, you are playing as her memories causes her to shift completely into Arcadia, rather than merely projecting as projection regardless of whether she had before, though the end of Book Four suggests she was actually dreaming is in both worlds, while her real self slept elsewhere. In Book 5, we learn she's been doing it for the entirety of Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, and Chapters both.Stark or Arcadia.]]
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!!Faith
->'''Voiced by:''' Georgia Pearce

A mysterious girl that keeps appearing before Zoë to ask her to save April Ryan.

* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:''Chapters'' reveals that Helena Chang created Faith in a lab in an attempt to create a Dreamer.]]
* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Her appearance is based off the trope maker Sadako from ''Literature/TheRing''.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Faith's attempts to preserve herself in the Wire after her physical death created the Static that is disabling vital technology on Stark, killing many. Faith has no idea that she's doing this.]]
* VirtualGhost: [[spoiler:WATI's experiments killed Faith a few months before ''Dreamfall'' begins. The Faith that talks to Zoë is a copy of herself she somehow created on the Wire.]]

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!!Wonkers
-> '''Voiced by:''' Jack Angel (''Dreamfall: The Longest Journey''), Tim Bentinck (''Dreamfall Chapters'')

Zoë's Watilla, a toy bot. She has owned Wonkers since she was four.

* BackForTheFinale: After spending most of ''Chapters'' powered down in Zoë's apartment, Wonkers finally returns in Book 5 [[spoiler:as part of Zoë's self-inflicted LotusEaterMachine. The real deal shows up in Zoë's epilogue.]]
* NiceGuy: Wonkers is incredibly kind.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted in ''Chapters''. In Book 3, [[spoiler:she has a large and very visible skin graft after getting severely burned in an explosion.]]



!!Olivia [=DeMarco=]
->'''Voiced by:''' Mary Healy

Zoë best friend. Liv is a hacker who owns and operates Alien the Cat, a technology store in Casablanca.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:It's implied that she was killed because she learned too much about WATI's plans.]]
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler:Zoë is told that Liv died in an accident while Zoë was comatose. Zoë doesn't buy it.]]
* TheSmartGuy: The solution to many puzzles involves Zoë calling Liv so her technical expertise can help.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:She died in an alleged accident sometime before ''Chapters'']]

!!Damien Cavanaugh
->'''Voiced by:''' Victor Burke

A WATI programmer that Reza contacted.

* DefectorFromDecadence: When Damien realized what WATI was up to, he readily agreed to leak information to Reza.
* NeverSuicide: [[spoiler:Officially, Damien killed himself to atone for trying to conquer the world with Dreamers. It's pretty clear that Damien was murdered by WATI so he could act as a fall guy.]]
* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler:WATI pinned the blame for their Dreamer mind control scheme on him.]]
* TemporaryLoveInterest: He and Zoë have feelings for one another, but [[spoiler:Damien is killed]] before anything comes of it. By ''Chapters'', Zoë is back with Reza.



* BigBadDuumvirate: Along with [[spoiler: Helena Chang]] in ''Chapters''.

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* BigBadDuumvirate: Along with [[spoiler: Helena Chang]] in ''Chapters''.BigBad: He's the main villain of the ''Dreamfall'' arc.



* DramaticUnmasking: In Book 5 of Chapters, we learn he is really [[spoiler: Brian Westhouse]]
* [[spoiler: DemonicPossession: Is possessed by the Undreaming]]

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* DramaticUnmasking: DramaticUnmask: In Book 5 of Chapters, we learn he is really [[spoiler: Brian Westhouse]]
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* KarmaHoudini: In ''Dreamfall''.

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* KarmaHoudini: In He gets away with everything in ''Dreamfall''. [[spoiler:He finally gets his comeuppance in ''Chapters'']]



* [[spoiler: MoreThanMindControl: Even when The Undreaming is not inside of him, he willingly goes along with its influences]]

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* [[spoiler: MalevolentMaskedMan: He adds a mask to his costume in ''Chapters''.
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MoreThanMindControl: Even [[spoiler:Even when The Undreaming is not inside of him, he willingly goes along with its influences]]



* WalkingSpoiler
* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist: He does just want to go home and prevent Chaos.]] '
* [[spoiler: WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His ultimate fate is never explained in ''Chapters'']]

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* [[spoiler: WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His [[spoiler:His ultimate fate is never explained in ''Chapters'']]



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Hinted at in Dreamfall and confirmed in Book 5 of Chapters, she is stabbed with a sacred spear by Brian Westhouse.]]
* GodInHumanForm

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Hinted at in Dreamfall and confirmed in Book 5 GodInHumanForm: As a Draic Kin, the White Kin is practically a god. She takes the form of Chapters, she is stabbed with a sacred spear by Brian Westhouse.]]
* GodInHumanForm
human to hide.



