History Characters / HunterTheParenting

An international group of supernatural knowledge seekers, the Arcanum spans the world, though each Lodge generally tends to operate mostly autonomously. The local lodge is located in Great Yarmouth.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Sure, she's [[OccidentalOtaku definitely not trying to be]], but on her heavily personalized ID she refers to herself as a Scholar of the Orient--typically considered a rude and outdated way to refer to East Asia. Though the fact she later scratched it out and wrote kanji insulting Remold has some implications...

* InformedFlaw: Likely overlapping with CharacterizationMarchesOn - During Marckus' night out with his friends, Grimal states that Remold is in poor health and perpetually moments away from a heart attack. When he actually appears in person in Chapter 4, it's proven that not only is he in ''perfect'' health despite his age, he is ''very'' physically fit, able to lift a massive safe with no help but Big-D, and can even keep up with Big-D in a straight fight. Remold and Big-D get into a PummelDuel ''numerous'' times throughout the chapter, such that one is left wondering how Grimal even got the impression, other than her obvious dislike of Remold.

[[Characters/HunterTheParentingTheFamily The Family]]

* ArchEnemy: To Big-D, the two are like water and oil. His hate for Big-D runs so deep that when he, his family, and Kitten[[labelnote:*]]Who's only "crime" was close association[[/labelnote]] were banished from the arcanum Blacklaw had all of their research on vampires burned. ''As a member of a scholastic organization.''

