History Characters / GONE

* HeroKiller: Moreso than Drake, as it is responsible for the FAYZ itself and personally kills several main characters in ''Light''.

!! Dekka Talent

* DiscardAndDraw: DARPA exposes her to the mutagenic virus that the Gaiaphage originated from in an attempt to reactivate her gravity powers. [[spoiler:Instead it turns her into a gorgon-like cat-snake hybrid with a modified version of her original gravity powers.]]

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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Shade's hero complex comes crashing down around her [[spoiler:when Malik is badly injured during the battle between Abbadon and Napalm, and Cruz finally lashes out at her for her recklessness]].

* BiTheWay: Cruz "mostly" likes boys, and develops feelings for both Shade and Malik.

* MutualKill: In ''Light'', with [[spoiler: Little Pete (who had taken over Caine's body).]]

* GrandTheftMe: Caine allows [[spoiler:Little Pete to take him over to kill Gaia. Justified in that it was voluntary, and actually worked out pretty well for him. His last thoughts before his body is taken over- and burnt to ashes- are a memory of lying in bed with [[MoralityPet Diana]] as Little Pete wanted him to "go out on a good memory". ]]
* HeelFaceTurn: While he acknowledges he's a CardCarryingVillain, [[spoiler: he still seeks to redeem himself in ''Light''.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Caine lets [[spoiler:Little Petey take him over and dies killing Gaia.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Becomes this to Diana in ''Plague.'' [[spoiler: She does not take it well.]]

* LonelyAtTheTop: So Caine, you finally rule Perdido beach. Congrats. [[BerserkButton Hey, how's Diana been recently?]]

** Until Monster where it's revealed to be Berenson.

* RapidAging: After it takes over the body of Diana's newborn daughter in ''Fear'', the resulting entity, Gaia, reaches a form of a 2-year-old child in around 4-5 hours. And then over the following few days, she continues aging until she looks around 15 years old [[spoiler:by the time she dies]] in ''Light''.

The mother of Sam [[spoiler: and Caine.]]

* MamaBear: Don't even ''think'' about [[spoiler: bombing the anomaly that contains her son.]] She will ''not'' let you get away with it.

* MyBelovedSmother: Sort of; she isn't spoken about very highly in Sam [[spoiler: or Caine's]] POV chapters.

!! Vincent Vu[=/=]Abbadon

* HearingVoices: As a symptom of his schizophrenia, Vincent has auditory hallucinations convincing him that he is the demon-lord Abbadon. When he ingests the ASO virus, the voices of the Dark Watchers get added onto that, and even converse with the voices in Vincent's head.
* InsaneEqualsViolent: Vincent's schizophrenia -- combined by the manic side of his bipolar disorder -- makes it all-too easy for the Dark Watchers to manipulate him into carrying out wanton acts of violence as Abbadon.

* MonstrousHumanoid: Exposure to swordfish and lobster DNA resulted in the ASO virus giving him the ability to turn into a massive chitin-armored creature with s blade for one arm and a pincer for the other.

* DiscardAndDraw: DARPA exposes her to the mutagenic virus that the Gaiaphage originated from in an attempt to reactivate her gravity powers. [[spoiler:Instead it turns her into a gorgon-like cat-snake hybrid.]]

%%!! Introduced in the sequel series:

* TheSmartGuy: Fulfills this role in the Sam's FiveManBand.

* TheChick: In Sam's FiveManBand, although he’s far from being TheHeart.

* TheBigGuy: Fills this role in Sam's FiveManBand until Orc has a HeelFaceTurn and takes over.

* TheLancer: In Sam's FiveManBand, this is her role.

* {{Jerkass}}: She is a monstrous WitchWithAB and regrets none of it.

* CombatTentacles: Acquires a crimson tentacle courtesy of the Gaiaphage and Lana in ''Gone'', earning him the moniker "Whiphand".

* NotQuiteDead: Drake's original death was undone by the Gaiaphage somehow implanting him into Brittany, who was undead and could regenerate. Breeze chops his body to pieces -- each of which independently survives -- and Gaia attaches his severed head to the new body. [[spoiler:Drake's head dies when Gaia does, but ''Monster'' reveals that he somehow reconstituted himself -- possibly from his scattered body parts -- and is still at large.]]

* SharingABody: With Brittany following his resurrection. She seemingly suffers a DeathOfPersonality in ''Light''.