* AristocratsAreEvil: Part of his antipathy towards Kian seems to be based around his low birth.



* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Offs General Hami.]]

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* EvilCounterpart: Vamon and Kian both grew up on the streets of Sadir. The difference is that while Kian is a moral man who puts his skills acquired on the streets to good use, Vamon uses his skills to abuse his powers.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Offs [[spoiler:He has his men kill both April Ryan and General Hami.]]



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* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: After all she's done, her death was much deserved.]]

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* [[spoiler: DisneyVillainDeath]]
DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Vamon pushes her off the Tower's balcony.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After all she's done, her death was much deserved.]]



* TheAntiGod: [[spoiler:Is this to Lux. Its true form even resembles Lux, albeit as a Lux made of darkness rather than light.]]
* BiggerBad

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* TheAntiGod: [[spoiler:Is this the counterpart to Lux. Its true form even resembles Lux, albeit as a Lux made of darkness rather than light.]]
* BiggerBad
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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: He possessed Brian Westhouse when the man entered the Storytime.]]

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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:It possessed Brian Westhouse when the man entered the Storytime.]]



* EvilCounterpart: To [[spoiler: Lux.]]
* [[spoiler: LiteralSplitPersonality]]

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* EvilCounterpart: To [[spoiler: Lux.]]
* [[spoiler: LiteralSplitPersonality]]
Lux creates the Dream that is reality, while the Undreaming seeks to end the Dream.]]

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* {{Hikikomori}}: Resembles this in the beginning, though she's really not that happy about it and refers to it as a lapse of character on her part.
* TheHerosJourney

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* {{Hikikomori}}: Resembles this in the beginning, though she's really not that happy about it and refers to it as a lapse of character on her part.
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* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Actually, she is a college dropout, but the rest fits.



* StayWithMeUntilIDie: [[spoiler:Zoë for Faith.]]
* TheStoic: Prefers to play it like that in danger.

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* StayWithMeUntilIDie: [[spoiler:Zoë for Faith.]]
* TheStoic: Prefers
[[spoiler:She helps Faith pass on by playing with Faith until Faith finally has the courage to play it like that in danger.sleep forever.]]



* BloodMagic: Uses it to [[spoiler: escape Friar's Keep]]
* CelibateHero: Self-admitted in ''Chapters'', but since he's not an Apostle anymore, that may not hold true.

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* BloodMagic: Uses it to [[spoiler: escape He escapes Friar's Keep]]
Keep through a blood sacrifice.
* CelibateHero: Self-admitted in ''Chapters'', but since As an Apostle, he's not an Apostle anymore, that may not hold true.supposed to be celebate.



* ChurchMilitant: He even calls himself a "missionary".
** He was part of a religious order that converted people... by killing them. The rationale being, that they might be reincarnated as believers.
** [[spoiler:And he still remains faithful after he stops believing in the war against the Northlands. His rationale is that whatever his compatriots are trying to accomplish in Marcuria, it has nothing to do with their religion.]]

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* ChurchMilitant: He even calls himself a "missionary".
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He was part of a religious order that converted people... by killing them. The rationale being, that they might be reincarnated as believers.
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believers. [[spoiler:And he still remains faithful after he stops believing in the war against the Northlands. His rationale is that whatever his compatriots are trying to accomplish in Marcuria, it has nothing to do with their religion.]]



* FacialMarkings: More pronounced in ''Chapters'' but he has a number of tattoos on his face.
** They're to signify his rank of Apostle.

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* FacialMarkings: More pronounced in ''Chapters'' but he has a number of tattoos on his face. \n** They're to signify his rank of Apostle.