!!The Family
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Kitten, Dorn, and the Emperor are the main protagonists of ''TTS'' and also good guys, but they also have raging flaws, notably the borderline abusive treatment of each other and raging xenophobia against anything non-human. Magnus, meanwhile, is a Daemon Primarch who embarked on a shaky road to redemption after the Emperor rescued him soul and body from Tzeentch's clutches. Here, they're much nicer than their ''TTS'' counterparts, if still eccentric at times.
* AdaptationalWimp: While undoubtedly a crew of clever badasses, the Family are all normal humans whereas their [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 tabletop counterparts]] (and [[WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice TTS counterparts]]) are post-human, genetically engineered, and incredibly powerful [[PsychicPowers psykers]] and/or demigods. The only exception to this is Boy, who is still an ordinary human child like he was in TTS.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In ''TTS'', Kitten and Magnus were, at best, VitriolicBestBuds working together due to similar goals. Here, Kitten and Marckus are in a confirmed romantic relationship.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther:
** Most of the Family have strong personalities, and they bicker and/or snark at each other constantly, but they also have quiet moments where it's clear they see each other as family deep down. Their relationship with [[TagalongKid Boy]] also brings out the best in them.
** The fourth audiolog is dedicated to the family's relationships with each other. They all look after each other while taking care of Horse, and Door tells Marckus that even if he can't trust or forgive Big-D's terrible parenting, he should still have faith in his ''family''.
* BadassFamily: The main cast consists of Big-D, his sons Marckus and Door, grandson Boy, and son-in-law Kitten. They fought against a gang of Sabbat Vampires (with one of them having hypnotic powers) and won, though they didn't walk away unscathed. According to Big D his own father and siblings were Hunters as well and managed to take out a Methuselah.
* BadassNormal: This comes part and parcel with being a Hunter. These physically normal human beings roam around looking for monsters to kill using nothing but improvised weapons, the environment, their own wits, and a shotgun.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: They might be a group made up of a LargeHam who thinks it's a good idea to hunt vampires while high on DMT, a pair of nerds, and a man who thinks that the board-width of a picnic table is SeriousBusiness, but they're all (with the obvious exception of Boy, being a small child) surprisingly competent vampire hunters.
* CastOfExpies: The main characters are all based on the main characters of the creators' most popular previous work, ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice,'' with their personalities and relationships largely the same. The main changes being that Door is now actually Boy's father, and Kitten is Marckus' Fiancé and thus more closely tied to him than to Big-D.
* DentedIron: Their fight against the tunnel vampires is not an easy one, and most of them are noticeably battered on the way out. The second episode shows them still bandaged and recovering from their wounds.
%%* DysfunctionJunction: Good ''lord'' does this family have issues. It'd probably be easier to list the problems they ''don't'' have.
* GiverOfLameNames: It seems in this family, there's a 50/50 chance you end up with a standard if slightly unconventional name like "Markcus", or something just plain absurd like "Door" or "Boy".
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Big-D and his family were excommunicated from the Arcanum, and have a bad reputation among the elder members of the Yarmouth Chapter House. Outside of those aware of vampires, they are eccentric troublemakers who stockpile illegal guns and bombs, which gets them temporarily arrested. None of them are going to be getting any medals or appreciation for their hard work.
* LargeAndInCharge: Big-D's family genetics seem to predispose anyone descended from him to being enormous in some sense, be it Markcus managing to be taller than his own father, or Door managing to be the shorter brother and ''still'' looking like the largest due to his stocky frame.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Episode 2's eyecatch states that Big-D has sired many "ex-children" through multiple partners, revealing that Marckus and Door have lots of half-siblings, including a horse named... "[[ADogNamedDog Horse]]".
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Being [[CastOfExpies based on]] the main cast of ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', their relationships with each other get changed up a bit.
** Kitten is Big-D's son-in-law by virtue of being engaged to Marckus.
** While Boy had been effectively adopted by the Imperial Palace in TTS (especially Rogal Dorn pretty much adopting him as his son to the point of reading him a bedtime story and being outright called 'Dadornable'), in HTP Boy is Door's biological son and a full member of the family from Episode 1.
* TooMuchInformation: The Family's collective reaction to Pyotr's [[BestialityIsDepraved gross misinterpretation]] of Kevin's "special interview" with Big-D is subtitled as "[collective trauma]".
--> '''Pyotr:''' Kevin gets to '''FUCK?!'''\\
'''The Family:''' ''(everyone [[RapidFireNo shouts "No!" multiple times]] in horrified disgust)''
* SoProudOfYou: Everyone congratulates Boy [[spoiler:for firing the shot that saved Door and incapacitated Pyotr]] in Episode 3, even Big-D, despite his extensive facial injuries.
* VampireHunter: Hunters also go after other supernatural entities in the ''Franchise/TheWorldOfDarkness'' besides vampires at times, but their focus so far has been on vampires.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: Big-D is a LargeHam {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who's constantly high as a kite, while his sons (and son-in-law Kitten) are generally a lot more reserved, [[NotSoAboveItAll if only barely]].
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[[folder:Big-D]]
!!"Big-D"/"Ditryck Tettela"/"Anthony Sausage"/"Kevin Wettsworth"
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[[caption-width-right:250:Learning to sublimate HATE in place of FEAR is part of becoming a well-adjusted adult! LIKE ME!!]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [=SpeakerD=]
The "Leader" and patriarch of the family, who has headed the trip into facing the terrifying creatures of the night. [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Loosely]] based on The Emperor of Mankind [[CompositeCharacter and]] the Fabulous Custodes.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulFather: He's old enough to be a grandfather to an 11-year-old son. He looks much younger than Door, his son, and not particularly older than Marckus, his other son, who's around 30.
* AdaptationalBadass: Zig-Zagged between this and AdaptationalWimp, by virtue of not being a [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 a rotting corpse hooked to a life support chair for the past 10 thousand years]]. He's certainly fairly badass, but just by baseline human standards. He's a far cry from the Emperor's immeasurably potent PsychicPowers, much less his PhysicalGod status pre-Horus Heresy.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: D is noticeably kinder, jollier, and willing to compliment his family compared to the Emperor. Notably, whereas the Emperor emotionally abuses Magnus and dismisses his studies as "dumb nerd shit", D seems to take pride in Marckus' studious nature and very much encourages it. In addition, while he is also keeping many of the details of the supernatural world from his allies the same way the Emperor did from the Primarchs, he doesn't hide the fact that he ''is'' hiding things, and gives a pretty good reason for doing so (that many of those forces wouldn't hesitate to have them KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade) while promising that he ''will'' tell them what they need to know, but only when it becomes necessary for them to know it. Compared to how the Emperor handled keeping the secret of Chaos from his sons, Big-D comes across as far more reasonable and even-handed about things.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Big-D is shown to be bisexual (with [[ReallyGetsAround lots of ex-wives and ex-husbands]]) when TTS!Emperor only ever showed interest in women ([[HeManWomanHater albeit in unhealthy ways]]).
* AlasPoorVillain: Contrasting with his sons, ''especially'' [[FantasticRacism Door]], he's far more empathetic to vampires like Kevin, recognizing the sadness of their existence. He staunchly opposes vampire kind, and will do anything to stop them, but he also pities them.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: He's the father of Door and Marckus, but gets on their nerves with his antics thanks to the fact he's incredibly high-strung (and [[FunctionalAddict flat-out high]]) at all times. Marckus mentions to Kitten that he likes Big-D less than he loves Kitten.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: He has a noticeably darker skin tone than either of his sons, and Chapman describes him in the third audio log as looking "middle-eastern", but exact details remain up in the air. This ties into what scant details we have on D's predecessor, the Emperor's, backstory; what little can be surmised about the Emperor's origins is that he was born to one of the very early human civilizations around Turkey in roughly 8000 BC, meaning that he would've likely been of a swarthy complexion. This neatly matches Big-D (essentially the Emperor in his prime) having a similarly Middle-Eastern complexion and hair color, barring D's permanently white irises.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Due to being much OlderThanHeLooks, his astonishing depth and breadth of knowledge, and the [[ExperiencedProtagonist sheer number of enemies]] he's fought, Big-D is speculated out-of- (by viewers) and in-universe (by Kevin) to be a supernatural entity himself, though he dodges the question when pressed. [[spoiler:Chapter 4 all but confirms that he is a [[TabletopGame/HunterTheReckoning Capital-H "Hunter"]], in the sense that he has been Imbued by the Messengers and gained supernatural abilities beyond the ken of mortal men geared specifically for hunting and killing the World of Darkness's other supernatural entities. Occam notes in his argument with D in the Archives that he has been prone to talking about "The Reckoning", a term used almost exclusively by Imbued Hunters to refer to humanity's ManifestDestiny to take back the night from the predators and supernaturals that prowl it, obliquely outing D as belonging to the ranks of the Imbued.]]
* AntiquatedLinguistics: He's sometimes prone to using strange archaic terms. For example in the third audiolog "Big-D's "Guide" to Avoiding Arrest", he refers to the force the cellar door could endure using ''minas'' as a unit of measure. Minas is an Antique (as in literally from Antiquity) unit of measure to measure the weight of gold and coins in the Near East and in Ancient Greece[[note]]As the value of coins back then depended on their mass in gold and silver, minas are both an indicator of value and mass[[/note]].
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite having been in the Hunter business for decades and claiming to have fought every kind of supernatural creature in the World of Darkness, he apparently doesn't believe the Kuei-Jin are real, believing them to just be an LA vampire gang [=LARPing=] as "like 10 different asian cultures"[[note]]Granted this is also a TakeThat towards ''TabletopGame/KindredOfTheEast'' so its either he genuinely doesn't believe in the Kuei-Jin or he's making fun of them[[/note]].
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: He has a hard time staying fixated on a single topic, and often goes off into tangents or discussing something else with zero warning or reason. He lampshades this when talking to Kitten about ghost stories.
--> '''Big-D:''' You have my ''incredibly variable'' attention!
* BadassBoast: When Kevin offers Big-D an offer to become his ally, Big-D responds by chuckling and giving a boast that left the wannabe sorcerer speechless for a few moments.
--> '''Big-D:''' Why serve the First Murderer when I can ''kill him myself?''
* BerserkButton:
** He absolutely ''hates'' landlords and refers to them as parasites. He also attacks Kitten in the first audiolog thinking he was a landlord, and only calms down when Kitten points out he owns the house the Family's living in.
---> '''Big-D:''' ''Housing is NOT a commodity!''
** Don't liken him to a gorilla. He is orangatan fan number one.
* BestFriendsInLaw: He seems to ''want'' this with Kitten, his son-in-law, but Kitten is rather uncomfortable with talking with him on more casual terms, perhaps out of politeness.
* BloodKnight: Downplayed. He is outright laughing when fighting Brok in episode 4, excited by an unexpected challenge. But considering his reactions to [[spoiler: seeing Pyotr diablerize Ape and Shitbeard and break out]] or what he says about werewolves, his love for a good fight doesn't blind him to real dangers of the world he lives in.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: His sauce for his omelette includes tomato paste, honey, water, saurkraut, ketchup, tonkatsu & ''RBMK Nuclear Reactor Core Graphite''.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: His belt buckle is, well, a big golden "D". He also has the same letter emblazoned on the back of his jacket.
* BumblingDad: Carrying over from TTS is his general ineptitude when it comes to raising his sons, who are both leagues more put-together than he is. ''Unlike'' his TTS self, he actually makes a concerted effort to be part of his children's lives even if his attempts at bonding are so bizarre [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents that he makes things incredibly awkward for everyone]].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: The guy's a complete loon, but is a very capable hunter.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}:
** Has shades of this, like thinking it would be a great idea to hunt vampires while high on DMT.
-->'''Big-D''': All right whatever, I don't respect Time, it's an ''odious'' concept, [[SuddenlyShouting NOW LISTEN UP]]!
** He seems to consider groundskeepers, gardeners and golfers to be supernatural creatures to hunt.
** He attacks Kitten with a sword thinking he's an intruder in "his" home or the landlord. Keeping in mind that this is ''Kitten's house'' and he does not in fact charge them rent.
* CompositeCharacter: While he's obviously the Emperor in face and physique pre-Horus Heresy, he's actually the Emperor and a couple of the Fabulous Custodes mashed together: He has the planning "skill" and zeal of the Emperor, but also the haughtiness (and a little bit of the dismissiveness of Boy) of Karstodes and the SenseFreak tendencies of Whammudes.
* ConsummateLiar: Despite remaining his energetic self and practically frothing with rage and panic internally during the third audiolog, he's able to spin a story well-crafted enough to completely fool the police detective interviewing him. Even when [[SpottingTheThread caught out by an unexpected variable]], he immediately weaves an even ''bigger'' lie that ''still'' lets him get away.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Let's face it: Big-D and the Emperor of Mankind could not ''possibly be more different''.
** The Emperor is a godlike psychic being who is interred on a massive life support machine. Big-D is ([[AmbiguouslyHuman probably]]) a BadassNormal human who is very much alive and healthy.
** The Emperor's default mood is at best "complaining about the galaxy going to hell" and speaks almost entirely through a monotone text-to-speech device. Big-D is a jolly LargeHam through and through.
** The Emperor is, well, TheEmperor of the galaxy-spanning Imperium of Man. Big-D is just a regular monster hunter currently living in Norfolk, England.
** The Emperor's approach to his sons(Magnus in particular), is ToughLove ''at best'', and at worst quite callous. Big-D, on the other hand, unabashedly praises his sons, son-in-law, and grandson whenever he gets a chance.
** There are a few common factor between the two: Despite all their quirks and flaws, they are ''utterly impeccable'' leaders, they have a surprising amount of sympathy for non-humans ([[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire at least the friendly ones]]), and have a tendency to [[PoorCommunicationKills leave certain bits of information]] ([[HeKnowsTooMuch albeit this time to protect his family]]).
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The plot of episodes 2 and 3 would not happen has he just told Marckus [[spoiler:what happens when a Vampire eats another Vampire]]. The first audiolog reveals he has [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade very good reasons for this]], however.
* CrazyPrepared: The reason why he's high as a kite is because he loaded himself up on DMT, likely as a deterrent against blood-sucking vampires. This actually proves instrumental in defeating Kevin when he tries draining Big-D, as it leaves him vulnerable to [[EyeScream getting staked in the eye]] by Kitten...though his statement "That is DEFINITELY why I did that" may imply [[SureLetsGoWithThat this was actually just a useful coincidence he's going along with]].
* CuttingCorners: His exact financial situation isn't clear (however, considering he apparently has no active income, we can assume his finances aren't ''great''), but Big-D is a ''massive cheapskate'' whom, in one notable example, goes out of his way to try and get a blender for just 99 pence (which he only succeeds in doing through sheer luck and the involvment of a bizzare supernatural entity), even getting into an argument with Kevin over the matter, failing to concede that it is patently unrealistic. It's quite apparent that he'll go to ridiculous lengths to spend as little as possible, including ''outright theft'' (he straight up admits that he could just steal the blender he wants but he's actively trying to spite Kevin).
* DeathByGenreSavviness: A non-lethal example. His tendency to keep his allies on the need-to-know basic regarding secrets of supernatural creatures is a smart thing to do in World of Darkness. In the case of Vampires, in particular, the first audiolog has him explain to Kitten why he needs to be ''extremely'' careful disclosing information about them, less he puts his family at risk with how seriously Vampires treat TheMasquerade. However, he still makes mistakes and his decision to not disclose a certain piece of information has indirectly caused the events of the second and third episode, leading to [[spoiler:a revitalized and empowered Pyotr being let loose in Kitten's house]].
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Big-D's BadassBoast to Kevin reveals that he intends to one day kill Caine, the First Murderer and progenitor of Vampirekind himself. Given how ancient Caine is (and how he is close to being a PhysicalGod in the ''World of Darkness'' setting), Big-D's boast was crazy enough that it had Kevin sputtering that he is absolutely insane to try kill Caine. For comparison, many Hunters more powerful and experienced than Big-D have tried and failed to do the same.
* DirtForcefield: {{Downplayed|}} -- despite Kevin having dug into his neck and sucked enough blood out of him to render him delirious, he looks just as impeccable as he did when the episode started when the group's back at the bus while everyone else (aside from Boy, who was just held on Door's baby carrier) [[DentedIron looks exactly like they should from having come out of a brutal fight]]. However, there ''was'' clearly blood dripping off him while the group charged to finish off Kevin so this trope may have been more due to LazyArtist.
* DotingGrandparent: He is very affectionate to Boy, encouraging him to [[GrewASpine overcome his meekness]] and complimenting him on his first vampire kill (which was actually a group effort).
* EnemyCompassion: While he will happily put Vampires who are unrepentant in their evil like Pyotr and Apeboy out of commission, he has shown compassion to those that try to keep their humanity, such as Kevin or the old woman he walked to her final sunrise.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Episode 1 has him calmly driving the ''Golden Goose'' to a forest in North Norfolk... only to reveal he's a LargeHam {{Cloudcuckoolander}} the moment he steps out the bus and opens his mouth. This establishes him as a BunnyEarsLawyer -- he is a complete loon who's constantly high on DMT, but he's still a Hunter first and foremost with loads of experience and wisdom. The audiologs also show that he also sympathizes with the Vampires he hunts, seeing most of them as sick, desperate people who have lost their hope.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: The eyecatch for Episode 2 explains that he has many ex-wives and ex-husbands.
* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter:
** Combining his knowledge of Vampires, experience, and canny observations he makes a number of assumptions about Pyotr in the first audiolog, happening between episodes 1 and 2. Episode 2 proves him right on a lot of them, especially regarding Pyotr's opportunistic nature.
** He does the same in the second audiolog, latching onto a few scant scraps of information to put together that Kevin is [[TragicMonster utterly miserable and misses being human]].
** He immediately pegs Polydora as much nastier than she seems. As we later learn, she's actually an agent of the local Regent.
** He also picks up that [[spoiler:Detective Chapman is a ghoul]] and that he would not only be an excellent addition to the team, but also very loyal.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Eccentricities aside, he knows a thing or two because he's seen a thing or two. Big-D has encountered many supernatural entities in his career as a Hunter, and knows a great deal about their enemies. However, as he admits himself, letting your guard down against an inferior opponent can still be deadly even when you're as capable as he is. Also, just because D knows a great deal about the supernatural doesn't mean he passes that information along. In the second episode, [[spoiler:his sons make a critical error that puts the whole household in danger because he never told them about what happens when vampires eat one another.]]
* ExtremeOmnivore: His diet includes graphite from a soviet reactor core (presumably from Chernobyl, though he might have swiped some from other [=RMBK=] reactors when they were being decommissioned), carbon rods and sulfur. Alongside more normal ingredients like duck eggs. Subverted when it's revealed that the "omelette" isn't for him; it's for Kevin. Big D thinks he'd probably die if he ate it, which is why it's perfect for torturing vampires.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Even at the prospect of being killed by Kevin, D remains composed and tells his children that [[SoProudOfYou he's proud of them]].