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Characters for the Gone Series by Michael Grant. Beware of LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters. For the sake of simplicity, characters will be sorted by whatever side they start on, as alliances are perpetually changing.

* SharingABody: With Brittany following his resurrection.

* IncompatibleOrientation: Is this with Brianna, but gets over it as of ''Fear''.

!! Brianna Berenson [=/=]The Breeze

* AmbiguouslyBrown

* TraumaCongaLine

* [[ArchnemesisDad Archnemesis Step Dad]]

* {{Jerkass}}
* [[WickedStepmother Wicked Stepfather]]

* BackFromTheDead: Caine kills him in ''Hunger'', but he comes back fused with Brittany.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: While he doesn't actually do anything, he threatens to rape Brianna after [[spoiler:she cuts him to pieces]]. She simply smashes his... equipment right in front of him. He later threatens to rape Astrid as a severed head, but she laughs in his face and shuts him in a water cooler. He also fantasizes about assaulting Gaia, and pays for it when she reads his mind and is not amused.

* Expy: Probably not intentional, but it's a virus like feminine entity that fell with a meteor, spreads by infection, causes mutations and body horror, was temporarily sealed deep inside the earth, and spends it's time mind raping people and gathering thralls. Welcome back, Jenova.

!! Brianna[=/=]The Breeze

* PromotionToParent: Mary takes over looking after the small children, and the stress this causes her results in the most brutal deconstruction in the series, and that's saying a ''lot''.

* {{Flanderization}}: No secret was made of Caine's egomania and grandiose sense of self-worth, but ''Plague'' really cranks it up a few notches. In the first three books, he is a dangerous but nuanced narcissist [[AntiVillain who is pretty bad, but not all the way evil per-say]]. He thought way too highly of himself, but at least could recognize that his ego was out of control, and had the ability to contain it, or at least disguise it in public. In ''Plague'' he refers to himself as a king, treats his MoralityPet as a possession and seems to believe he was chosen by God. Even his fangirls were a little peeved.

The series' main protagonist. Fourteen years old at the start of ''Gone'', Sam is [[IJustWantToBeNormal reluctantly pulled into playing the role of the town's hero.]] After [[spoiler: deposing his twin brother, Caine]] he takes over as the mayor of Perdido Beach at the end of ''Gone'' and does his best to protect it from external and internal threats.

* FireForgedFriends: With Dekka, to the point that, when he imagines moving into a houseboat with his girlfriend and her little brother, he pictures Dekka living there, too.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Quinn, at first. They've drifted apart now, but they reconcile by the end.

* LightEmUp[=/=]FrickinLaserBeams: His power is to create orbs of green light and fire beams of energy.

* RefusalOfTheCall: At first but soon rises up to it.

* ShootTheDog: Often called upon to do this.

* TheyDo: Hooks up with Astrid in ''Fear''.

* BlatantLies: During ''Lies'', this becomes her {{SignatureMove}}.
* CelibateHeroine: Deconstructed. She starts out as a typical example, but throughout the series, we see how impractical it is for her to be like that in the FAYZ, as she struggles with her faith and morals. She completely gives up on trying to emulate this trope in ''Plague'' when she [[ShootTheDog pushes Little Pete out a window]], and in ''Fear'', she's far less of a role model and loses her chastity.

* PhysicalGod: More or less the closest thing to one. Lampshaded frequently by Astrid, especially during her [[spoiler: HeelFaithTurn]].

* PrettyBoy / DudeLooksLikeALady: In the first book, he is described as being "pretty, like a girl".
* RandomTransportation: Random to everyone but him.
* RealityWarper: Quite probably. [[spoiler: Becomes this full stop after his "death".]]

* {{Greed}}: His main vice is his greed.

%%* TheScrooge

* ActionGirl: Like most female characters.

* HeroicBSOD: Starting to suffer from this.

* TheMedic: Shares this role with Dahra. A superpowered one, no less.
* MrViceGuy: Smokes, drinks, packs a gun. At fourteen.

* DoggedNiceGuy: With Lana until she pulls a gun on him.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Not exactly, but he flips sides a ''lot'' in ''Gone''. Also, at the end of ''Plague'', he stays with Caine instead of going with Sam, though this time it's not out of any malevolence on his part. He wants to fish.

* RefusalOfTheCall: When Sam offers him to be mayor at the end of ''Fear''. He just wants to go back to fishing.]

* UnfazedEveryman: He's not a moof. He's not a badass. He's just . . . Sam's friend. Until ''Fear''; lampshaded by Caine himself.