* TheGoodKing: [[spoiler: At the end of the ''Chapters'', he has become the Bloodless King.]]

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* TheGoodKing: [[spoiler: At the end of the ''Chapters'', he has become the Bloodless King.King, much beloved by his people.]]



* HeroAntagonist: In April's storyline.



** [[spoiler: Begins to question his empire's crusade towards the end of the game.]]

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** [[spoiler: Begins to question his empire's crusade towards the end of the game.''Dreamfall''.]]



* SuperSoldier: He and, by projection, other Azadi Apostles.

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* %%* SuperSoldier: He and, by projection, other Azadi Apostles.



* TallDarkAndHandsome
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Kian ultimately chooses Good.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Yams.

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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Kian Kian's conflict in ''Dreamfall'' is whether to obey his orders despite his increasing realization that the Azadi are in the wrong or to do what he knows is right at the cost of defying the religion he has dedicated his life to. He ultimately chooses Good.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Yams.He loves Yams.
* VillainProtagonist: In ''Dreamfall'', Kian works for the villainous Azadi to crush the heroic rebellion.



* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy: Well, not quite crazy]].

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* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy: Well, not quite crazy]]. [[spoiler:[=WATICorp=] releases him after brainwashing him so they can have an agent near Zoë. The specifics of his brainwashing are never made clear, but it's presumably why he's so opposed to Zoë acting against WATI. Fortunately, he gets deprogrammed once WATI's crimes are exposed.]]



* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:With Zoë at the end of ''Chapters''.]]

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* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:With Zoë at the end of ''Chapters''. Zoë's clearly happy to be reunited with Reza in the hospital and she's shown to be pregnant five years later, but it's unclear as to whether she actually stayed together with Reza.]]



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Dies in the raid on the resistance in Book Four.]]

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The CEO of [=WATICorp=].

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The CEO founder of [=WATICorp=].
[=WATICorp=] who still commands his company after 150 years.



* CorruptCorporateExecutive

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* CorruptCorporateExecutiveCorruptCorporateExecutive: He's using [=WATICorp=] to take over the world.



* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: It's not pretty to see. At all.
* DreamStealer

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* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: He's kept alive by machinery. It's not pretty to see. At all.
* DirtyOldMan: He boasts to Zoë about his getting off on experiencing Reza's dreams of having sex with her.
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* SmugSnake: Peats is a perverted coward who is completely helpless without his technology.


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!!Helena Chang
->'''Voiced by:''' Iris Quin (''Dreamfall: The Longest Journey''), Jane Perry (''Dreamfall Chapters'')

A scientist working for JIVA. Zoë's adventure began when Reza asked her to pick up a package from Helena.

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:She views the daughers she created as disposable tools. According to Gabriel, Helena would have "disposed of" the then two years-old Zoë if he hadn't adopted her.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:According to Gabriel, Helena vanished in the flash of light that resulted from Zoë taking the Undreaming from Westhouse. It's never revealed what happened to her.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: After making a brief appearance at the start of ''Dreamfall: The Longest Journey'', Helena is eventually revealed to be one of the most important characters in the story.
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:She's the Prophet's agent in Stark.]]
* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler:While she's working for the Prophet, she decides to recreate the world to her own desires as opposed to the Prophet's.]]
* MadScientist: [[spoiler:Helena seeks to create a dreamer so she can recreate the world.]]

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* BiggerBad: Seem to be the Arcadian Bigger Bads in ''DF'', although ''Chapters'' implies that whatever Vamon and Sahya (and the Prophet) are doing in Marcuria happened without the Six's sanction and knowledge.

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* BiggerBad: Seem to be the Arcadian Bigger Bads in ''DF'', although ''Chapters'' implies that whatever Vamon and Sahya (and the Prophet) are doing in Marcuria happened without the Six's sanction and knowledge.knowledge, although they all ostensibly follow the Prophet.
* AChildShallLeadThem: They are all short and look like they are preteens.
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* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:With Zoë at the end of ''Chapters''.]]



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:She is notably absent in ''Dreamfall Chapters'', though [=WATICorp=] is still a major antagonist.]]

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:She is notably absent in ''Dreamfall Chapters'', ''Chapters'', though [=WATICorp=] is still a major antagonist.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:She is notably absent ''Dreamfall Chapters''.]]

