History Characters / GoldTongues

* AmbiguousDisorder: Five Strikes is blunt and brutally honesty around Buzz. He's seemingly emotionless, doesn't show concern about others, and doesn't seem to care about common human ethics, choosing to compare himself to an animal instead.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: In chapter 4, Buzz daydreams about getting a lap dance inside of a strip club and masturbates.

* KillEmAll: All four of them are killed by Petrol.

* NotSoDifferent: From Stix. Both of them are sociopaths who pretend to act nice around others to get what they want, are implied to be kleptomaniacs, have little reaction to their acquaintances dying, and [[spoiler:are outsmarted by someone they tried to rob and have their throats slit]].

* KilledOffForReal: All four of them are killed by Petrol.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's notable disgusted when he finds out that [[spoiler:Petrol raped three girls]], and even more disturbed when [[Buzz shows absolutely no reaction either and admits he killed a mutant just because he felt like it]].

* DrowningMySorrows: Implied. After Buzz [[spoiler:murders a mutant]], he shrugs it off and acts like he's okay. But then he finds a stash of beer and starts drinking ''heavily''. Whether he was drinking because he secretly felt guilty or simply because he felt like it is up for interpretation.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Buzz suffers no repercussions for murdering a mutant and stealing his belongings]].

* NiceGuy: Deconstructed. Buzz starts off giving people a lift in his van purely out of kindness, but one person pees in his van and acts disrespectful to him, while the other [[spoiler:steals his van and leaves him to die]]. As the story progresses, Buzz gradually stops caring about people because most people in the world take advantage of others, and he secretly wishes he wasn't around them anymore. It eventually reaches a point where Buzz becomes just as selfish as the people he despises when he [[spoiler:murders a mutant in cold blood and steals all of his belongings, simply because he felt like and knew he wouldn't be punished for it]].
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:He's the only main character who lives to the end]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's notable disgusted when he finds out that [[spoiler:Petrol raped three girls, and even more disturbed when Buzz shows absolutely no reaction either]].
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:After he's mortally wounded by a merchant he tried to steal from, Stix congratulates the man on beating him at his own game and shakes his hand, shortly before his throat is slashed]].

* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:How a merchant kills him in the final chapter]].

An obese drifter who constantly preys on others for his own amusement.

* NotSoDifferent: From Stix. Both of them are sociopaths. Both of them pretend to act nice around others to get what they want. Both are implied to be kleptomaniacs. Both of them have little reaction to their acquaintances dying. [[spoiler:Both of them are outsmarted by someone they tried to rob and have their throats slit]].

!!Maggie's Group

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: All of them willingly let Petrol into their group, not suspecting that he's actually a ruthless killer as well as [[spoiler:a pedophile]].
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:All four of them are killed by Petrol]].
* WalkingSpoiler: It's difficult to talk about Maggie's group without mentioning that [[spoiler:they're all killed by Petrol]].

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Subverted. Petrol hands her a gun with one bullet, expecting her to kill herself before the bugs do. She shoots at Petrol instead]].
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:She's last seen bleeding out on the ground with a horde coming after her. If she wasn't ripped apart by the bugs, she most likely died of blood loss]].
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:When Maggie is mortally wounded by Petrol, she uses the sole bullet in her handgun to try and kill Petrol as opposed to giving herself a quick and painless death]].
* TeamMom: She acts like Billy and Tessa's mother, keeping them safe at all times and making sure they don't swear. [[spoiler:Even as she's bleeding out on the ground after Petrol shoots her, she begs Petrol to spare the kids instead of herself]].

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Petrol kills him by shooting him in the forehead]].
* PapaWolf: The moment Kyle finds out that [[spoiler:Petrol is a pedophile]], he threatens to kill him if he doesn't come clean and agree to leave the kids alone forever.
* TeamDad: He acts like Billy and Tessa's father, keeping both kids in line and making sure they know how to protect themselves with guns. [[spoiler:When he finds out Petrol is a pedophile, he even tells them to go to sleep outside so he can confront Petrol without the kids seeing or hearing anything unpleasant]].
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Kyle was fully aware that Petrol was a pedophile and had his sights on Tessa, but instead of immediately killing him or incapacitating him, he tries to get the man to confess to raping children. Petrol ends up stealthily killing Kyle while he's being questioned]].

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:He and Tessa are the most innocent characters in the story, and they're both killed by Petrol]].
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:His neck is broken while he's busy talking to Petrol]].
* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:How Petrol kills him]].
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:Petrol kills him ''very'' quickly and disposes of his body before anyone can find it]].