* ForceFeeding: The ingredients of his omelette in ''Kitten and Big-D's Primer on the Supernatural and Local Folklore'' include graphite from a nuclear reactor, chlorine, and cyanide amongst other things. This isn't a meal for himself, but rather an ''interrogation method'' he plans to make Kevin eat.
* TheFriendNoOneLikes: Audio Log 5 reveals that much of the Arcanum (an international Hunter group that specializes in documenting knowledge on the supernatural) can't stand him due to his eccentricities. In fact, according to Grime, some of the scholars within the Arcanum's British chapter are pushing for the organization to ''destroy any research he's contributed''.
* FunctionalAddict: Downplayed. Despite his constant recreational drug use, he remains very competent and knowledgeable in his line of work. When it comes to his life ''outside of his work'', well....
* GeniusDitz: He has a wide range of knowledge regarding the supernatural and can even get legitimately philosophical at times. He's also nearly permanently intoxicated, doesn't provide much if any stable income, and is a BumblingDad par excellence.
* GivenNameReveal: If the story he told Horse in the fourth audiolog was indeed referring to himself, or if it wasn't just an alias he was using, then D's real name is [[spoiler: Ditryck Tettela.]]
* HammerSpace: His sword just sort of appears in his hand in Episode 3.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[DiscussedTrope Indeed he does]], which is why he's ''very'' cautious about what information he shares with his family, and when.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Violent, careless with his children (and grandchildren) and drug use, and hinted to be as much of a [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racist]] as his TTS counterpart. It's all played for laughs.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Besides his fists, his other weapon of choice in combat appears to be a rather large and ornate sword. He nearly attacks Kitten with it in the first audiolog, and said sword appears in person in "Hunter's Hunters Hunted". He brings it with him in "Feuds of our Fathers" and even uses it as he clashes with Remold (while the latter is armed with a cane).
* HiddenDepths:
** He seems to be more clever than he lets on, given that he has figured out an unorthodox but effective way of countering a Kindred's Domination by wearing [[CoolShades sunglasses]] and screaming at the top of his lungs while plugging his ears. He also gave himself SpikedBlood by ''getting himself high on drugs'' (though this may have been [[SureLetsGoWithThat an unintended result he's willing to claim he intended]]). The ''Primer on the Supernatural and Local Folklore'' audiolog also shows he's actually quite philosophical in-between bouts of frothing madness and had an in-depth knowledge of various types of supernatural beings.
** The second audiolog reveals him to be very wise and deeply empathetic, with a much more nuanced view of his enemies than [[KnightTemplar Door]]; he can't bring himself to hate or kill Kevin after learning his story, fully understanding that Kevin [[TragicVillain did not choose to be a monster]] and [[BeingEvilSucks resents everyone who trapped him in this miserable unlife]]. He also in the Halloween "A Life Well-Lived" short showed compassion to a vampirised Old Lady who had slaughtered her family in a feral blood-frenzy, understanding that she too is a victim in the tragedy due to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone her regret]] and the circumstances involved.
* HippieParents: He primarily lives out of a double-decker bus he's driven across five continents, regularly partakes in recreational drugs, is very open minded about sexuality in general, and absolutely ''detests'' government oversight, paying taxes, and landlords.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Downplayed, but he seems to think Kitten was the one who needed the warning to stay on guard when interrogating the Licks the most of the group. It indicates that the thought Marckus and Door may try to [[spoiler:make Licks eat one another]] didn't occur to him, showing he underestimated the former's curiosity and latter's hatred for Vampires.
* IHaveManyNames: Big-D is the "default" alias he uses, and that's what the credits stick to, but we see him use plenty other names, and over the series he also uses Kevin's name and ID when he feels he has to, since it's a "unused" alias. The use of said alias and others in his back pocket (both figuratively and literally) is a mixed bag, though it seems they're more worth it to him to use despite the spot of bother the use of Kevin's alias occasionally gets him in (mainly when [[spoiler:Guy Chapman pokes a hole in his assumed identity and Remold Blacklaw gets a hold of Kevin's driver's license and somehow ''believes'' that ''Big-D is Kevin'', much to everyone else's bewilderment]]), though it does help that as of the second part of the ''Blender Crusade'' [[spoiler:the local Regent is ''too stupid'' to consider the possibility that one of his other identities is just another alias.]]
* IHaveNoSon: Episode 2's eyecatch states he has many "ex-children", implying either he disowned them or [[YoureNotMyFather they got sick of his antics and disowned him]]. Or they're dead. Probably because of his shenanigans.
* IgnoredEpiphany: The fourth audiolog has him ''almost'' reach the conclusion that [[HeelRealization maybe he's done poorly as a father and a mentor]]. Unfortunately, his neighbor Kräkus chooses this moment to start screaming, and [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny we all know how distractible Big-D is]]...
* JerkassToOne: Big-D is normally an eccentric and friendly CloudCuckoolander, even to his enemies, but he absolutely ''cannot'' stand Remold Blacklaw, and the feeling is very much mutual.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Just like his inspirator. Big-D is an arrogant, loud-mouthed junkie senior hunter, who does love his family and fights monsters not only for fun, but also to protect humanity. He sympathises with Kevin and treats him better after learning his tragic story.
** In the episodes proper, he criticizes Marckus or complains about him every chance he gets. But in the audiologs, where Marckus can't hear him, he consistently praise him for his intellect and expresses how much he loves him. One gets the impression he is trying to push Marckus to become an ever better Hunter. Unfortunately, this method of parenting made Marckus believe his father loves him [[TheUnfavourite less than his own fiancé.]]
* JunkieParent: ''Definitely'' qualifies with his habit including (so far) DMT and ayahuasca tea. Subverted in that he is comparatively functional and is very much not abusive.
* KeepingSecretsSucks: The first audiolog reveals that he knows secrets others don't, and fears that his family will be killed off if said secrets are carelessly passed around. This is why he kept his family in the dark, even though it did lead to them making huge mistakes in the long run. In the fourth audiolog, he bemoans how his keeping secrets led to his sons [[spoiler:instigating the events of Episode 3]] because he didn't tell them [[spoiler:what happens when Vampires feed on each other]], and wonders if revealing his secrets to his sons actually would have benefited them in the long run.
* LargeHam: Big-D's voice actor is clearly having the time of his life with the character's bombastic personality. Fans of the ''[=WarHams=]'' and ''Rotgrind'' spinoffs will probably realize that Big-D has been written to capitalize on [=SpeakerD=]'s ability to just go [[ChewingTheScenery absolutely ham on the scenery]] at the drop of a hat.
--> '''Big-D''': We shall throw the boy into the dread inferno, and see his fearful hide, BURN AWAY IN THE CONFLAGRATION!
* LethalChef: His "special omelette" includes ingredients such as duck eggs, ketchup, garlic, sulfur, chlorine, reactor-grade carbon rods... Subverted in that it's not intended for human consumption but for torturing vampires.
* LetsSplitUpGang: Declares that the group should do this because it's scarier that way. Of course, considering the group are trying to find and kill vampires, there's ''some'' sense in making the vampires reveal themselves by letting them ambush the separated group members.
* MadeOfIron: Kevin ''stabs him in the throat'' before proceeding to drink his blood and he doesn't even flinch. Hell, he barely even loses any blood from the neck wounds and looks right as rain.
* MrFanservice: Wears short-shorts, a low-cut shirt, and has a few shots focusing on his ass. Though the fact he dresses that way ''in front of his children and grandchild'' just makes it seem more weird then seductive.
* MultipleChoicePast: In the second audiolog he boasts at different times that he's been a Hunter since childhood or since the '90s. He gets mad when Kevin asks if he means the ''18''90s.
* MythologyGag: In the fourth audio log, he bemoans his tendency to keep secrets from his own family out of good intentions, and how it led to a ViciousCycle about his children failing or even dying ''because'' they were kept in the dark about things they should have known. In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', the Emperor keeping secrets from his sons is what contributed to several Primarchs eventually betraying the Imperium to side with the Chaos gods, sparking the Literature/HorusHeresy.
* {{Narcissist}}: One of D's flaws, like the Emperor, is an enormous ego that gives him a [[NeverMyFault pathological inability to accept blame or being wrong]].
* NightmareFace: His face starts looking absolutely deranged after he reveals to Kevin he [[SpikedBlood got himself high on DMT]] and starts [[LaughingMad laughing his head off]].
* NoIndoorVoice: He's prone to suddenly shouting when he gets excited or really dramatic.
* NoodleIncident: He claims that long ago, he and his father and siblings once defeated a Lasombra Methuselah, which causes Kevin to remark that he severely underestimated D's skill as a Hunter. More intriguingly he also claims to have killed ''the'' Harry Houdini in an outburst. On one side, Houdini ''was'' a vampire (a Tremere, fittingly), but then again considering this is [[UnreliableNarrator Big-D]], it may not be so simple. He also had to flee Bangladesh after killing a police chief.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: There are at least a ''few'' hints that some - not ''much'', but some - of his zaniness is an act he puts on for one reason or another. At the very least, he has enough self-awareness to realize he is at least engaging in, as he puts it, 'relentless chicanery!' which can cause him to be viewed as... off-kilter.
* OhCrap: In the first audiolog, he briefly drops the word "Tremere", and when [[ParrotExposition Kitten repeats it back to him]] he briefly forgets he's not in public and ''freaks out'', shrieking and flailing for half a second before remembering no one heard that. As he explains later, if they had been in public that could've gotten them killed.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Big-D looks younger than his son Door and around the same age as Marckus. And if it's not just insane, detached ramblings, he's apparently been around since the Prohibition, or possibly even the ''European witch hunts''. His stated skill at playing the Royal Game of Ur may make him OlderThanFeudalism, since that game was first popularized in the ''third millennium BC'', possibly putting his age on par with his Warhammer 40000 counterpart who was born in Anatolia at around 8000 BC.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Big-D is normally [[LargeHam energetic, loud]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat detached from reality]]. If he's ever quiet, completely lucid, or ''both,'' it's incredibly noteworthy.
** He [[CallingTheYoungManOut flips out on Marckus]] when he finds out [[spoiler:that he'd let the vampires Diablerize one another, realizing the severity of the situation. Granted, Marckus had no idea of this particular aspect of vampires.]]
** When talking about werewolves in the first audiolog, he makes it very clear that trying to fight a werewolf is a ''terrible'' idea, and that none of them besides maybe himself are ready to fight even one. No jokes, no drug induced rants, just a warning to avoid them at all cost and how to survive an encounter if forced to fight.
** From the same audiolog is him discussing TheMasquerade and once again, up until the very end there are no jokes or rants, just cold facts of how ''dangerous'' even knowing about Vampires is and how much at risk he may put everyone if he doesn't disclose what he knows with extreme caution.
** Big-D is a seasoned, veteran hunter who confidently boasts about the many supernatural entities he has killed. With this in mind, whatever the hell the [[spoiler:Blue Man]] is, the fact its transformation leaves Big-D ''absolutely terrified'' makes it very clear just how nightmarish the entity truly is.
** In "A Life Well-Lived", he comes across a bloodied house with an old woman listening on the radio. The old woman tells him how her father went to war, her beloved went with another woman, her sire turning her into a vampire, how she slaughtered everyone in a blood frenzy, and about having death wish. Big-D was quiet throughout her whole story, and then helps her outside and and waited with her until morning so she can finally rest in peace.
* OpenMindedParent: For all his irresponsibility, high-strung personality, and DMT addictions, he has no problems with one of his sons being engaged to another man and the other one being a bachelor raising a kid on his own. Episode 2's eyecatch reveals he himself has [[ReallyGetsAround many ex-wives and ex-husbands]], explaining why he's so tolerant of his sons' love lives.
* OnlyKnownByInitials: Even Kitten doesn't know what D stands for.
** The fourth audiolog has him mention the name "Ditryck Tettela" while talking to Horse. Whether that's really his name or just an alias he was using at the time is not elaborated on.
** In the fifth audiolog, Brok's cronies refers to Marckus as "Marcky-D", so at the very least it's likely D is the initial of the family's surname.
* PapaWolf: The reason why he never told his sons crucial details about the Vampires is because he rightly fears that the Vampires have eyes and ears everywhere -- one careless slip of the tongue would get them all killed.
* PaperThinDisguise: He's seen using Kevin's ID in the third audiolog and the fourth proper episode. Surprisingly, despite looking nothing like Kevin, pre- or post-vampirization, people tend to buy it.
* ParentalFavoritism: According to Episode 2's eyecatch, his favorite son is a horse named "Horse".
* ParentsAsPeople: Big-D, despite having [[MassiveNumberedSiblings loads of children]], is not what one would call a perfect parent. He's a loud-mouthed [[JunkieParent DMT-junkie]] who [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents gets on his sons' nerves]], keeps vital secrets from them that ultimately costs everyone dearly, and openly favors his son Horse. However, Big-D genuinely loves his sons (and grandson), has no problem with their love lives, and praises and expresses for one of his sons, Markcus... [[HiddenHeartOfGold when Marckus is not around or in earshot]]. It's heavily implied in both the main episodes and audio logs that his Hunter life has ''deeply'' affected him, and the fourth audio log has him confessing to Horse that he is frequently troubled over how to protect his family and whether his choices are the right ones. Meanwhile, we see the fallout of his actions in his sons, especially Marckus, who has started to resent Big-D to the point of distrusting his father and seeing him as a ManipulativeBastard who treats everyone like weapons in his war with Vampirekind. Even Door, who is otherwise loyal to Big-D and understands the latter's more questionable decisions, agrees that Big-D has made serious mistakes that he cannot condone.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: When told a local legend about a monstrous dog killing people, he is delighted by the idea of experimenting on it as it would be a victimless crime.
* PetTheDog: In the "A Life Well-Lived" Halloween short, rather than condemning the Old Lady who had been turned into a vampire a slaughtered her family in a feral blood-frenzy, he quietly listened to her story and then help her end her monstrous existence peacefully by sunlight, recognising that in the end the Old Lady herself was just another victim in the tragedy.
* PoorCommunicationKills: As episode 2 shows, he shares tendency of keeping secrets with his 40k counterpart, even when telling his sons [[spoiler:Vampires get much stronger by feeding on other Vampires]] was probably a smart thing to do. In his defense, he probably thought that they wouldn't attempt it, has very good reasons to keep his cards close to his chest, and did give some warnings to Kitten. This ends up being deconstructed in the fourth audio log -- Big-D muses to Horse whether keeping secrets is the right thing to do and how his family would fare after receiving his knowledge, while Marckus becomes deeply resentful and frustrated over being TheUnfavourite to the point of losing all trust in his father.
* ProperlyParanoid: His general approach to life is that anyone who is ''not'' part of his hunter group/family is a Camarilla agent until proven otherwise. [[spoiler:And in the third audiolog, he's proven right to do so, as the police officer interrogating him, Guy Chapman, is in fact a ghoul. And the manager of the 99p store in town is ''also'' connected to the Camarilla.]]
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Chapter 4 shows that he's capable of throwing incredibly quick and powerful punches that could make [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jonathan Joestar]] and [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] proud.
* RealMenWearPink: In the first audiolog, he wears a pink nightgown.
* ReallyGetsAround: One eyecatch outright states that he has had ''many'' partners, both male and female, and fathered countless children.
* SerialSpouse: Episode 2's eyecatch reveals that he has a lot of ex-wives and ex-husbands.
* ASharedSuffering: In the second "The Probing of Kevin" audiolog, a huge factor in getting Kevin to open up about his history and (former) ties to the Camarilla involved Big-D sympathizing with the former's problems, like house ownership and having trouble in paying for basic necessities.
* ShellShockedVeteran: His seriousness when discussing werewolves and the Masquerade in the first audio log coupled with a few sudden outbursts suggests he has had some very traumatic encounters with the supernatural.
* SilverFox: He's old enough to have an eleven-year-old boy as his grandson, yet he's still very much in shape and probably the most attractive individual out of the entire group.
* SmallParentHugeChild: Marckus is taller than him (and the rest of the Family for that matter), and while his other son, Door, isn't, he makes up for it in sheer bulk and muscle.
* SpikedBlood: A side effect of going on a hunt hopped up on [=DMT=].
* SticksToTheBack: Big-D's large and rather elegant sword seems to stick to his back for much of Chapter 4, there appears to be no harnesses or anything on his jacket that show's how or why its there. Even before that in Chapter 3 he reaches to his back and somehow manages to [[HammerSpace summon the sword out of nowhere]] when he is about to aid Door.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: Big-D definitely came to the hunt high as balls specifically to intoxicate any vampire who got the jump on him. ''Definitely.''
* SympathyForTheDevil: Despite his outspoken hatred for vampires, Big-D genuinely sees them as victims who often suffer a miserable unlife, forced to prey on others to prolong their own existences. He expresses sincere sympathy for Kevin after hearing his story of his human life was stolen from him and how he was essentially forced into slavery for the Camarilla, gaslit and mind-raped into eternal servitude by his masters. In the short "A Life Well Lived", he accompanies an old lady who was turned by her vampiric caretaker and wiped out her entire family in the resulting blood frenzy, and helped her end her own life by taking her outside just as the sun was rising.
* SwordAndFist: While he hasn't used both at the same time, he is shown to prefer fighting with either his fists or his sword (unless you count using [[FryingPanOfDoom a frying pan]] during his interrogation of Kevin).
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He discussed it in the first audiolog, trying to explain to Kitten how dangerous Vampires are -- as he points out, he is the most experienced and dangerous member of the Family, and yet when he allowed himself to drop his guard down, he ended up held hostage by a relatively weak Vampire like Kevin.
* UnsatisfiableCustomer: ''The Blender Crusade'' audiolog two-parter establishes him as a nightmare customer, not getting through his skull that he can't buy a blender for 99 pence.
* TheUnSmile: Due to him being constantly high, he's often sporting a rather deranged grin, showing that he's quite off his rocker. It becomes rather [[NightmareFace terrifying]] when he reveals to Kevin that he gave himself SpikedBlood. Episode 2's eyecatch has him looking fondly at Boy and Kitten as they bond over video games... before looking back at the viewers with his deranged grin again.
* TheWorfEffect: Supposedly the most competent and capable of the lot, his fights against the Blacklaws Remold and Brok show he's incredibly fast and strong -- but so far tends to get taken out of action pretty quick. This just means that everyone else has an opportunity to show off though.
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Holds the view that even if the world is full of monsters, there is still joy in finding new things and knowing there is more to discover.
* YoureNotMyFather: Implied. Episode 2's eyecatch states he has many "ex-children", implying either they got sick of his antics and disowned him, or [[IHaveNoSon he disowned them]].

