History Characters / HiddenCity

A competent agent of the Security Servfice, and one of Mr. Black's most trusted subordinate. She is a highly skilled fighter who serves as Rayden Storke's bodyguard during their mission to the Lower City.

* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Sophia is the only blonde character in the Upper City, and is considered the biggest heartthrob of the region. Even Mr. Black used to be attracted to her, although he doesn't pursue her because he considers LoveIsAWeakness.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Sophia's father is a priest who disapproved of her dreams of becoming a famous singer, believing that fame would corrupt her. Sophia disregarded his warnings and pursued her dreams, determined to prove him wrong. However, her father refused to acknowledge her success and would always return the concert tickets she sent him. Sophia confesses that all the accolades she has won during her career had not satisfied her desire to win her father's praise and approval.

* CampStraight: Fabien is flamboyant and effiminate but he's had numerous flings with his female admirers, briefly considered having an affair with his seamstress, and is now head over heels in love with Angelique.

* GivenNameReveal: Her real name is Greta.
* HunterOfMonsters: She is called "Huntress" because she is a licensed monster hunter, specializing in hunting gargoyles and werewolves.

* LastNameBasis: Nobody calls him "Ivor", and at one point he even tries to use [[RealNameAsAnAlias his actual first name as an alias]] when he and the player are about to investigate the Foggy Oasis. This reinforces his characterization as a closed-off ConsummateProfessional with no close personal ties with anynone.
* LoveIsAWeakness: He considers love "irrational and useless" and stopped courting Sophia even though it's implied that he still has feelings for her.

* HunterOfMonsters: She is called "Huntress" because she hunts monsters, particularly gargoyles and werewolves.

!Upper City Characters
!!Security Service
The law enforcement agency of the Upper City, who are dedicated to protect its residents from the fog and other dangers. It is headed by Mr. Black, with Kira Woodville and Rayden Storke serving as his primary subordinates. There are other agents mentioned as well, carrying out miscellaneous tasks for Mr. Black, although they are otherwise unseen.
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* AloofLeaderAffableSubordinate: Mr. Black, the Head of the Security Service, is highly suspicious, unfriendly and impersonal. By contrast, his subordinates, Kira Woodville and Rayden Storke, are a lot friendlier, more trusting and openly sentimental. Rayden, in particular, is more willing to listen to (and believe) the suspects' excuses and usually defends them from Mr. Black whenever the latter goes too arrest-happy. Mr. Black calls Rayden a horrible judge of character because of this.
* CodeName: Many of the unseen Security Service agents have numbered codes, with Agent 032 ([[NamedInTHeSequel later named]] Conrad Overback) being the most prominent one. However, none of the relevant members (Black, Rayden and Kira) have such designations.
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Rayden (Nice) is the NaiveNewcomer of the group; he's generally nice and friendly, if a bit gullible, and tends to be sympathetic towards the suspects he's meant to interrogate. Mr. Black (Mean) is the complete opposite--being suspicious and hostile towards most people, and assumes everyone is a liar unless they can provide solid evidence for their claims. Kira (In-Between) is explicitly described by Carlos as kind but strict; she's much more willing to chase down and punish criminals than Rayden, but is not as confrontational towards other people as Mr. Black.

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!!Mr. Ivor Black
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-> ''"Captain Storke assures me that you have a special connection with the City. If so, it'll be easy for you to answer a few questions. It's dangerous on the streets after sunset. Let's go to the post office and continue our conversation there. Miss Woodville and Storke may accompany us, but don't expect them to help you."''
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The Head of the Security Service and ostensibly the ruler of the Upper City region. He takes pride in his reputation as the symbol of justice, and strives to maintain that image by making sure that everyone follow his rules.