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:She and Billy are the most innocent characters in the story, and they're both killed by Petrol]].
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:She's raped and murdered by Petrol off-screen, shortly after he kills Billy]].
* RapeDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Tessa is last seen sleeping in a tent, moments before Petrol crawls inside of it. Nothing is outright stated or described, but it's obvious that he sexually assaulted her]].

* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:He's shot in the back while he's sleeping and naked from the waist down, just half an hour after having sex with a man. Said man he sodomized then euthanizes him and leaves his body to rot]].

* NiceGuy: Deconstructed. Buzz starts off giving people a lift in his van purely out of kindness, but one person pees in his van and acts disrespectful to him, while the other [[spoiler:steals his van and leaves him to die]]. As the story progresses, Buzz gradually stops caring about people because most peopole in the world take advantage of others, and he secretly wishes he wasn't around them anymore. It eventually reaches a point where Buzz becomes just as selfish as the people he despises when he [[spoiler:murders a mutant in cold blood and steals all of his belongings, simply because he felt like and knew he wouldn't be punished for it]].

* TheAntiNihilist: Stix knows full-well that life is pointless and there's no reason to care about anything because the world's officially ended. So he spends his time stealing from others, getting high, and enjoying himself whenever he posisbly can.

!!Other Characters

[[folder:Five Strikes]]

-->''"Animals do whatever the fuck they want because they can or because it's instinctual. You sit here asking all these questions—why do I have this helmet, why don’t I talk much, why did I micturate in my shorts. And you think because I'm human that there's some deeper philosophical meaning behind ''everything'', when in reality the answer is very simple."''

A chubby, apathetic, helmet-wearing drifter who sees humans being no different from animals.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Five Strikes is blunt and brutally honesty around Buzz. He's seemingly emotionless, doesn't show concern about others, and doesn't seem to care about common human ethics, choosing to compare himself to an animal instead.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Five Strikes might be a mutant in early stages of transformation, considering his eyes are almost entirely red and his pupils are discolored.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: His real name isn't given. The term "Five Strikes" refers to the five tally marks on his red football helmet.
* FatSlob: Five Strikes is an obese man who doesn't bathe, is covered in filth, and is content with pissing his shorts and farting around other people.
* PottyFailure: He pisses his shorts while sitting in Buzz's van simply because his bladder was full and he was too lazy to ask Buzz to pull over.
* TheStoic: He never shouts or shows any emotion in his appearances.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: All he wears is a football helmet and a pair of red shorts.

[[folder:Bear]]

-->''"So that's what this is about. You think I'm gonna fuck some street rat."''

A biker on the run from a hostile motorcycle gang.

* TheBear: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Hence his name]].
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: It's implied that Bear is secretly lonely and just wants a lover to spend time with. Problem is, most of the people he forms a relationship with have a habit of dying or leaving him.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: "Bear" obviously isn't his real name, but given his appearance...
* ManlyGay: He's a muscular, hairy, aggressive, shotgun-wielding biker who's secretly homosexual.
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:He's shot in the back while he's sleeping and naked from the waist down, just half an hour after having sex with a man. Said man he sodomized then euthanizes him and leaves his body to rot]].

[[folder:Kim]]

-->''"You a nineties baby too?"''

A young woman who seems to embrace nostalgia from TheNineties.

* ActionSurvivor: Kim's first appearance is her springing a trap on Stix while his guard is down, all while she's carrying a shotgun. She never uses it, but clearly she knows how to handle herself despite not being a full-fledged badass.
* NiceGirl: Kim's definitely one of the nicer characters in the story. She only shows hostility to Stix after he breaks into her house and tries to rob her.
* TookALevelInCynic: Implied. Kim used to believe that no matter how bad the world got, she believed she could fix the world, just like her favorite cartoon character ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' would all the time. Then the apocalypse happened, and she saw just how flawed her optimistic dream was.

[[/folder]]

* NiceGuy: Deconstructed. Buzz starts off giving people a lift in his van purely out of kindness, but one person pees in his van and acts disrespectful to him, while the other [[spoiler:steals his van and leaves him to die]]. As the story progresses, Buzz gradually stops caring about people because most peopole in the world take advantage of others, and he secretly wishes he wasn't around them anymore. It eventually reaches a point where Buzz becomes just as selfish as the people he despises when he [[spoilers:murders a mutant in cold blood and steals all of his belongings, simply because he felt like and knew he wouldn't be punished for it]].