[[folder:Marckus]]
!!Marckus D.
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[[caption-width-right:250:Immortality is pretty tempting...]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Zegram
One of "Big-D"'s children. He's a bookish type who's always coming up with grand plans to help fight the menaces of the World of Darkness, but often chooses extremely risky ways of doing so. Based on Magnus the Red.

* AdaptationalHeroism: While Magnus in TTS was on a bumpy road to some sort of redemption, he still had a history of atrocities committed as a Daemon Prince and a love for dangerous sorcery. Marckus, as far as we know, appears to be a heroic vampire hunter with a bit too unhealthy interest in the darker side of his research. In fact, he seems to be taking more from pre-Heresy Magnus.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: His relationship with Big D has the same frustration with his father's antics as Magnus and Emperor in TTS, but lacks the bitterness. Marcus also shows to be empathetic enough to be unsettled by things that probably wouldn't make Magnus flinch, like [[spoiler: Vampires brutally beating and eating each other]]. Also, Magnus is a literal [[DemonOfHumanOrigin Daemon Prince]] that commanded the LegionsOfHell.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Played with with Marckus. Magnus was hinted to be into men when he sounded disappointed that the other Custodians weren't all running around almost naked, whereas Marckus is openly gay and engaged to Kitten.
* AdaptationalWimp: In ''TTS'', Magnus was a powerful sorcerer and Daemon Prince. Marckus, by contrast, is a normal human who has to rely on his wit and intelligence to win a fight.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The Ꮆ卂爪乇尺 卩ㄖᗪ匚卂丂ㄒ audio log reveals that he has a naturally short attention span, heavily implied to be ADHD.
* AwesomeButImpractical: His stake jacket can stake a vampire easily, but as Door points out in Episode 1, it requires them to get within biting distance (and notably, only in front of him) to actually do anything. His face (as well as the rest of him) is thoroughly pulverized by the time Shitbeard finally takes the bait and he sets it off.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He saves Door from Apeboy by blowtorching him in the face.
* ButtMonkey: Of the family, he's the one most likely to suffer from AmusingInjuries -- whether by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own hand]], circumstances beyond his control, or both.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Kitten and Marckus started as childhood friends until Marckus moved away. They would reconnect later in life during a LAN party where Kitten "telefragged Markcus into a vicious need to prove his gamer superiority"; after 42 hours of digital combat, they got physical and eight years later, they are now engaged.
* CombatPragmatist: While not necessarily combat-related, he is willing to play dirty when confronted by [[DumbMuscle Brok Blacklaw]], such as rigging a drinking game and tricking Brok into getting in trouble with his father.
* ConsummateLiar: Implied in the third audiolog. While Big-D laments that Door is too [[CreativeSterility uncreative]] to lie, Kitten too [[NiceGuy accommodating]], and that Boy's [[ChildrenAreInnocent innocence]] leads to at least one blunder, he places [[ThePowerOfTrust complete faith]] in Marckus' ability to deceive the police. As best as we can tell, he was right to; Chapman doesn't question Big-D's testimony at all, and D reasons that Marckus told the same story he did.
* CrazyPrepared: As Door pointed out, Marckus rigging up those retractable stakes to his own jacket was [[AwesomeButImpractical impractical in a lot of ways]], but it's still useful in situations where a vampire gets up close and personal with no time to draw a weapon. Marckus' stake jacket ends up saving his life when Shitbeard tries to bite him after [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown pulverizing him]].
* DoesntLikeGuns: A possible downplayed example. Marckus seems to prefer using his own ingenuity and inventions to take down vampires instead of guns. He doesn't react well in the 1st episode to being told by Door to use a gun instead of his "Stake Jacket". And in the second episode, when Door brings up that Marckus could have used the money on his gaming rig to buy a gun he brushes it off saying he needs it for when ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' comes out. Then again, it is hinted that Marckus didn't grow up in America like Door did so this could simply be the two having different [[CultureClash attitudes on the necessity of using firearms in self-defense.]] [[spoiler: In episode 3, when the situation with Pyotr gets serious he does accept Doors offer for a gun (albeit, a mis-fire puts him out of comission) and also agrees to let Door take him to the range to practice after it's all over.]]
* DentedIron: He takes quite a beating from Shitbeard and Pyotr (not to mention falling from a 2 story house and having both of his legs shot with a revolver misfire), and for the rest of the current episodes has his face bandaged up and walking on crutches. That doesn't stop him from being a badass, though.
* DisabledInTheAdaptation: The Ꮆ卂爪乇尺 卩ㄖᗪ匚卂丂ㄒ audio log implies that Marckus has ADHD, as he apologizes to Kitten for constantly being distracted with chores and household work.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He may have been the one to suggest [[spoiler: forcing the Licks to eat one another]] and with amusement commented on their fight, but when [[spoiler: Pyotr started to sadistically beat Ape to death]] Markcus is visibly disturbed by it.
* EyeScream: He tends to get punched in the face there a lot, and discounting that, got poked in the eye by a stray tree branch, [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction albeit without any reaction beyond annoyance]]. Given his predecessor in TTS is a noted cyclops, this is likely a MythologyGag.
* FatalFlaw: Impulsiveness and Stubborness. For all his intelligence, he has a bad habit of going with the first plan that comes to mind without thinking through the potential consequences, and he tends to double down on his choice when someone tries to point out the flaws in his logic.
** The events of Episode 3 happened partially because [[spoiler:Marckus decided to let the captured Licks try and eat each other to see what would happen in Episode 2, which leads to Pyotr getting a ''massive'' power-up from diablerizing Aple and Shitbeard]]. In the same episode, [[spoiler:after Pyotr breaks free of his imprisonment, Marckus attempts to escape the house by jumping out the window, ignoring Kitten's warnings. He ends up jumping out of the second story window with nothing to break his fall, which gets his legs broken and leaves him completely helpless in the ensuing cat and mouse game with the frenzied Nosferatu.]]
** This comes up again in the "Marckus Goes Pubbing" audiolog. Marckus would've probably beaten Brok had he just waited for him to pass out, but he couldn't miss the opportunity to gloat about how easily he "beat" him. The only reason Marckus still came out on top is because [[spoiler:Brok happened to drink an infected batch of alcohol, giving him salmonella poisoning]], with all further attempts of revenge by Brok going hilariously wrong.
* ForScience: His reasons for [[spoiler: making three captured Licks feed on one another]] was that they simply didn't knew what happens in such situation. [[GoneHorriblyWrong He got more than he bargained for.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: He's managed to rig up a contraption that would allow him to stake a vampire if they got near him. That's gotta take some engineering skills. He also carries other devices the group uses, name a blowtorch (his main weapon) and what looks like a bundle of glowsticks in case the group are in dark places. Chapter 4 has him make use of custom crutches that also act as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reach_extender grabber arms]].
* ImprovisedWeapon: He tends to favor unorthodox weapons rather than more practical ones. Chapter 1 has him use a blowtorch against the Pyotr and Apeboy, while Chapter 4 has him use his man catcher crutches to fight, from choking out Brok a few times with the claws, throwing a bottle at Remold and getting into an improvised BladeLock with the Blacklaw patriarch.
* KillItWithFire: In the battle against the fledglings in Chapter 1 he uses a blowtorch against Apeboy and Pyotr, burning half of the former's face and destroying the eyes of the latter.
* LoveAtFirstPunch: A gamer variant. While he and Marckus have known each other since they were kids, they first met as adults when he tele-fragged Marckus at a LAN party. After 42 hours of digital combat, they got physical. While Marckus still yet to succeed at exploding him into pieces, they are very content with their relationship.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: He gets [[EyeScream poked in the eye]] by a tree branch, yet he's merely annoyed by this and rips off the branch.
* {{Manchild}}: Both his father and fiancé opine that Marckus is a big baby, in particular to his eating habits as he's very [[PickyEater picky]] and gets annoyed if his food isn't exactly how he wants it -- he wont eat porridge unless he has jam.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: During the fifth audiolog; a local bully ends up getting salmonella poisoning from a ''pint of brandy'' while trying to ruin Marckus and his friends' night out for kicks, and when he pulled switchblades on them in anger one fell apart and the other sprung to pieces in his hand. Nothing is made explicit, but the mishap is somewhat reminiscent of [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension a hex from the Sphere of Entropy]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:His ill-advised experiment to see what happens when vampires eat each-other results in Pyotr [[CannibalismSuperpower diablerizing]] his fellow Licks, gaining a power boost he uses to break out of the heavily-fortified basement prison.]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Deconstructed. While an experienced Hunter like the rest of the Family, he's still a normal human clashing with supernatural beings like vampires, and thus ends up getting thrashed in the process. The first time was from Shitbeard, but the second time was from Pyotr, who brutalizes him so badly that [[spoiler:after Pyotr's defeat and death]] at the end, he's the only one lying down in Kitten's lap, too weak to even sit. And during his recovery, he's covered in the most bandages of the family afterwards and needed assistance from Kitten. As Marckus later recalls to his friend Harry, most of his injuries were inflicted ''to his face''.
* OneHeadTaller: A same-sex variant. He towers over his fiancé, Kitten, who comes up to his shoulders.
* OppositesAttract: He and Kitten were childhood friends who later reconnected in adulthood, fell in love, and got engaged. While they're both gaming nerds and intelligent young men overall, he's rational and level-headed while Marckus is more impulsive and high-strung.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: He seems pretty happy with the knowledge Sabbath are basically vampire fascists, as it now makes everything the Family does to Vampires morally justified.
* PickyEater: He has very particular eating habits, something that irritate Kitten and Big-D to no end.
--> '''Kitten:''' Agh, God, Marckus won't eat his porridge without jam.\\
'''Big-D:''' Gaargh, what a child! He wants his porridge, but only with jam! He'll eat the beans, but not the sprouts! He wants his leek soup, but with absolutely NO MARMITE!!
* RunningGag: Repeatedly gets [[EyeScream poked in the eye]] as a nod to his 40k counterpart.
* TapOnTheHead: Deconstructed. As Marckus recalls to his friend Harry, he received [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown one face kick, thirty face punches, and thirty-three face stomps]] thanks to Shitbeard and Pyotr, equaling ''sixty-four'' head and face injuries in total over the course of three episodes. Because of this, almost his entire face and head are covered in bandages as he recovers. Harry is shocked that Marckus still managed to remember his name after all that trauma.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Compare Marckus happily deciding everything he does to Sabbat is morally justified because they're Vampire fascists in second episode to Big D joyfully explaining why kicking and experimenting on a demonic, murderous dog is a victimless crime in the first audiolog. The apple may not have fallen as far from the tree as they both seem to think. Ꮆ卂爪乇尺 卩ㄖᗪ匚卂丂ㄒ shows that he has similar attention issues to Big D and can be just as much as a LargeHam when he channels his inner AVGN.
* ShutUpHannibal: In episode 2 Pyotr tries to tempt him into joining the vampires, revealing Sabbath's perspective on vampire society and promising him immortality. Marckus' response?
--> '''Marckus:''' Well, it is tempting. You know what's more tempting, though? Having everything we do from here on out be morally justified.\\
'''Pyotr:''' YES! Exactly! Liberate yourself, brother!\\
'''Marckus:''' Because...\\
'''Pyotr:''' YES!\\
'''Marckus:''' [[PayEvilUntoEvil We'll be doing it against a bunch of vampire fascists!]]\\
'''Pyotr:''' YES! THE SABBAT ARE- [[DelayedReaction oh. Okay]].\\
'''Shitbeard:''' FUCK! IT DIDN'T WORK, PYOTR!
* TheUnfavourite: While it's only alluded to in the main episodes proper, the fourth audiolog explicitly shows that Marckus is ''deeply'' frustrated with Big-D as a parent. He is angry with Big-D keeping secrets from everyone [[spoiler:which directly contributed to Pyotr's escape and the events of Episode 3]] and feels he and the rest of the Family only exist as weapons in Big-D's war against Vampirekind. When he discovers Big-D has been giving Horse better medical treatment (while he only got crutches made from Kitten's broken stilts for his legs), Marckus is infuriated enough to propose to Horse his idea of leading a revolution against Big-D for what he sees as blatant ParentalFavoritism. While Big-D ''does'' love Marckus and in fact openly praises his red-headed son, the fact he only does so when he's alone and/or only with Kitten contributed to Marckus' overall feeling that Big-D likes his fiance more than him, not helped by how Kitten is apparently Big-D's confidant. It takes Door's prodding for Marckus to unleash his pent-up anger and resentment towards their father, and even Door, while understanding Big-D's more questionable decisions, agrees that Big-D made a lot of mistakes as a parent that he cannot condone. It's rather telling when he loves his fiance, half-brothers, and nephew and is willing to trust them, but refuses to trust Big-D.

[[folder:Kitten]]
!!"Kitten"
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[[caption-width-right:250:How does your garden grow?]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [=ThunderPsyker=]
Marckus' Fiancé. A local resident of Norfolk County, England who's extremely knowledgeable about local legends and folklore. Based on [[ShapedLikeItself Kitten]].

* TwentyFourHourArmor: He's seen in his full outfit even as early in the morning during breakfast time, with a sleep mask fitted precisely for his goggles, implying he sleeps in his hoodie and outfit. Granted, compared to other examples of this trope, the outfit he usually wears looks comfortable enough to easily pass off as casual homewear or outright pajamas.
-->'''Amanda:'''' Look at him, he's like a - ''soft pillow''.
* AnimalMotifs: Cats. His name is ''Kitten'', he wears a cat-eared hoodie, and when he jumps a small meowing sound can be heard as he jumps into the hole leading to the Vampires' hideout. In the third episode he briefly takes a much more feline appearance, including running briefly on all fours while arching his back and hissing [[spoiler:which allows him to escape being BuriedAlive in a pit dug by Pyotr]]. Chapter 4 even has the sound effect of an angry cat playing as he gets increasingly agitated by the group splitting up [[spoiler:right after they've discovered an unconscious Occam after being left on his own in the archives]].
* ApologizesALot: He was implied to have this trait in the past in regards to talking about his encyclopedic knowledge in folklore, likely due to being self-conscious about it. When he embarrassedly apologizes for his Fiddler story in response to Marckus' playful ribbing, Marckus gently admonishes him for it, reminding him that "[they've] been over this" and assuring him he's always impressed by his storytelling.
* BadassBystander: Before he met the rest of the Family as an adult, he happened upon a vampire [[ToServeMan devouring]] a fellow college student and managed to out-brawl and kill the monster without any combat training whatsoever. It was only years later that he was able to get some context as to just what had happened.
* CastingGag: Him being a resident of Norfolk is a reference to his VA, [=ThunderPsyker=], being from Norwich.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Kitten and Marckus started as childhood friends until Marckus moved away. They would reconnect later in life during a LAN party where Kitten "telefragged Marckus into a vicious need to prove his gamer superiority"; after 42 hours of digital combat, they got physical and eight years later, they are now engaged.
* CuriousAsAMonkey: Despite his cat motifs and name, Kitten is ''ravenous'' for new information, especially on vampires, and while he does occasionally have [[EveryoneHasStandards moral qualms]] with how that information is acquired, he's always eager to learn more.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Like Marckus he too was disturbed by Pyotr [[spoiler: brutally killing his fellow Licks]].
* ExpressiveMask: His mask often does very little to hide his expression, stretching to clearly show when he furrows his brow or opens his mouth wide, sometimes even including his teeth. And when he's feeling ''angry'', his goggles outright morph to resemble a pair of furious eyes. This also extends to the ears on his hoodie, which move around like a cat's when he gets angry, curious, or worried.
* TheFaceless: He hides his entire head under a hoodie, balaclava and ski goggles combo; while you see his expressions, his actual face is never seen. It references how Kitten always wears his helmet in TTS, [[spoiler:even while stripped of the rest of his Custodian armor]].
* FantasticRacism: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] compared to Door, but in the fourth audiolog he expresses the sentiment that vampires aren't the same people they were in life but "something else" wearing their corpse, something that is demonstrably untrue, just ask Kevin. This appears to be something Big-D told him to [[LyingToProtectYourFeelings help him deal with having killed a vampire he liked before finding out what he was]].
* GuiltByAssociationGag: Non-comedic example. He is just as banned from the Arcanum as the rest of the Family, but unlike them he apparently did not do anything against the rules and was banned simply for being Marckus's lover.
* InTheHood: He wears a blue, cat-eared hoodie with the hood on at all times.
* KingOfGames: Is noted to be a ''very'' good deathmatch player, with one of his exploits letting him connect with Marckus. His teammates nicknamed him "Captain" for his skill in ''VideoGame/TeamFortressClassic''. This is a MythologyGag harkening back to Captain-General Kitten from TTS holding the same title.
* LoveAtFirstPunch: A gamer variant. He and Marckus first met as adults when he tele-fragged Marckus at a LAN party. After 42 hours of digital combat, they got physical. While Marckus still yet to succeed at exploding him into pieces, they are very content with their relationship.
* TheMissusAndTheEx: His current fiaance, Marckus, and his ex-girlfriend, Grimal, are best friends to the point of being somewhat comfortable making references to having sex with him to one another.
* MixAndMatchWeapon: His vampire hunting weapon is an improvised gun-spear consisting of a large retractable stick with a flintlock pistol taped to the tip and a WoodenStake for [[BayonetYa bayonet]] duct-taped to the pistol as well. No points for guessing what that [[https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Guardian_Spear weapon is supposed]] [[https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Guardian_spear to be]].
* MrExposition: He's extremely knowledgeable about the surrounding area of his home, able to rattle off ghost stories and local tidbits at the drop of a hat.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Is courteous to Amanda and Matilda when talking to them.
* OneHeadTaller: A same-sex variant. He's much shorter than his fiancé, Marckus, only coming up to his shoulders in height.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: While WordOfGod and official materials (eyecatches, blog posts, etc.) name him Kitten, he's never actually addressed by name by the other characters. He's always called things like Son-in-Law (Big D), Uncle-in-Law (Boy), and Companion/Luv (Marckus).
* OnlySaneMan: He's definitely the most rational and level-headed of the group. Compare him to Marckus, who is [[GadgeteerGenius intelligent]] but impulsive and high-strung; Door who is TheStoic and LiteralMinded, and treats anything construction-related as SeriousBusiness; Boy who is a shy and meek kid afraid of everything; and Big-D who is [[JunkieParent constantly high]].
** In Chapter 4 he also gets frustrated numerous times that everyone keeps splitting up instead of staying together so the Ghoul can't pick them off.
* OppositesAttract:
** He and Marckus were childhood friends who later reconnected in adulthood, fell in love, and got engaged. While they're both gaming nerds and intelligent young men overall, he's rational and level-headed while Marckus is more impulsive and high-strung.
** There was also his past relationship with [[OccidentalOtaku Grimal]], who is [[MoodSwinger the]] [[CloudCuckooLander exact]] [[GenkiGirl opposite]] of Kitten in behavior. Marckus lampshades this by admitting he couldn't believe it lasted more than a week.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler: Gives a scathing one to Pyotr in episode 3, forcing him to acknowledge his own cowardice and blasting him for his treacherousness.]]
* TheStoryteller: In both Chapter 1 and the first audiolog, he's recounting spooky tales from the local area, hypnotizing both Marckus and Big-D with the legends.
* TeamMom: In keeping with his previous depiction, Kitten still show shades of this. In the first audiolog he's making everyone's breakfast.
* TraumaButton: A humorous one is alluded to in audiolog 5 - ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. In Marckus' words, the time he dated Grimal, who cannot sleep without the series opening blasting on maximum volume, left him traumatized. That anime is banned in his house.
* {{Uke}}: Grimaline calls him one in Episode 4. He does fit the physical aspect of the archetype, being a physically small, cute-looking queer man, especially compared to the physically imposing Marckus, though in terms of personality and combat skills, he is actually the fighter to Marckus's intellectual.
* WhyAreYouNotMySon: According to Marckus at least, "Big-D" likes Kitten more than Marckus. Marckus isn't exactly too bent up over it as he likes Kitten more than his father, so it evens out. It later turns out to be a result of PoorCommunicationKills. Big-D is legitimately proud of his son, but he only ever confides in Kitten about it, leading Marckus to believe that Big-D favors Kitten over him due to Kitten being the confidant and not him.

