History Characters / Gloomwood

* IronicName: Not the beast itself, but all of the huntsmen in the Slaughtered Goat being slaughtered by a goat-monster makes the ''tavern's'' name pretty damn ironic.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: The huntsmen are humanoid and mostly act like humans, but we only see them when they're covered head-to-toe in clothing, they have VaderBreath and GlowingEyesOfDoom, and the description of one of their rifles explicitly says that it cannot be used by ordinary people. They likely are (or were) mutated or otherwise altered humans, though just how much they differ from a normal human is unclear.

* CallASmeerpARabbit: Hounds are bizarre fish-wolf hybrids with prehensile noses. They do still bark, exhibit pack behavior, and have similar body language to real canines, and a note in the Mines refers to them as "canines" offhandedly.

* FedToTheBeast: [[spoiler: Once you're in the tavern, you can't leave so easily; the Huntsmen locked the door behind you with the explicit hope that you'll get yourself killed by the beast]].

* EmeraldPower: He's an enigmatic figure associated with the color green, even aside from his [[TechnicolorMagic green magic]] he has a glowing green eye and cane and his store being is named The Emerald Eye.

* MysteriousBacker: He frees the Doctor, sells him supplies, offers the room above his shop as a safehouse, and directs him to collect the emblems needed to reach the Countess's mansion, though his true identity and motives are unknown.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: He hanged himself in his office when the Huntsmen attacked the fishery, leaving behind a [[GoodbyeCruelWorld suicide note]] lamenting his failure to see the Countess's betrayal coming.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Mr. Croup assisted in the Countess rise to power, but she eventually sent her underlings to assault his fishery and slaughter all of his workers when she no longer had any use for him.

* TheGhost: He's not yet seen in game, but is mentioned multiple times in notes written by other Huntsmen.

* ImplacableMan: One of the things that makes the Goatman so dangerous is the fact that it will ''relentlessly'' chase the player if you get trapped inside. Closing the door on them? They'll ''smash it''. Go to another floor? It will slowly home in on you and find you eventually. Try to run? It will make a ''mad dash'' forward and quickly begin to ''outrun you''. And if you think guns will bring it down, ''think again'', [[MadeOfIron it can survive upwards of]] ''[[MadeOfIron ten]]'' [[MadeOfIron shotgun blasts point-blank]].

[[folder:G]]

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He signs one of his letters with the initial "G," and that's the closest thing he gives to a name.

%%* KungFuProofMook: The Crowbeggars cannot be stealth-killed like the Huntsmen can; this forces the player to either use stealth to sneak through their territory, or engage them all at once. Given that they like to dwell in tightly-packed, poorly-lit subterranean tunnels with plenty of ambush routes, the latter option is much easier said than done.

--> ''Oh, this, I like better.''

* ShoutOut: Several of his lines are references to other properties.

* EmeraldPower: He's an enigmatic figure associated with the color green, with his glowing green eye and cane and his store being named The Emerald Eye.

-->[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 What're ya buyin'?]]
-->[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith A fine addition to my collection.]]

-->[[VideGame/ResidentEvil4 What're ya buyin'?]]

* ActorAllusion: One of his lines references the final boss of ''VideoGame/{{Dusk}}'', who was also voiced by Stephan Weyte.

* MonstrousCannibalism: The hounds aren't picky with what kind of meat is available to them, and will happily feed on the corpse of one of their own. Justified, as a note states that the hounds in the kennel haven't been fed recently and are likely ravenously.

* LightningBruiser: The Goatman is strong enough to kill the player and ''break apart doors'' in a single hit, durable enough to survive ''10'' shotgun blasts straight to the face, and fast enough that it's charge is able to overtake a sprinting player. There's a ''very'' good reason the game encourages sneaking past it.

* SuperWindowJump: If there's a window in between you and them, they'll just leap right through it. [[InASingleBound Even if that window is several stories off the ground.]]