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:She is notably absent in ''Dreamfall Chapters''.Chapters'', though [=WATICorp=] is still a major antagonist.]]
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* TheAntiGod: [[spoiler:Is this to Lux. Its true form even resembles Lux, albeit as a Lux made of darkness rather than light.]]

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* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy: Well, not quite crazy]].



* BigBadDuumvirate: Along with [[spoiler: Helena Chang]] in ''Chapters''.



* [[spoiler: DemonicPossession: Is possessed by the Undreaming]]



* KarmaHoudini: In ''Dreamfall''.



* [[spoiler: MoreThanMindControl: Even when The Undreaming is not inside of him, he willingly goes along with its influences]]




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* WalkingSpoiler
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:She is notably absent ''Dreamfall Chapters''.]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Ellie Conrad-Leigh (''Dreamfall'')

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->'''Voiced by:''' Ellie Conrad-Leigh (''Dreamfall'')
(''Dreamfall''), Charlotte Ritchie (''Dreamfall Chapters'')
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* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler: Zoe was created by Helena and Gabriel to reinvent reality through dreams, along with eight other girls.]]

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* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler: Zoe was created by Helena and Gabriel to reinvent reality through dreams, along with eight other girls.children, like Hanna and Faith.]]



* BaldWomen: The promo for Chapter 5 of ''Chapters'' has Zoe without a lock of hair on her head. In the story, we see it's because [[spoiler: she's been in a coma in a lab.]]

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* BaldOfAwesome: He shaves his head, although he's no less awesome when he grows his hair out.


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* IOweYouMyLife: He gets this from [[spoiler: Na'ane, if he kept her secret. She'll even travel with him to Sadir and serve him when he is the Bloodless King.]]


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!!Na'ane

A Zhidmari healer who recently joined April's rebels against the Azadi.

* BadassBookworm: She's a healer, and doesn't fight herself. But she can handle herself in a scrap with alchemy.
* HealingHands: She is first and foremost known as an incredibly skilled healer.
* MyGreatestFailure: She feels awful about [[spoiler: betraying April.]]
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: She decides to [[spoiler: betray April so that the rebels can get the food and medicine they desperately need.]]
* IOweYouMyLife: If [[spoiler: Kian keeps quiet about her treason, she is eternally grateful to him, even going with him to Sadir and serving him when he takes over the country.]]


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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: He possessed Brian Westhouse when the man entered the Storytime.]]
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* AstralProjection: She has the power to project herself into other realms while dreaming. Unlike normal uses of this trope, Zoë's projected self is every bit as real as she is, able to interact with the world around her and be perceived by those around her. [[spoiler:In Book Three of ''Chapters'', her use of a Dreamer in an attempt to regain her memories causes her to shift completely into Arcadia, rather than merely projecting as she had before, though the end of Book Four suggests she was actually dreaming in both worlds, while her real self slept elsewhere.]]
* BaldWomen: The promo for Chapter 5 of ''Chapters'' has Zoe without a lock of hair on her head.

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* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler: Zoe was created by Helena and Gabriel to reinvent reality through dreams, along with eight other girls.]]
* AstralProjection: She has the power to project herself into other realms while dreaming. Unlike normal uses of this trope, Zoë's projected self is every bit as real as she is, able to interact with the world around her and be perceived by those around her. [[spoiler:In Book Three of ''Chapters'', her use of a Dreamer in an attempt to regain her memories causes her to shift completely into Arcadia, rather than merely projecting as she had before, though the end of Book Four suggests she was actually dreaming in both worlds, while her real self slept elsewhere. In Book 5, we learn she's been doing it for the entirety of Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, and Chapters both.]]
* BaldWomen: The promo for Chapter 5 of ''Chapters'' has Zoe without a lock of hair on her head. In the story, we see it's because [[spoiler: she's been in a coma in a lab.]]



* FlawedPrototype: [[spoiler: Double subverted. It was believed that Zoe was one of these, as she seemed to be a normal girl rather than having the RealityWarper powers she was supposed to have been created with. As it turns out, she actually does have them, they triggered much later in life.]]



* IWillFindYou: Her journey starts with her search for Reza, her best friend and ex-boyfriend.