* BadassGay: [[spoiler:As of ''Fear''.]]
* BadassNormal: No superpowers to speak of. Total badass.

* ChildSoldiers: He is one, and he trains them.

* TheDulcineaEffect: A side effect of the trope [[ChronicHeroSyndrome above]], if someone's in danger? Edilio will jump at the call, if a girl is in danger? [[BerserkButton Steer clear]].
** To give an example, he charged [[spoiler: Orc]] to stop him from hurting a girl. [[spoiler: Granted he failed, but still]].

* MrFixit: Especially in ''Gone''.

* StraightGay[=/=]SuddenlySexuality: He is revealed to be gay in ''Fear.'' [[spoiler: He points this out by saying that he just figured it out. Possibly justified, considering his age and the situation .]]

A bully-turned-[[TheAtoner atoner]], Orc was originally recruited by Caine before defecting to Sam's side as it seemed more likely for him to win. Becomes TheAlcoholic by the end of ''Gone''. After coyotes devour him, he replaces his missing body parts with rock, leaving only a shrinking patch of skin on his face. Howard acts as his best friend, toady, and manager. [[spoiler: Revealed in ''Plague'' to be suicidal]].

* TheAlcoholic: [[TearJerker In eighth grade.]]

* AmbiguouslyGay: ''Very'' close to Orc.
** There's also this, from ''Fear'':

* HeelFaceTurn: Changes to Sam's side with Orc in ''Gone'' when he thinks it's the smarter move.

* KilledOffForReal: She commits suicide by pooling in ''Lies'', but dies for real in ''Fear''.

* PromotionToParent: The most brutal deconstruction in the series, and that's saying a ''lot''.

* TeamMom: Literally, for the daycare.
** MamaBear: She's ''really'' devoted to those kids.

* DemotedToExtra: In ''Plague''.

* {{Duck}}: What do you expect?

* HeroicSacrifice: Manages to keep the Gaiaphage quiet for a while... [[SenselessSacrifice but not forever.]]
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Duck? Really?

* TheFundamentalist: Was a hardcore Christian even before her Faith Heel Turn, but the level of zealotry she engages herself in afterwards makes her prior self seem atheistic in comparison.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She plays a prominent role in the attempts to wipe out the population of Perdido Beach with giant man-eating bugs (PLAGUE). But even though she's persists in helping the ongoing genocide attempts by her master, even Sam the hero and big good is reluctant to try and stop her, actually ''apologizing'' for ruining her evil plans.
** Brittney has been enslaved, tortured numerous times in horrific ways, disfigured, has her only family killed and spends 3 months in a grave in the duration of the series. She's only in 4 books and isn't even a significant character in two of them. Can you really hate her in spite of the genocide attempts and destruction she caused?

* MeaningfulName[=/=]HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: His name is Hunter. And he's a hunter.

* JerkJock: Implied

* PetTheDog: Doesn't shoot [[spoiler: Brianna]], even when threatened. Considering the number of people whose BerserkButton she is, this was probably a good idea.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: What it takes to work for Drake...

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome
* GentleGiant

* PetTheDog: He's one of the few animals not to be killed and eaten.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: ...''within pages of his introduction!''

!! Caine Soren/[[spoiler:David Temple]]

-> ''"The FAYZ doesn't need a hero anymore. [[spoiler: It needs a king.]]"''

The series' resident BigBad and [[spoiler: Sam's twin brother]], Caine was raised by unloving parents and developed high ambitions and a sociopathic nature. He demonstrates little, if any, understanding of right and wrong and doesn't object to hurting anyone but [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his love interest]], [[DarkChick Diana]].

** The first is in ''Hunger'', where- after Diana has her head smashed against a rock - he goes into a blind panic, crying at her side and incoherently sobbing to [[TheHero Sam]] about how he loves her, and that if he came to kill him, "Now would be a good time."

*** ''"What would I do without you? How would I live without you? Because. Because you are the only human being I need."''

** He's received one from Diana too.
* ArchnemesisDad: To Gaia, the Gaiaphage's avatar and his daughter
* TheAtoner: In ''Light'' he seeks to make up for everything he put everyone through. [[spoiler:He succeeds.]]

* [[spoiler: DeathEqualsRedemption]]

* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome: Saving the world in the process has to count for something, right?]]

* EnfantTerrible: According to [[spoiler: Connie]], who claims she just "knew" he was evil even when he was a baby.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His is Diana.