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The first person that the player character meets after arriving in the City of Shadows, she is a maid for the Mistress of the Manor in the Main City. The player character becomes her ward.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: In the Keys to the Past case, the player learns that Martha came from a family of mediums and that she and her older sister were taken to a house with red windows by Leonardo, an IdenticalStranger to the player’s friend Jacob, and experimented on to enhance their abilities. However, a routine experiment went wrong and her sister was killed. Worse, Martha had always [[GreenEyedMonster envied her sister to the point that she’d sometimes wish her sister would disappear]]! Martha’s memories had been erased and she is naturally devastated to learn the truth.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: In the Keys to the Past case, the player learns that Martha came from a family of mediums and that she and her older sister were taken to a house with red windows by Leonardo, an IdenticalStranger to the player’s friend Jacob, and experimented on to enhance their abilities. However, a routine experiment went wrong and her sister was killed. Worse, Martha had always [[GreenEyedMonster envied her sister to the point that she’d sometimes wish her sister would disappear]]! Martha is naturally devastated to learn the truth.

!Main City Characters

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* MisBlamed: InUniverse. Since he's the first person that most unfortunate newcomers meet, a lot of unwilling residence blame the Conductor for dragging them to the City.

* FantasyForbiddingFather: Alicia's greatest dream is to become a Defender and fight monsters, but her OverprotectiveDad is having none of it, because he thinks the job is too dangerous for her.

A detective who originally came from New York City, he was investigating a rash of mysterious disappearances when he wound up in the City of Shadows. He is first seen returning from an unsuccessful attempt to rescue Jacob, the player’s friend, from the Shadow Cult.

A prolofic fashion designer who resides in the most luxurious abode in Upper City, the Atelier Delamode, which caters to the richest and most powerful residents of the City.

* ReplacementGoldfish: Implied. In one of the Atelier's side quests, Angélique finds a photo in her creator's belongings that depicts a young girl who looks exactly like herself. It is possible that the Puppeteer (or the customer who ordered her from him) made her to replace a deceased loved one, although too little is known of him to confirm this fact.

* CrazyJealousGuy: He’s in love with Juliette and at the beginning of the Dance With Ghosts case, he is afraid that she is secretly meeting another guy in the Manor every night and is really upset about the possibility. [[spoiler: She is actually under a spell and the Dancer ghost demands that Juliette dance the main dance at a ball perfectly in order to win her freedom, which makes the Detective feel worse.]]

A detective who originally came from New York City, he was investigating a rash of mysterious disappearances when he wound up in the City of Shadows. He is first seen returning from an unsuccessful attempt to rescue Jacob, the player’s friend, from the Shadow Cult.

* DesignatedVictim: She is the character most likely to be targeted by antagonistic forces in the City. In the Dance With Ghosts case, the Detective actually wonders why she was the one who was entranced to dance every night in the Manor by the ghost of a famous dancer.

* DesignatedVictim:

* WrenchWench: Her father describes her as a skilled mechanic, and once made a signaling watch for her father so that he won't get lost in the fog.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Rayden uses some [[TruthSerums "Drops of Truth"]] potion to make Black talk about some of his secrets, and what he reveals is quite unpleasant, to say the least. [[spoiler:He was once married and had a daughter, but his wife is a witch and their daughter inherited her dangerous powers. To keep the girl's powers in check, Black brought his daughter to the scavengers and had her locked up in a special prison, while telling his wife that the girl was lost in the fog. One day, Black got into a bad fire accident that almost killed him, after which his wife declared herself a widow and disappeared. However, his wife's last message imply that she was the one who conjured the fire to kill him as a punishment for losing their daughter.]] The player's investigation journal concludes that he probably still has a lot of dubious secrets kept under wraps.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Played with. Mr. Black tends to be dismissive of supernatural reports (such as the claims about Sophia's CompellingVoice or Vera's story about a fearsome monster called the Dark Hunter), but when he meets the moving puppet Angelique, he immediately treats her as sapient despite Delamode's initial protest that she is just a regular mannequin animated using advanced mechanism. It seems that his skepticism has less to do with his personal views on the supernatural, [[spoiler:especially since TheReveal that his ex-wife and daughter are witches]], and more to do with his natural distrust of other people that he's more willing to hold the opposite position to their claims until they provide solid evidence for their stories.