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* IWillFindYou: Her journey in ''Dreamfall'' starts with her search for Reza, her best friend and ex-boyfriend.



* PowerTattoo: Coupled with PowerGlows. Her Dreamer powers emerge while she is in the Storytime and manifest themselves as tattoos (on her forehead and her arms) that glow whenever she uses them.

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* PowerTattoo: Coupled with PowerGlows. Her Dreamer powers emerge while she is in the Storytime and manifest themselves as tattoos (on her forehead and her arms) that glow whenever she uses them. At the end of Book 4 and in Book 5 in ''Chapters'', she gets a bigger one when she [[spoiler: did a FusionDance with Lux.]]



* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He starts out as an Apostle, and has a lot of power, particularly for a male in a matriarchy. Later, when he joins the Resistance, they defer to him almost immediately. [[spoiler: Even moreso in the epilogue, as he becomes The Bloodless King.]]



* TheGoodKing: [[spoiler: At the end of the ''Chapters'', he has become the Bloodless King.]]
* HappilyAdopted: He was so by Mother Utana. [[spoiler: He does the same for Saga, and it's clear from her tone that she loved him dearly.]]



* LikeBrotherAndSister: Optional, but he can have these relationships with both Enu and Na'ane depending on character choice.



* StraightGay: Discussed with either Likho or Enu early in Book 3 of ''Chapters'' (only hinted at in the latter conversation while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4NdY5wNk4o unequivocally discussed in the former]]), and confirmed by WordOfGay outside of the game.

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* StraightGay: Discussed with either Likho or Enu early in Book 3 of ''Chapters'' (only hinted at in the latter conversation while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4NdY5wNk4o unequivocally discussed in the former]]), and confirmed by WordOfGay outside of the game. Book 5 has him outright state this to Crow.



* GoodParents

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* GoodParents
BadassBookworm: It takes real guts to stand up to [[spoiler: RealityWarper Brian Westhouse, even if he fails.]]
* GoodParents: His defining characteristic. He even [[spoiler: gave up a fortune and all interest in Helena's plan]] to raise Zoe.




* NotHimself: [[spoiler:Whatever happened during his disappearance, Zoë notices that something is seriously wrong about him the first she sees him after his reappearance, and although she starts to trust him again somewhat during her time in the coma, she can't shake off a strange GutFeeling that something is just off. It even carries over on a more subconscious level after she awakens from the coma]].

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* NotHimself: [[spoiler:Whatever happened during his disappearance, Zoë notices that something is seriously wrong about him the first she sees him after his reappearance, and although she starts to trust him again somewhat during her time in the coma, she can't shake off a strange GutFeeling that something is just off. It even carries over on a more subconscious level after she awakens from the coma]].coma. It's because [=WATIcorp=] brainwashed him. It wears off in the epilogue]].



* DramaticUnmasking: In Book 5 of Chapters, we learn he is really [[spoiler: Brian Westhouse]]




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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's Brian Westhouse]].



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Hinted at in Dreamfall and confirmed in Book 5 of Chapters, she is stabbed with a sacred spear by Brian Westhouse.]]



* DeathOfAThousandCuts: [[spoiler: His ultimate fate at the hands of a magical lynch mob. Anna, whom he tried to kill in the backstory, delivers the first blow.]]



* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Offs General Hami.]]



* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: Shoves Sister Sahya off a balcony, and he gets it at the hand of a lynch mob led by Anna.]]



* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: After all she's done, her death was much deserved.]]
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: [[spoiler: Gets shoved off a balcony by her lover.]]



* KarmaHoudini[=/=]TheBadGuyWins: At least in ''Dreamfall''. Who knows what the rest of the series holds for them...

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* KarmaHoudini[=/=]TheBadGuyWins: At least in ''Dreamfall''. Who knows what the rest of the series holds for them...[[spoiler: They seem to get replaced by Kian, the Bloodless King.]]


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* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler: It's unclear what it actually is, but Lux points out that it's bad because it was separated from itself.]]


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* EvilCounterpart: To [[spoiler: Lux.]]
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* BaldWomen: The promo for Chapter 5 of ''Chapters'' has Zoe without a lock of hair on her head.

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