* EvilTwin: [[spoiler:To Sam.]]

* AGodIAm: Delivers one of these speech at the end of ''Plague''. He's subsequently humbled and humiliated.
* AGoodWayToDie: He went out on a high, finally managing to prove to [[spoiler:the Gaiaphage that he can't be controlled, showing up his brother, saving the world and having mended his relationship with Diana. Not to mention him redeeming himself and being remembered as the guy who saved the world rather than the sociopath who cemented dozens of children's hands. He died thinking about her, and remarks that it was a "good feeling".]] Closest thing to a happy ending a character like him could ever get.

* MadnessMantra: "Hungry in the dark" becomes one in ''Hunger''. Lana dredging it up despite having never heard him say it before is enough to freak him out.

* PuppetKing: ''"It was no good to call yourself king if the real power was held by a owlish black kid"''

* TeenPregnancy: Gets Diana pregnant, which ends up causing problems for everyone.

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: In ''Lies'' she tells Caine she loves him... [[spoiler: before launching herself off a cliff.]]
* AntiHero: Type IV in ''Light'', where she is forced to help Gaia.

* BaldWoman: Post-ImportantHaircut. It grows back in Lies, though.

** In ''Gone'', she warns Caine to let the freaks go, or there '''will''' be trouble. He doesn't. And there is most definitely trouble. Later, she tries to persuade him to make a truce with Sam, claiming that they need a alliance so they have some food. She also says that if Caine fights Sam, he will definitely lose. Of course, he ignores her warnings, and he loses against Sam, and also has a lot of trouble finding food in ''Hunger''.
** She also warns Caine of the perils of feeding the Gaiaphage in ''Hunger''. Again, ignoring her pleas have consequences for everyone involved.

** In ''Fear'', she stresses to Sam her fears that [[spoiler: [[FetusTerrible Gaia is not a normal baby.]] Guess who ignores her and unwittingly dooms her to a torture birth in which the Gaiaphage is reincarnated? ]]

* SlutShaming: Is quite often - and unfairly- the victim of this, both in-universe and in the fandom.

* SuddenlyEthnicity: WordOfGod only stated she was hispanic in an interview, leaving her AmbiguouslyBrown in-universe.

* {{Tsundere}}: A definite Type A for Caine.

* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: It isn't. It's worse.

* AnArmAndALeg: A Type 3: After Sam burns his right arm, he is forced to get amputated by Diana. The Gaiaphage later replaces it with a tentacle.

* DealWithTheDevil: He becomes the Gaiaphage's SycophanticServant.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Believe it or not, this appears to be the case, or at least it was in the past. [[spoiler: Seeing his stepfather abuse his mother [[FreudianExcuse messed him up]] [[StrawMisogynist a lot]].]]

* InsultBackfire: Threatens to rape Brianna [[spoiler:after she slices him to pieces]] and later on [[spoiler:Astrid as a severed head]]. They simply snark at him that he lacks the equipment necessary to do so, mainly because Brianna crushes it when he first makes the threat.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: While he doesn't actually do anything, he threatens to rape Brianna after [[spoiler:she cuts him to pieces]]. She simply smashes his... equipment right in front of him. He later threatens to rape Astrid [[spoiler:as a severed head]], but she laughs in his face and [[spoiler:shuts him in a water cooler. He also fantasizes about assaulting Gaia, and pays for it when she reads his mind and is not amused]].

* TheStarscream: It's clear from his first perspective chapters that he's disloyal to Caine, although he probably didn't plan on splitting so soon. [[spoiler: He also attempts it with the freaking Gaiaphage in ''Light'', although he doesn't succeed.]]
* StrawMisogynist: The source behind his hatred for Diana, Astrid, and Brittany. He even betrays [[spoiler:the Gaiaphage because it takes a female body as a host.]]

* StraightGay[=/=]SuddenlySexuality: He is revealed to be gay in ''Fear.'' [[spoiler: He points this out by saying that he just figured it out. Possibly justified, considering his age and the situation .

* HeroicBSOD: Spends most of ''Light'' heavily traumatized.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: In spite of all his fears he spends his final moments helping Sam escape Gaia and his end weakened Gaia to buy the heroes some more time]]

* WomanInWhite: Sam frequently comments on her white clothing [[FetishFuel looking transparent in the light]] [[StalkerWithACrush in his POV chapters.]], especially in ''Gone'' and ''Hunger''.