[[folder:Door]]
!!Door D.
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[[caption-width-right:250:No talk of British Royalty in front of Boy!]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [=SuperAnchors=]
The other child of Big D, and the much more practical one of the two. He's a giant of a man who adores his child, and of course, well-crafted carpentry. Based on Rogal Dorn.

* AlliterativeName: Possibly: in the fifth audiolog, Brok's cronies refers to Marckus, his brother, as "Marcky-D", implying the family name starts with a D.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Kitten objects to his nonchalant attitude about [[spoiler: Pyotr beating Ape to death]], Door calls him out on his hypocrisy.
-->'''Door:''' Didn't you say you wanted this one [[spoiler:to die first]]?\\
'''Kitten:''' I...\\
'''Door:''' Isn't it a bit late to object now?
* BayonetYa: Carries a shotgun with a stake taped to it's barrel for vampire hunting.
* BoringButPractical: His approach to fighting, involving blasting the vampires with a shotgun and then staking them while they're down. He also encourages this in general, saying that instead of his [[AwesomeButImpractical "stake jacket"]], Marckus should just bring a gun next time.
* BreakThemByTalking: While Kitten definitely gets Pyotr's dandruff raised, his fate is sealed by ''Door'' of all people pointing out just how thin his margin for error actually is in his situation... which is just enough to tip him into a furious rage.
* BrutalHonesty: Just like his inspiration.
--> '''Door''': Boy, are you all right?\\
'''Boy''': YES! ARE YOU!?\\
'''Door''': NO!
* TheComicallySerious: Much like Dorn from TTS, part of the show's humor comes from his stoicism and LiteralMinded perceptions of things.
* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Subverted. His ruthless behavior in episode 2 isn't really off from his 40k counterpart. It's that in 40k this is normal attitude and Dorn is surrounded with people who overshadow him in this regard. If anything, it's Marckus and Kitten who show more softer side than their 40k counterparts, making Door stand out.
* CrazyPrepared: He set up mines on Kitten's front lawn. They are the major reason why the hunters managed to kill Pyotr. [[spoiler: Because he used to be an EOD Specialist in the army.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He used to be a Miner until something happened that is hinted to have involved Vampires, sparking his hatred of them. Episode 3 reveals [[spoiler: he was a miner in an unconventional definition of the term, being an Explosives disposal expert and that he still has his old EOD gear.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Door is blunt, as is usual for him.
--> '''Door''': (staring at what appears to be a [[TrashOfTheTitans trashy hobo dwelling]]) Looks no worse than Marckus's room.
* DeathGlare: His normally dour expression turns angry when Big-D suggests (metaphorically) that they burn away Boy's fear, with his eyes becoming very slanted.
** Gives a literal one to Pyotr during their standoff at the end of Episode 3.
* DemolitionsExpert: [[spoiler:To fight Pyotr, he dons a US Army EOD suit, which he says is from his old "mining days," indicating that Door is an EOD Technician.]]
* EagleLand: Door is so against Britishisms that he refuses to use the metric system, follows RealMenEatMeat extensively and even has his son sing the (not quite) American National Anthem every so often. Not to mention the fact that out of everyone he's the one who uses firearms and explosives extensively.
* ExactWords: He makes reference to the fact that he used to be a miner, and the obvious implication is that he has a secret stash of dynamite or something. [[spoiler:But no, he was an EOD Technician. He laid and presumably defused Mines for a living.]]
* FakeNationality: In-universe. Based on what Big-D says in the first audiolog, claiming that his own psychotic upbringing "turned him American", hence explaining his rather poor grasp on American culture.
* FantasticRacism: He hates Vampires much more than rest of the Family, refusing to see them as anything but corpses and [[spoiler: calling Marckus and Kitten out for being disturbed by the sight of Pyotr brutally beating and feeding on Ape]].
--> '''Door:''' You are pathetic. Blankbodies are parasites. You kill people and you eat them. [[GuiltFreeExterminationWar To allow you persist is to abet genocide.]]\\
'''Shitbeard:''' "ABET GENOCIDE"?! [[HeWhoFightsMonsters YOU ARE GENOCIDING US RIGHT NOW!]]\\
'''Door:''' [[ShutUpHannibal Your life has already ended]], tick. I can't kill a corpse.
* HandCannon: Whips out a large revolver in his final fight with Pyotr; stating it's a .45 caliber during the back and forth with the Nosferatu.
* HannibalLecture: Once Marckus, Kitten and Boy are unsettled by [[spoiler:the violent way in which Pyotr beats and feets on Apeboy]] and his own indifference to it, Door attempts to convince them of his worldview.
--> '''Door:''' [[EveryoneHasStandards You are uncomfortable because the one dying seems so human]]. But I can assure you; he is no different from [[spoiler: [[MonstrousCannibalism the creature eating him alive]]]]. [[AlwaysChaoticEvil All vampires are destined to become monsters]]. Each one slain is who-knows-how many lives saved. That is why [[VanHelsingHateCrimes I do not hesitate to cheer and make sport of their death]], and why you shouldn't either.
* HiddenDepths: Underneath his usual stoic, no-nonsense demeanor, there's more to him than is initially assumed. For one, he's smart enough to use ExactWords regarding his "mining days" [[spoiler:when he was actually a former EOD technician who laid and defused mines for a living]] to fool Pyotr [[spoiler:and keep him from realizing the entire front yard was turned into a mine field trap just for him]]. He also has a few things he enjoys, like wrestling and construction, enough to put a genuine smile on his face. In the fourth audiolog, he's very empathetic towards Marckus' frustrations towards Big-D and, while understanding their father's more questionable decisions, agrees with his brother that he cannot condone Big-D's screw-ups as a parent.
* TheHorseshoeEffect: Pyotr mockingly points out Door's insistence Vampires aren't human but walking corpses echoes the manner in which Vampire aristocrats of Clan Ventrue tend to distance themselves from humanity.
* IgnoredEpiphany: There is a moment where Boy [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes unknowingly]] warns him of [[HeWhoFightsMonsters giving in to his hatred of Vampires]]. Door ignores it.
-->'''Boy:''' Say, do you think this is a solemn warning of what happens when one embraces their monster and loses their soul?\\
'''Door:''' Uuh...No.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: After Marckus' leg-breaking fall from the second-story window in Chapter 3, Door offers to throw down a gun for Marckus to protect himself with. Predictably, [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns the loaded firearm goes off when it hits the ground]], further injuring Marckus' legs.
* LiteralMinded: As always. When Big-D uses an elaborate metaphor about burning away Boy's fear, Door's response is "[[PapaWolf We are NOT throwing my son into a fire.]]"
* MadeOfIron: The guy tanks a vampire both tearing a chunk of his neck off and then digging his claws into his shoulders before Door then turns the tables (literally).
* MeaningfulName: In terms of personality, he's blunt, flat, and wooden. Also ties into his love of construction, shared with his TTS predecessor.
-->'''Door''': (staring at picnic table) [[MundaneMadeAwesome One of the greatest table-designs known to man]]. The unity of table and bench. Pure in function, yet handsome in its form.
* MundaneObjectAmazement: That above quote says quite enough about his interests.
* NatureLover: ''Something is Wrong with Horse'' reveals that his outdoorsman qualities extend to an appreciation for nature's beauty, thoroughly enjoying the smell of post-rainstorm forest as he takes Boy to bed and cheerfully theorizing they might see a rainbow in the morning.
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** Despite his stoic behavior, Door is not above joining Marckus on [[spoiler: wrestling-style commentary as they watch Vampires murder one another]] and actually allows himself to smile. He even continues past what his brother finds comfortable.
** He is outright ecstatic and brimming with pride when [[spoiler:Boy lands the killing blow on Pyotr]].
* NotSoStoic: While TheStoic with TranquilFury most of the time, Door does have moments of blatant anger. In Episode 2, when Pyotr interprets Kevin's "special interview" with Big-D as having sex, Door becomes angry enough to ''make his face turn red''.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The fourth audio log shows how empathetic Door can be when he [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asks an upset Marckus if he's alright]] and offers his brother an ear. Marckus is absolutely stunned by this, and soon enough he vents to Door his frustrations with Big-D and how he is ''tired'' of being treated like TheUnfavourite by their father. All the while, Door patiently listens, never ridiculing or dismissing Marckus.
* OutOfFocus: He and Boy are written out of Chapter 4 as the ghoul hunt begins. This was done as the writing team felt that they had too many characters to juggle and couldn't find anything to do with Door and Boy. Even after excluding them the team ''still'' felt they had too much and had to cut other planned aspects of the chapter.
* PapaWolf: Even though he did bring Boy along for the monster hunt, Door is still very protective of his son, and is always quick to comfort him when he's scared.
** Door takes it to new heights during the very first episode, after having a chunk bitten out of his neck, partially drained of blood, stabbed and clawed in the back ''AND'' hurled against a wall, his first reflex is to check on Boy.
** It's also played for laughs when Big-D suggests burning away Boy's fear, causing Door to [[DeathGlare glare]] and state threateningly, "[[LiteralMinded We are NOT throwing my son into a fire.]]"
** Shown off again in Episode 3 where after Pyotr tosses Big-D [[DestinationDefenestration out the second-story window]], the first thing Door does is grab Boy protectively and run down the stairs.
* ParentsAsPeople: Door is a stern, no-nonsense man with [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero very clear prejudices]] against Vampires and anything non-American, and has his son Boy on an all-meat diet that may not be good for him. Despite this, he ''deeply'' cares for Boy and is very protective of him. Whenever both of them are endangered, the first thing he does is check on Boy and make sure he's safe.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero:
** Door is a deeply proud American, to the point where he's very against Boy assimilating into any British culture. Episode 2 explores the extent and the consequences of his exceptionalism. Whenever Kitten says something even vaguely British-related, Door urges Boy to loudly sing songs referencing America to purge the opposing culture out of his system.
* PunnyName: Door. It's both a very obvious reference to Dorn (whom he's an {{Expy}} of) and his [[TheStoic dour personality]].
* RealMenEatMeat: Invoked. Door has his son eat exclusively meat, even if it doesn't do his digestive system any favors.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Appears to sport a solid crimson eye during his final fight with Pyotr in Episode 3. It's not clear whether it's a reflection of Pyotrs own eyes in his EOD faceplate or Door himself.
* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: The first episode intermission reveals that he does not understand nor care to understand the British-English dialect.
* SeriousBusiness: As he is based on Rogal Dorn (or at least the ''TTS'' version of him), he is a stern, no-nonsense man who takes construction and measurements ''very'' seriously, as shown by his fascination with a picnic table in Episode 1. It's deconstructed as his fixations led to Boy nearly being preyed on by Pyotr while he was distracted.
* TheStoic: Much like Dorn, he has a rather dour expression. Part of the show's humor lends to this, making him TheComicallySerious.
* StoutStrength: He's the shortest and widest of the two brothers, but that's due to being built like a brick house.
** Having to lug around an EOD Suit during his "mining" days, it's no surprise. Those weigh just over 80lbs.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: His stance on vampires. They're already dead, and killing them prevents further harm coming to innocent people.
* WhenSheSmiles: Gender-inverted. The times where he smiles can be counted on one hand, but when he does, it's usually during moments when he's emotionally invested in something, like watching vampires duking it out in a wrestling match or comforting Marckus during his lowest points.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He looks much older than his father and brother, especially since Big-D doesn't have ageing hairs.

[[folder:Boy]]
!!"Boy" D.
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[[caption-width-right:150:i... i hate vampires so... so hecking much!]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Nostalgia
Door's son and Big D's Grandson. Mostly along for the ride. He's not terribly brave, but he is good at carrying ice packs. Based on Boy.