A mysterious man who aids the Doctor in escaping the Countess's men, and invites him to visit his antiques shop in the Market District.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: While little has been seen of her, she's definitely a sinister figure, and is implied to have gained power through corruption and assassination, and is garbed in a red and black dress.

[[folder:"G"]]

* HighClassGlass: He wears a monocle, fitting his overall very wealthy appearance. He also sells a monocle that allows the player to zoom in their view.
* MysteriousBenefactor: He frees the Doctor, sells him supplies, offers the room above his shop as a safehouse, and directs him to collect the emblems needed to reach the Countess's mansion, though his true identity and motives are unknown.

!!!Minor Characters

[[folder:Mr. Croup]]
The late owner of the Croup fishery.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: He hanged himself in his office when the Huntsmen attacked the fishery, leaving behind a [[GoodbyeCruelWorld suicide note]] lamenting his failure to see the Countess's betrayal coming.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Mr. Croup assisted in the Countess rise to power, but she eventually sent her underlings to assault his fishery and slaughter all of his workers when she no longer had any use for him.

[[folder:Hobbs]]
A particularly inept Huntsman, mentioned in various notes written by his fellows.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He definitely doesn't seem to be all there. He apparently believes that machinery breaks down because of bugs that eat electricity, and that those bugs help the hounds steal cheese.
* TheGhost: He's not yet seen in game, but is mentioned multiple times in notes written by other Huntsmen.
* PluckyComicRelief: The notes written by his exasperated co-workers provide most of the game's comedy.

[[folder:Bat-Beasts]]
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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: If the player moves out of melee range, they'll throw their straight-razor before pulling out another.

Humanoid bat-monsters who infest the Market District.

* WolverineClaws: Well, Wolverine ''Claw'' at least. They attack with a single, retractable, blade-like claw that extends from one of their fingers.

[[folder:The Goatman (minor spoilers)]]

%%* KungFuProofMook: The Crowbeggars cannot be stealth-killed like the Huntsmen can; this forces the player to either use stealth to sneak through their territory, or engage them all at once. Given that they like to dwell in tightly-packed, poorly-lit subterranean tunnels with plenty of ambush routes, the latter option's easier said than done.

* WeaponBasedCharacterization: The huntsmen can usually be seen wielding an axe, rifle and sometimes a torch, fitting their role as hunters. The weapon choice of using an axe is one of the many points toward the unhinged, AxCrazy nature of the huntsmen.

* BullyingADragon: It ''really'' wasn't a good idea to make sadistic sport of their capture of an Accursed Beast. [[spoiler: The end result inside the Slaughtered Goat speaks for itself.]]

* FollowYourNose: The Hounds can sniff out nearby corpses and body parts to eat, which can be useful for luring them away or distracting them from tracking down the player's scent.

[[folder:The Accursed Beast (minor spoilers)]]

* BossOnlyLevel: The Accursed Beast is the sole occupant of the Slaughtered Goat, having killed everyone else.

* GruesomeGoat: The Accursed Beast is a towering, bipedal, goatlike monster with piercing yellow eyes and a back filled with broken blades.

* ImplacableMan: One of the things that makes the Accursed Beast so dangerous is the fact that it will ''relentlessly'' chase the player if you get trapped inside. Closing the door on them? They'll ''smash it''. Go to another floor? It will slowly home in on you and find you eventually. Try to run? It will make a ''mad dash'' forward and quickly begin to ''outrun you''. And if you think guns will bring it down, ''think again'', [[MadeOfIron it can survive upwards of]] ''[[MadeOfIron ten]]'' [[MadeOfIron shotgun blasts point-blank]].

* LightningBruiser: The Accursed Beast is strong enough to kill the player and ''break apart doors'' in a single hit, durable enough to survive ''10'' shotgun blasts straight to the face, and fast enough that it's charge is able to overtake a sprinting player. There's a ''very'' good reason the game encourages sneaking past it.

* FedToTheBeast: [[spoiler: Once you're in the tavern, you can't leave so easily; the Huntsmen locked the door behind you, with the explicit hope that you'll get yourself killed by the beast]].