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Boy from ''Text to Speech'' was a downtrodden, impoverished boy living in the [[CrapsackWorld Imperium of Man]]. Here, Boy is a full-fledged member of the family, being Door's son.
* AllLowercaseLetters: His subtitles are all printed in lowercase, befitting his overall smallness in stature, world knowledge, etc.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: His bangs, the huge scarf that covers half his face, and his baggy clothes all lend to his shy and meek personality.
* BadassAdorable: Boy is ''adorable'', that much is self-evident. But he's also training to be a Hunter, and even helps stake Kevin with the rest of his family. [[spoiler:He later shoots Pyotr while the latter was in mid-jump, saving Door and causing the Nosferatu to land on another mine.]]
* GoshDarnItToHeck: Being a young kid, he expresses he hates vampires "so hecking much" at the end of Episode 1, upon which Door scolds him for his language. However, in Episode 3 [[spoiler:after shooting and wounding an empowered Pyotr mid-jump]], he proudly says he "shot a bitch", averting this.
* JunkieProphet: A possible explanation for at least part of the thing with [[spoiler: Horse]]. He mentions liking ayahuasca[[note]]hallucinogenic tea served in native Brazilian religious ceremonies[[/note]] and chugs a bottle of absinthe[[note]]liquor commonly (and falsely) believed to cause hallucinations[[/note]] while watching Horse [[spoiler: before he starts seeing patterns in the blood splatters and Horse delivers a terrifying prophecy.]]
* KarmicJackpot: In Episode 3, [[spoiler:he saves Door from being attacked by Pyotr by shooting him while the latter was in mid-jump, causing Pyotr to land on another landmine that incapacitates him long enough to be incinerated by the morning sun. Not only do his family congratulate him for it, but Door also promises to bake him a meat cake with any flavor of his choosing as a reward]]. It's very satisfying for a child who, up until that point, had spent three episodes being absolutely terrified for his life.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Unlike his fearless, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} kooky]], loud-mouth of a grandfather who enjoys hunting down Vampires, as well as his stoic and no-nonsense father who [[FantasticRacism sees all Vampires as completely non-human]], Boy is a meek, soft-spoken child who is constantly frightened by the monsters he encounters due to his family's Hunter lifestyle.
* MeaningfulName: Given who his father is in this universe, it's likely his name really is Boy, which also highlights his youthful innocence.
* MoralityPet: The adult members of the Family tend to have strong personalities that make them bicker with each other a lot, but they all soften up around Boy due to him being a child. This is exemplified in Door, who is extremely prejudiced against Vampires and disdains British culture, but is ''very'' protective of his son.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Apparently, this eleven year old is a big fan of ayahuasca.
* OutOfFocus: As mentioned above he and Door are written out early in Chapter 4.
* PintSizePowerhouse: According to the Episode 1 insert, he's grown quite powerful due to his diet of Meat, Butter, Coffee, and Egg-Milk. We get to hear more of this in the fourth audio-drama, where Boy empties a car full of dead boars all by himself seemingly without breaking a sweat.
* RapidFireNo: In Episode 1, as the Family traverses deeper into the dark woods, he [[LittleNo quietly]] repeats "nonononononono" in utter terror. It increases once they encounter a huge hole.
* SecurityCling: Being a young kid thrust into the Family's Vampire hunts, he frequently clings to the closest adult he can trust. Usually it's [[PapaWolf Door]], his father, but in Episode 1 he also clings to Marckus after the Family finds a huge hole leading to the Licks' hideout. [[spoiler:He also runs and clings to Door at the end of Episode 3 shortly after shooting Pyotr, likely to seek comfort over having shot someone for the first time]].
* {{Seers}}: While the situation in which this came up is (as of this writing) hard to discern, possibly. [[spoiler:Boy seemed to be a nascent Vision Hunter, given his spotting of odd, very familiar shapes of his house and family in the blood Horse was puking up (which might count as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruspex haruspicy]] if you stretch the definitions), and it was ''right'' after this that Horse started speaking to him, outright asking him what he saw and referring to him as "oracle" before imparting prophecy to him]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Of him and his family, he resembles Big-D the most, sharing his grandfather's black hair and penchant for wearing yellow clothes. Personality-wise, though, they're complete opposites.
* SupportPartyMember: He can't do any real damage due to the fact that he's 11, but he keeps ice packs around in case of injury. He does stake The Mighty Kevin, though. [[spoiler:He actually gets the shot that actually puts Pyotr down for the count.]]
* TagalongKid: An eleven-year old on a vampire hunt doesn't sound like the best idea. At least Boy keeps ice packs prepared in case of injury.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Meat cake, especially venison-flavored. In Episode 3, when Door offers to make him one [[spoiler:as a reward for helping take down Pyotr]], Boy reacts just like how a kid would when offered dessert. It's deconstructed as in a previous episode, he mentions having "meat sweats" as a consequence of his all-meat diet.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Has a disturbing penchant for hard drink, claiming to "love" Ayahausca (a psychedelic drug) and his response to finding a bottle of Absinthe meant as medicine for Horse is to go "Bottoms up" and chug it.

[[folder:Horse]][[quoteright:244:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/horse_the_horse.png]]
[[caption-width-right:244:NEIGH. [[labelnote:(POURS BLOOD.)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/horse_the_demon.png What Is It Thoust See..?[[/labelnote]] ]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Ki [=McKenzie=]

Big-D's favorite son, introduced in the fourth audiolog. Yes, he ''is'' in fact [[ADogNamedDog an actual horse]]. His name is a reference to the Emperor's favorite son, Horus Lupercal (Pre-Horus Heresy, of course).

* AdaptationalHeroism: In ''Warhammer [=40k=]'' mythology, Horus is basically Lucifer and Judas rolled into one and in ''TTS'' canon he is exclusively referred to by the Emperor as "'''FUCKING''' Horus", with all the fury a text-to-speech-device can muster. Horse is beloved and cared for by whole Family, entirely uninterested in Marckus's drunken ideas of rebellion against Big D and [[spoiler: despite his nightmarish speech to Boy, seems to consider rest of the group his family, trying to warn Boy of the Gehenna and be CreepyGood at worst]].
* AntiquatedLinguistics: [[spoiler: Horse speaks in a very archaic manner, and it's not just his prophecy; he calls Boy "''mine'' nephew."]]
* AnimalisticAbomination: [[spoiler: He sure as hell isn't a normal horse]].
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Horses are physically incapable of vomiting. It's why digestive upsets are so dangerous for them.[[spoiler: Then again, this one most ''certainly'' isn't actually a member of the ''Equus Ferus Caballus'' species.]]
* BloodFromTheMouth: Exaggerated. Horse keeps vomiting up blood, to the point of [[BloodyHilarious hilarity]]. [[spoiler: And then it's suddenly a lot ''less'' funny when Boy starts seeing shapes in the sludge and Horse starts [[VoiceOfTheLegion speaking]].]]
* TheConfidant: In his debut, he is used by several characters to unload emotional baggage in regards to their family.
* CreepyGood: [[spoiler:He utters a prophecy of Gehenna while sporting glowing red eyes more at home in the skull of a serpent than a horse while blood pours from his mouth, which all leaves Boy justifiably terrified. But when he's not being a horrific agent of prophecy, he's a normal, lovable horse, and the affectionate way he refers to Boy as his nephew afterwards indicates that while he frightened the lad, he wasn't doing so out of malice.]]
* DelicateAndSickly: At the time of his introduction Horse is incredibly sick, constantly throwing up blood. [[spoiler:Since horses can't actually vomit, this might be a hint that he's not what he seems.]]
* ADogNamedDog: Why yes, Horse is a horse. [[spoiler: We ''[[AnimalisticAbomination think]]''...]]
* FantasticRacism: Apparently, [[spoiler:Horse does not like Changelings all that much, calling them the derogatory slur 'Milklings' in his prophecy]].
* HellishHorse: [[spoiler:His eyes turn into [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 the Eye of Horus]] as he spews prophecies in a [[VoiceOfTheLegion demonic voice]].]]
* InvisibleToAdults: While Horse himself is obviously visible to everyone, [[spoiler: he only ''speaks'' when Boy is the only one who can hear him]].
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler:Was Horse ''actually'' speaking at the end? Or was Boy just hearing things due to having just downed a bottle of absinthe?]]
* MultipleChoicePast: Big-D has apparently given several different backstories for Horse.
** Marckus claims that Big-D "inherited" him from one of Big-D's exes, but he doesn't know which.
** Big-D himself claims that Horse burst out of his skull like Athena.
** [[UpperClassTwit Remold]] says that he was stolen from an old lady near Horsey Beach, which Kitten thinks is most likely, although he admits that Remold thought Big-D was the Devil before [[NoodleIncident he was banned from the Arcanum]].
** [[spoiler: His seemingly-supernatural nature raises even more questions about what he is and where he came from, and we have ''no'' answers on that front.]]
* MythologyGag:
** Marckus suggests to Horse that the two of them charge into Big-D's room for a revolution, in an obvious reference to the Literature/HorusHeresy.
** Horse [[spoiler:giving terrifying prophecies to Boy]] is another reference to Horus, except the roles are switched -- [[spoiler:in ''Warhammer 40k'', it was the Chaos Gods who gave Horus a vision of his father, the Emperor of Mankind, being worshipped by the Imperium as a god, putting Horus on the path to becoming the Arch-Traitor. Here, it's Horse telling Boy his visions, leaving the poor kid catatonic in sheer terror]].
* ParentalFavoritism: He is Big-D's favorite child and the rest of the family knows it. His medicine cost 800 quid (not that he [[FiveFingerDiscount paid for it]]); for context, Marckus was given crutches fashioned from Kitten's broken stilts.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler: When he speaks to Boy, his eyes become a horrifying glowing red with [[HellishPupils reptilian pupils]].]]
* {{Seers}}: [[spoiler:However he knows it, the things he tells Boy sound a lot like a terrifying prophecy, albeit with a lot of WordSaladHorror.]]
* ShadowDiscretionShot: In his introductory audiolog, his silhouette can be seen in the shed window along with the various characters who come to talk to him, [[spoiler:and it can be seen distorting and growing when he begins to speak, accompanied by the sounds of cracking bones and shifting flesh]].
* SuddenlyVoiced: PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler: When Door is asleep and Boy is the only one listening, Horse begins to speak horrifying prophecy while his eyes bulge and turn red]].
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The hunters have no issue talking to Horse like he's a member of their family. [[spoiler: Considering that the last thing Horse does in the audiolog is call Boy "nephew," it seems the feeling is mutual.]]

!!Allies
[[folder:Detective Sergeant Guy Chapman '''(Unmarked spoilers for audiolog 3!)''']]
!!Detective Sergeant Guy Chapman
[[quoteright:244:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/17ba78cb_9279_4f4c_a8ee_62339fe73f45.jpeg]]
[[caption-width-right:244:Are you comfortable?]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [=StellarElite=]
A police officer from Wells-Next-The-Sea, who interviews Big-D after he's taken into custody in the third audio drama. He's actually a ghoul, initially bonded to the Regent of the Tremere Chantry, but being deprived of vitae motivates him to instead bond himself to Kevin.

* AndAnotherThing: How he brings up Kevin's sister, which utterly destroys Big-D's story. The funny part is that it was completely unintentional on his part. He had bought it completely and was just being nice.
* AffablyEvil: A perfectly friendly and mellow police officer, who is very clear that there are few to none things that he wouldn't do for even a bit of Vampire Blood and that he considers this a perfectly acceptable deal.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:In audiolog 5, he steps in after Brok pulls a knife (well, ''three'' knives) on Marckus and scares him into leaving.]]
* CorruptCop: He's a policeman, but he's willing to falsify report, enable supernatural predators and even kill if it gets him his fix of vitae. What moves it out of MoreThanMindControl and into this trope is that he's on the verge on breaking free of his blood bond but actively wants to renew it, and he doesn't care with whom.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Chapman establishes himself as a professional and a NiceGuy by trying to make the injured Big-D feel comfortable, asking him about his bandaged jaw, and offering to make the man some coffee -- all which a typical policeman would do.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Retained his love for his children even after his transformation, and part of the reason he enjoys ghouldom so much is the chance to to be in their lives as long as possible.
* EyeObscuringHat: [[DownplayedTrope His eyes are visible]], but his helmet casts a shadow over the upper part of his face, making him appear more sinister.
* FantasticDrug: As a ghoul, he's hopelessly addicted to vampire blood and says outright that heroin doesn't compare to the rush he gets from vitae.
* ForgotToFeedTheMonster: The "monster" in the equation. [[StupidEvil The Regent]] is so inattentive and incompetent that she forgot to renew his blood-bond for over half a year, and his desperation for vitae pushes him to find a new master.
* FriendOnTheForce: The reason Big-D encourages Kevin to accept Chapman as a ghoul -- having a friendly face in the local police force, and one connected to the Camarilla at that, is a tremendous boon for the Family's monster hunting. [[spoiler: It pays off when Marckus is getting accosted in the bar by a drunken man with a knife.]]
* FunctionalAddict: He's very professional and put-together for someone who hasn't had his fix in eight months and is going through withdrawal so severe, he no longer cares if he lives or dies.
* TheGadfly: When Kevin drags Guy into his argument with Big D about the validity of whether you can get a blender for 99 pence, Guy asks why they don't just use a spoon. This [[BerserkButton sets off both Big D and Kevin]], who start screaming at him in fury and frustration, respectively, while he contentedly sips Kevin's Vitae with a straw.
* GenericName: ''Guy Chapman''. It's about as seethrough as HughMann. They even actively hang a lampshade on it during the episode in which he's introduced.
* HappinessInSlavery: He enjoys being a ghoul, for the agelessness and vitality it gives him, as well as the [[FantasticDrug euphoric qualities]] of drinking vampiric blood. This is contrasted with his new master [[IJustWantToBeFree Kevin]], who is aghast that anyone would willingly subject themselves to a blood bond.
* LooseLips: If Chapman hadn't mentioned the tunnels directly after Big-D spent so much time intentionally avoiding the topic, and hadn't then ''also'' called out Big-D on Kevin's sister still looking for him, then he wouldn't have been caught out as a Camarilla ghoul and then reeled in with the potential offer of Kevin's blood to feed his addiction.
* ManBitesMan: Claims to have killed two people with his teeth. [[NoodleIncident He does not elaborate.]]
* MaskOfSanity: He's a MellowFellow, but freely admits that his addiction to vampire blood is so intense that he would eagerly murder everyone in his constabulary in return for a single drop, and that he's also willing to attack Big-D and Kevin to get it (despite frank awareness that he would only fail and die). It doesn't help that he's been unable to acquire vampire blood for eight months by that point.
* MellowFellow: He's nothing but polite, chummy and laid-back, even in the face of Big-D's theatrics. The only thing that breaks his composure is the shock of believing Big-D was testing him on behalf of the Camarilla. Later, the discovery that Big-D and Kevin are actually ''enemies'' of the Camarilla elicts little more than bemusement from him, at worst being mildly disappointed with himself for being so easily fooled.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He doesn't care about what any of his assignments are or the crimes he is asked to commit. All he cares about is getting his vampire blood fix. Once he sees Big-D has Kevin/"Herbie" with him, he almost immediately asks for a bloodbond to replace the [[BadBoss Regent]] since she has forgotten to renew theirs for over 8 months. While he barely knows Kevin, he knows Kevin would be more attentive and give him more of the good stuff ON TIME.
* TheMole: Having an inside man within the police department is one of the biggest advantages Big-D sees in getting Chapman on their side and the driving force behind his argument to Kevin while trying to convince him to bloodbond.
* NiceGuy: Chapman is friendly and considerate, showing genuine concern for Big-D after hearing his story. Even after we learn he's a ghoul, and ''he'' learns that Big-D and Kevin aren't working for his usual boss, his attitude does not change.
* NominalHero: He doesn't care that he's already killed 6 people and that he WILL kill more. All he wants is his bloodbond and all the perks that come with it. If the Regent just just kept up her side of the bargain, he would have happily served the evil Camarilla forever. It's just by pure chance that Big-D stumbled on him and managed to recruit him. That being said, he knows Kevin will give him the blood he needs on time and, therefore, is ''evil'' loyal.
* OhCrap: His ''abrupt'' about-face in attitude when Big-D twigs that Chapman is ''definitely'' a ghoul and pulls off a magnificent BavarianFireDrill. Chapman goes from affable to just short of begging for his life in an instant. He doesn't even ''try'' to question Big-D's bluff, perhaps due to his addiction.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He does not care for the what the Camarilla or the Family is trying to accomplish. He just wants his fix.
* OurGhoulsAreCreepier: He turns out to be one of the Tremere Regent's ghouls -- a human granted superhuman physical ability and limited access to [[FunctionalMagic Disciplines]] by drinking vampire blood, at the cost of becoming hopelessly addicted and brainwashed by a blood bond. However, he hasn't been given blood by the Regent in months, so he resorts to becoming Kevin's ghoul to get his fix.
* PunchClockVillain: He'll do anything for some vitae, whether for good or ill.
* TheRenfield: Courtesy of the blood-bond. As noted in other tropes here, drinking vampire blood (aka 'vitae') has a slew of perks that more than make up for the brainwashing as far as Chapman is concerned. Now if only the Regent wasn't a neglectful, incompetent out-of-touch old fart.
* SpottingTheThread: After Big-D used Kevin Wettsworth's identity as a cover during the whole interrogation, Chapman reveals that Kevin is one of the missing-persons cases still being followed up on by a close relative, causing Big-D to suffer a last-second fumble regarding the relative's identity. Fortunately, Big-D gets Chapman to back off by gambling on a BavarianFireDrill, convincing the detective that the whole thing was a test by Chapman's Camarilla superiors.
** Before this, Chapman correctly points out an inconsistency in Big-D's story, claiming to have been simultaneously ''thrown'' out the window by the bikers, yet also ''pulled'' out the window by Marckus (who had been thrown out before him). However, since Marckus had given an almost identical testimony, D is able to spin the blunder as the result of a physical struggle.
** Chapman also spotted, but did not pull, a different thread: Big-D looks nothing like the picture on Kevin's ID.
** This is also how Big D finally confirms that Chapman is indeed a Ghoul, as he offhandedly mentions the tunnels that the Licks had been squatting in, something only the Sabbat, Camarilla, and their agents would know about.
* TheStoic: The man hasn't had vampire blood in 8 months and he's just about willing to murder his entire constabulary and risking the Masquerade just to get it. He also doesn't care that Kevin and Big-D want to kill his old bosses with the Camarilla. He FURTHER doesn't care if the Family are a cult. He also says he's so desperate that he will attack Big-D and Kevin for the blood even though he knows it will get him killed. Yet, the entire time, the man's voice barely changes from his happy-go-lucky attitude.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's impossible to talk about Chapman without spoiling the ending of his debut audiolog, or the fact that he becomes an ally of the Family through his blood bond being shifted to Kevin.
* WorfHadTheFlu: He's a Camarilla agent fully in on the Masquerade and a detective to boot while his facilities are fully intact. Despite that, he is completely unable to figure out that ANY of his interviewees are lying. He claims to be a terrible detective which could be true given he's assigned to a backwater town of little importance to the police [[PoliceAreUseless in spite of the local disappearances.]] It could also just be this trope as he hasn't had vampire blood in 8 months and he's so desperate that he's willing to kill dozens of people and/or risk dying himself to get it (even injecting heroin from evidence to try to feed his addiction). Though, he also barely thought about the significance that Kevin and Big-D don't look anything alike and didn't put together that Big-D didn't match Kevin's ID because they are two different people. Big-D just writes it off as him being a "degenerate ghoul whose brain is polluted with vampire sludge" which further suggests that he's just in so much withdrawal that he isn't at the top of his game.

!!!The Arcanum
An international group of supernatural knowledge seekers, the Arcanum spans the world, though each Lodge generally tends to operate mostly autonomously. The local lodge is located in Great Yarmouth.

[[folder:Occam O'Connell]]
!!Occam O'Connell
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%%[[caption-width-right:250:Occam O'Connell, Chancellor of the Arcanum House of Great Yarmouth]]

->'''Voiced By:''' Oculus Imperia

Chancellor of the Great Yarmouth Chapter House of the Arcanum.

* AmicableExes: Averted; he and Big-D were once lovers, but in the modern day there's a lot of bad blood between them. Moreover, D insists they're not technically exes, as he never signed the divorce papers.
* BaldHeadOfToughness: He doesn't have any hair above his eyebrows, and is able to keep [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Big-D]] ''and'' [[HairTriggerTemper Remold]] under control by force when needed.
* BaldMystic: The first ordinary human to be shown using magic, and the leader of the Arcanum's chapterhouse, is a bald man with a greying beard.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: It's not like he ''wants'' to be, but ''someone'' has to keep his uncle and his ex under control. [[SitcomArchnemesis Especially]] when [[HamToHamCombat they're in the same place]].
* CoatCape: Wears a black coat with a popped collar over his shoulders, [[UrbanFantasy evoking the look of a high-collared wizard cape]].
* HiddenDepths: While he endures Big-D and Remold's HamToHamCombat with a ThousandYardStare, we're treated to an ImagineSpot of Occam skydiving, suggesting [[HappyPlace that's what he'd honestly rather be doing right now]].
* LawfulPushover: Occam is mentioned to not agree with the destruction of all of the research that Big D and his family has contributed to the Arcanum. However, he was unable to resist the will of Remold and his allies. During the audiolog of Marckus and his friends out pubbing they mention that Remold and the old guard have gotten even ''worse'' about pushing Occam around ever since Big D and his clan was kicked out of the Arcanum. However, when push comes to shove, he will assert his authority and take charge, as shown with how he handles Big-D and Remold being in the same room together.
* LightEmUp: A wielder of Irish "solar sorcery". Since sunlight is [[WeakenedByTheLight deadly to vampires]], he can use his magic to perform an ImposterExposingTest on blood samples to root out a ghoul spy within the chapter house.
* {{Oireland}}: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], as despite being an Irishman with a bit of a temper when pressed, he is generally a cool-headed and reasonable man who is far more known as a scholar and arcanist than a brawler or lout, and he even speaks in Irish at one point when reprimanding D and Remold.
* OnlySaneMan: Frequently finds himself put between Big D and Remold Blacklaw during their HamToHamCombat, and on more than one occasion resorts to using magic to chastise them.
* OrderVersusChaos: The main source of his conflict with Big-D. The latter believes that Occam sold the Arcanum out to government lobbyists and private-interest groups for funding, while Occam believes that Big-D's mental instability and recklessness are a drain on Arcanum resources and has no place within a functioning group.
-->'''Big-D:''' You sold us out to a menagerie of government stooges, private interests, and play-pretend templars!\\
'''Occam:''' I'd trust Big Government over Big-D any day!\\
'''Big-D:''' HMPH! Why don't you marry HIM, then?
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Marckus and his friends, all of whom have major issues with the Arcanum's current leadership, seem to respect Occam personally, even if they think he's a pushover who easily bends to the will of Remold and Co. When Remold and Big-D come into blows, Occam is more than capable of stopping them both. He's also capable of putting his distaste of Big-D aside and work with him if he comes to the Arcanum with even semi-credible information about internal threats too great to ignore. Judging by his first scene that we see him in, he's also somewhat socialble with his subordinates, or at least with Grimal and Elise.
* StraightGay: Was in a previous relationship with Big-D, and possesses almost zero effeminate traits.
* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:When Fatigue's body is discovered, no one is more furious than Occam, who quietly declares that the culprit won't see the morning while his expression is the very picture of barely-restrained rage.]]
* WorkingWithTheEx: He's one of Big-D's former lovers, and isn't exactly thrilled to be around him again, but a vampiric infiltration of the Arcanum leaves him little choice.

[[folder:Remold Blacklaw]]
!!Remold Blacklaw
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%%[[caption-width-right:241:Elder Remold Blacklaw, Chapter Librarian of the Great Yarmouth Chapter House of the Arcanum]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [=TheKuznetsov=]
One of the leaders of the Norfolk branch of the Arcanum and Brok's father.

* ArchEnemy: To Big-D, the two are like water and oil. His hate for Big-D runs so deep that when he, his family, and Kitten[[labelnote:*]]Who's only "crime" was close association[[/labelnote]] were banished from the arcanum Blacklaw had all of their research on vampires burned. ''As a member of a scholastic organization.''
* BadassNormal: He has no other powers other than his muscles and that's all he needed to fight Big-D. Also if the man himself is to be believed, he hunts ''werebears'' on safari, though [[UnreliableNarrator given his track record of jumping to wild conclusions]] he might have been hunting ''actual bears'' and just thought they were werebears.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Fitting his status as a leader of the local branch of the arcanum, Remold wears a fancy three-piece suit and as shown in his regular fisticuffs against Big-D it doesn't slow down his fighting capability one bit.
* CaneFu: Chapter 4 has him use a cane a few times when fighting against Big-D and his "D-loyalists", from getting into an "improvised blade lock" to actually using it against Big-D's sword ''and somehow being able to keep up with him''.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Much like D, in that he's profoundly bizarre in actions. He hunts ''werebears'', uses a car battery as a "polygraph" and [[spoiler: wholeheartedly believes D ''is'' Kevin due to the license D stole.]]
* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: He's a wealthy, snooty Belgian man always seen with a tobacco pipe clenched between his teeth; though considering his harsh facial features and aggressive temperament, he looks more like a CigarChomper.
* EgomaniacHunter: Implied, as he mentions going out on "[[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werebear]] safaris", despite active monster hunting being discouraged by the Arcanum. He brought his son Brok on the hunting trips, though Brok's confusion suggests he was unaware that they were shooting supernatural monsters rather than mere bears.
* ElectricTorture: As the search for TheMole ramps up, Remold and Brok abduct Kitten, Grimal and Amanda to have them subjected to a LieDetector test combined with an electric chair. Grimal is rescued from the chair, but Amanda is on the floor delirious from the pain ([[InsaneTrollLogic which Remold claims is evidence that she was lying)]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Remold is a temperamental and distrustful old toad, but when identifying himself to the Arcanum, he ([[EvilCounterpart at the same time as Big-D, mind]]) proudly declares himself to be a father, grandfather, and the uncle of Occam.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** He ''really'' didn't like the horrible things Brok said, but then again no one else did either.
** [[spoiler:For as much of a gleeful LargeHam he is constantly, Remold is also positively ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness horrified]]'' silent by the brutality of Fatigue's death alongside everyone else in the room.]]
* EvilCounterpart: He's more similar to Big-D than either man would ever want to hear. They're both elderly patriarchs who take great pride in their families and accomplishments, active Hunters despite the Arcanum's ban on it, and both of them are [[LargeHam loud and belligerent eccentrics]] at least slightly detached from reality. However, Remold is an unrepentant classist who thinks that the working class are ''physically incapable of sweating,'' and D is both fiscally and socially progressive. D is intelligent enough to know that torture is ineffective, meanwhile Remold's modus opperandi is TortureFirstAskQuestionsLater. D raised his children to be fairly kind folk who detest the idea of hurting innocents, but Brock is even more of a sadistic, violent bigot than his father.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The 4th episode reveals how disliked Remold is among the cast. Between Big D's clan and the Arcanum, it seems only his son likes him; Occam is just as fed up with his antics as he is with Big D's, and no other member has many good words to say about him, with Grimal being ''especially'' loud about how much she hates him. Even kindhearted Lord Fatigue will let his frustration with him bleed into his words. He politely points out that Remold's handling of the Cold Tessillation afforded the Ghoul time to [[spoiler:sneak away and strangle Occam]], as he only worked with those he deemed strongest to carry the device, leaving everyone else far behind to their own devices.
* GratuitousFrench: Calls himself Brok's "pauvre père" (poor father) at one point. According to Grimal and Door he is Belgian (despite his surname being the very British "Blacklaw"), meaning that French is likely his native language. Once he appears in person in Chapter 4, he constantly speaks phrases, words, and sentences in French further proving that it might actually be his native language.
* GrumpyOldMan: Exaggerated. He's not just grumpy; he's temperamental, violent, and ''really'' has it out for the protagonists.
* HairTriggerTemper: One thing he has in common with his son, despite his attempts at being refined, is a ''ferocious'' temper, especially when [[SitcomArchNemesis Big-D]] is involved.
* HypocriticalHumor: He chastises his son Brok for spouting crass and sexist profanity at him over the phone, despite using a few swear words himself. To be fair, whatever cuss words he said were not as bad as what Brok said (due to not being censored), and he has every right to be pissed.
* {{Hypocrite}}: What ''enrages'' Marckus is that as an Arcanum member, he prioritizes gathering knowledge on the supernatural... when he was the one to ban Big-D and the Family from the Arcanum (even those merely associated with them like Kitten) and destroy all the research the Family gathered on Vampires, no matter how helpful said research might've been.
* InformedFlaw: Likely overlapping with CharacterizationMarchesOn - During Marckus' night out with his friends, Grimal states that Remold is in poor health and perpetually moments away from a heart attack. When he actually appears in person in Chapter 4, it's proven that not only is he in ''perfect'' health despite his age, he is ''very'' physically fit, able to lift a massive safe with no help but Big-D, and can even keep up with Big-D in a straight fight. Remold and Big-D get into a PummelDuel ''numerous'' times throughout the chapter, such that one is left wondering how Grimal even got the impression, other than her obvious dislike of Remold.
* {{Jerkass}}: Is incredibly rude, condescending, classist, and elitist.
* LanternJawOfJustice: Inverted; like his son Brok, he antagonizes a member of the Family in his own way, in his case having all of them booted out of the Arcanum (including Kitten, just for being Marckus' [[GuiltByAssociationGag fianceé]]) and having all the research on Vampires they provided burned for presumably petty reasons.
* LargeHam: Is hammy enough to create HamToHamCombat between him and Big-D.
* LawfulStupid: In a sense; he rallied for destroying all research and documents associated with the renegade Big-D and his family, regardless of the contents of that research and how much it could help against vampires. It says a lot that despite being in an agency that's supposed to store knowledge, he supports the idea of ''burning'' all documents penned by and belonging to Big-D and his family.
-->'''Marckus:''' That is absolutely god damn asinine. Supernatural scholars my ass. What is LESS scholarly than BURNING DOCUMENTS? What an ABSOLUTE CIRCUS! [[InsultToRocks And all the competent clowns are DEAD]]!
* LightningBruiser: Remold is able to match Big D in strength and speed. He also is able to take a bottle to the head from Marckus and overpower him easily, but is not as durable as his son, at least according to Big D.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: While he tries to be classy, it's clear by Chapter 4 that Remold has just as much of a short temper as his son, and he interacts with Big-D in exactly the same manner that Brok does with Marckus: violently.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: The uncle of Occam O'Connell, who was once Big-D's husband. Yet another reason he has to hate Big-D
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: He and the rest of the Old Guard are like this, much to the rest of the Arcanum's chagrin.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Is on the side of the Arcanum, and thus humanity as a whole, but has a very low opinion of the lower class, derogatorily dismissing the two maids as "laborers".
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Remold is shown to engage in incredibly quick and strong jabs that can rival Big-D's own that they almost regularly engage in a PummelDuel for quite a bit of Chapter 4.
* SitcomArchNemesis: He seems to have this relationship with Big-D, actively going out of his way to inconvenience him and his family by not only having them banned from the Arcanum, but also lobbying to have their terms for the supernatural banned and all the research they contributed to the organization destroyed. When Remold actually appears onscreen, his feud with Big-D extends into irrational paranoid distrust and full-blown violence.
* UpperClassTwit: Remold is a wealthy upper-crust individual, but he's also an irrational and hot-tempered blowhard who's [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} not entirely connected to reality's Wi-Fi]].

[[folder:Brokham "Brok" Blacklaw]]
!!Brokham "Brok" Blacklaw
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%%[[caption-width-right:250:Brokham Blacklaw, "Serjeant-At-Arms"]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Haven Kendrick
Leader of the local gang of toughs, went to school with Marckus and bullied him mercilessly. Also the son of a local Arcanum leader, and head of security for the Yarmouth chapter house.

* NumberOneDime: Carries around a folding chair which he claims is a family heirloom. Chapter 4 even has him sitting on it during the conference room meeting to root out TheMole.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: After Marckus pranks him, he's momentarily incandescent with rage and prepared to outright kill Marckus and Grim, before calming down slightly and admitting that it was a funny prank and that Marckus got him good. However, he still intends to throttle Marckus on general principles.
* ArchEnemy: He never liked Marckus, but after being humiliated at the pub, he's got a special hatred for the redhead.
* TheBrute: And proud of it.
* TheBully: In their school days, he put a seagull in Marckus' backpack, tore his most valuable trading card, and [[ExtremeOmnivore ate his textbooks]]. And then when they meet in a pub decades later, he starts bullying Marckus again.
* ButtMonkey: His night at the bar was not a good one, [[LaserGuidedKarma although he does deserve it]]:
** His night gets ruined when Marckus tricks him into yelling excessive amounts of vulgar profanity at his father, who immediately reprimands Brok and commands him to return home in an hour.
** He gets tricked again into drinking almost a gallon of heavily alcoholic applejack, [[spoiler: which was ''also'' contaminated with salmonella]].
** When he has enough and pulls out a switchblade on Marckus, the first one breaks apart in his hand and the second "detonates" (the springs ''conveniently'' malfunctioned and caused it to break apart even more violently). His third knife, a bowie knife, is much more sturdy...
** And then he gets in trouble with Guy Chapman (an off-duty police officer) due to that knife being unlicensed, at which point he flees.
** He also gets bitten by Grimal multiple times when he gets her in a headlock with intent to strangle her.
* CallingTheYoungManOut: He ends up on the receiving end of a severe tongue-lashing when he is tricked into calling and yelling vulgar, sexist profanity at his own father. OhCrap doesn't begin to describe the shock he felt when he discovers this.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: It may be another symptom of abject stupidity, but it takes a very particular mindset to bring your own furniture to a bar thinking barstools are objectively shit because they're ''round''. Episode 4 also reveals he measures time in tire changes and football games.
* DrinkBasedCharacterization: While actually ''ordering'' his pint like everyone's supposed to know what it is paints his arrogance well, the actual order is... stranger. Mixing Stella Artois (known for being strong and leading to mean drunks), Explorer (with less stereotypes tied to it, but seemingly high quality) and Irn Bru (a Scottish ''soft drink'' known for being highly divisive in taste) in a single pint is hard to parse; other than the strength involved it just seems to paint him as both rich and ''profoundly'' weird.
* DrunkenGlow: After he drinks six pints (3/4 gallons) of applejack, it sticks with him for the rest of the scene.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Despite his general lack of intelligence, in Chapter 4, he's the first one to actually make note of how suspiciously long it's been taking Occam to root out the ghoul. [[spoiler:Sure enough, it turns out that the ghoul had incapacitated Occam while no one was looking.]]
-->'''Harry:''' He's got a point?? Occam should have been done by now.
* DumbMuscle: Super strong and capable of drinking six pints, but mentally stunted.
* {{Expy}}: Between his cruelty, stupidity, rough personality, immense physical strength, and his incredibly thick Cockney accent, he is very much a typical Ork Boss transplanted into the World of Darkness. His subtitles are colored a dark shade of green and he even says the word "krump" a few times in "Feuds of our Fathers" really just pushing the fact that he's practically an Ork in a human's body.
* ExtremeOmnivore: According to Marckus in "Marckus Goes Pubbing," Brok and his goons tended to bully him by ''eating'' his school textbooks. And during the roll-call of Chapter 4, Brok presents his membership card with his mouth as he's chewing on a corner of it.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: At the end of Chapter 4, [[spoiler:when the group finds Spit [[TroubledFetalPosition curled up and sobbing in obvious terror]] and the kind old Wernon Fatigue grotesquely murdered, Brok is positively trembling in trying to contain his immense rage.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: He has a deep and rough voice, which he inherited from his father, but he's a PsychopathicManchild who bullies Marckus at every opportunity. Combined with his lack of intelligence, his voice makes him come off as an absolute lunkhead.
* FauxAffablyEvil: His abrasive and unpleasant behavior is coupled with a thin-veiled faux-brotherly amicability that only makes him more repugnant. Until he gets in trouble with his dad (thanks to Marckus). Then he drops it completely in favor of open hostility.
* FootballHooligans: Remarks to the bartender about wanting to "catch the footy". In fact, keeping with the 40k comparisons, he and his cronies are a lot like [[Characters/Warhammer40000Orks another group of belligerent, Cockney-accented, idiotic thugs]], with Brok being the boss ork and Git & Spit being either gretchin or lesser boyz. Due to the Orks being originally based on British football hooligans already, it loops around in a way.
* TheGadfly: When he's not physically beating people up in a fit of rage, he's harassing them and getting under their skin with immature taunts spoken with a mocking FauxAffablyEvil tone. Only he and his cronies find it funny.
-->'''Brok:''' Oi, wow. It's been a long time! What happened, Marcky? Throw yourself down the stairs again, did ya?\\
'''Marckus:''' I didn't throw myself down the bloody stairs.\\
'''Brok:''' But ye look exactly like you did when you threw yourself down those stairs all those years ago. I remember it so well!\\
'''Marckus:''' You PUSHED me.\\
'''Brok:''' MATE, COME ON! [[BlatantLies I didn't push ya]]! I just nudged ya a little, friendly-like, and then [[NeverMyFault you just threw yourself down the stairs like a bloody diver]]! So dramatic.
* HiddenDepths: While most of the time he's a generic high school bully in an adult's body, he has shown some level of empathy towards those he cares for. Near the end of Chapter 4 when he heard what sounded like someone screaming in pain he temporarily dropped his feud with Marckus, then ordered everyone to run upstairs to help, and when he found [[spoiler: Fatigue's torn apart corpse and Spit crying in fetal position]] he is visibly furious. He does have some morals and empathy for others deep down.
* HumiliationConga: He suffers this in one night, mostly thanks to Marckus -- first he's tricked into yelling excessive amounts of sexist profanity at his own father over the phone, and is yelled at for it. Then he's tricked again into drinking almost a gallon of applejack [[spoiler:that was somehow heavily contaminated with salmonella]]; when he learns the deception, he attempts to strangle Grimal by pulling her into a headlock, which gets him bitten in the arm multiple times. Then Marckus scares him by threatening to beat him with his own chair, which turns out to be a Blacklaw family heirloom. When he later gets angry enough at Marckus and attempts to attack him with switchblades, they both fall apart in his hands, with the second detonating and hurting his hand (i.e. the springs malfunctioned and caused it to break apart more violently). Then he gets in trouble with Guy Chapman when he pulls out a bowie knife, which is unlicensed, finally forcing him and his goons, Spit and Git, to flee the pub.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's not even close to being a good-mannered fellow, and even the bartender hates him.
* KickTheDog: Unlike Marckus, who is NiceToTheWaiter, He is as rude and unsavory as possible to the barkeep, deliberately antagonizing him for no reason other than being a dick. It's his EstablishingCharacterMoment.
* KidsAreCruel: He bullied Marckus when they were kids; among the things he did was putting a seagull in Marckus' backpack, tearing his most valuable trading card, and stealing (and then ''eating'') his textbooks. He also fondly remembers how he pushed Marckus down the stairs at school, which left the latter severely injured. When they meet in a pub almost two decades later, the fact that the first thing he does is start bullying Marckus again shows that [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp unlike Marckus, he never really changed]].
* LanternJawOfJustice: Inverted; his face is noticably bottom-heavy, with a big chin and lower jaw. Grimal describes his bottom jaw as looking like its hanging by a thread. It only emphasizes his brutish nature.
* LargeAndInCharge: Even if it's just a headbox, Brok is easily far bigger than his two cronies. When he is show in person for Chapter 4, he's shown to be insanely massive and basically towers over quite a bit of the characters. Considering he's pretty much Hunter: The Parenting's equivalent to an Ork, its very fitting.
* LaserGuidedKarma: His intended night at the pub quickly turns into a HumiliationConga because of his overall {{Jerkass}} behavior. His crude attempts to flirt with Marckus' "fianceé" over the latter's phone only gets him yelled at when it turns out Marckus tricked him into calling his own irate father, who commands him to come back home in one hour. The bartender he ordered around like a servant earlier complies with Marckus' plan to get him drunk out of disgust for him, which would've worked if he hadn't gotten angry enough to make himself sober again. Then when he tries to attack Marckus with a knife, not only do his first two literally fall apart (with the second detonating while he's holding it and hurting his hand), but also nearly gets him jailed when he pulls out an unlicensed bowie knife just as Guy Chapman arrives on the scene.
* LawmanBaton: Being the head of security for the local chapter house, he is seen carrying a simple wooden club. Although due to his very unlikeable personality he mostly uses it to harass others.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Implied, as in episode 4 he seems confused at least about existence of the werecreatures, despite his father taking him on his "werebear safari". It's unclear if he knew about Vampires before events of episode 4.
* LowerClassLout: [[InvertedTrope Brok comes from a rich family]], but he still acts and speaks like a lower-class thug. In "Marckus Goes Pubbing," he snatches Marckus' phone and calls up who he thinks is his Marckus' fianceé, to shout crass and sexist remarks at them.... He's mortified to learn he was duped into calling his dear old father.
* MaliciousMisnaming: He called Marckus "Marcky-D" and talks down to him like a child, refers to Harry as "Hairyleg", and constantly compares Grimal to sea creatures. Averts it with Elise, but she still doesn't like him. Marckus rather insistently calls him "Broke Slackjaw" at every opportunity in return though.
* MightyGlacier: When compared to his father. Big D, with whom Remold can evenly trade hits, was able to sidestep Brok's punch while holding Kitten under his arm. However, Brok can easily get up and keep going after taking hits Big D says would put Remold out of commission.
* NeverGetsDrunk: Harry claims he has a urinary tract made of steel and a liver made of lead. It's not even really an exaggeration, as he downs six ''pints'' of applejack and is still sober enough to beat Marckus up some more. [[spoiler: Until the salmonella kicks in.]]
* NothingIsFunnier: We don't actually know exactly what he ranted into the phone at his father after the first few seconds, as it was covered up by a ClusterBleepBomb; for all we know the voice actor could have been reciting their last shopping list or a takeout receipt.
* OhCrap: Twice.
** The first time was when Marckus tricks him into spouting crass and sexist profanity at his own father, Remold, who [[CallingTheYoungManOut scolds him for his foul mouth]] and essentially grounds him. He is reduced to stammering in shock the entire time.
** The second time is when Guy Chapman arrives and asks him if he has a license to use the bowie knife he intended to stab Marckus with. Not wanting to mess with a police officer, he tells Spit and Git to scram and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flees along with them]].
* PetTheDog: In a sense; he verbally harasses and physically attacks Marckus, Grimal, and Harry, but the ''only'' time he directly interacts with Elise is with a cordial and reserved greeting. She still despises him because, well, he's a dick.
-->'''Brok:''' Oh and, g'devenin', Lise.\\
'''Elise:''' [[LittleNo No]].
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Whatever the hell he ranted into (what he thought was) Marckus' fianceé's phone was so crass and sexist the show censored it and even his own dad grounded him on the spot.
* ThePowerOfHate: [[spoiler: When he finds out that Marckus tricked him during the drinking competition, he instantly sobers up through pure rage alone despite being on the verge of passing out just moments before.]]
* PropellerHatOfWhimsy: A [[https://www.deviantart.com/eliphusz/art/Blacklaw-Family-Photo-1030501569 family photo]] seen in the background shows a younger Brok wearing a beanie with a propeller, but otherwise looking no different from his current self.
* PsychoKnifeNut: He carries no less than three knives; two switchblades and a ''bowie knife'', for some RuleOfThree comedy. He's also a brutish bully whose favorite pastime in his youth was tormenting Marckus.
* PsychopathicManchild: He may have aged twenty years physically, but he's still the loud, crude, immature schoolyard bully that Marckus remembers him as.
-->'''Harry:''' Brok, how the hell have you never grown up, mate?\\
'''Brok:''' Watcha on about Hairyleg? I've grown plenty!\\
'''Harry:''' You're still the same ol' schoolyard tosser you were almost twenty years ago. Have you not got better things to do?\\
'''Grimal:''' It's honestly embarrassing, pal. You try getting into manga?
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Downplayed in Episode 4, when Big D sends him flying back with a blow to the head and later makes him stagger with a gut punch... except neither is enough to take him down. Big D notes Brok has potential, as even his father cannot take these punches.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Implied to be why he bullied Marckus then and now. Since he comes from a rich family (with his father being one of the leaders of the Arcanum's Norfolk branch), he thinks he has the right of way to torment whoever he wanted. He also walks the pub Marckus and his buddies are hanging out as if he owns the place, treats the bartender like a servant, and brings his own chair (which is also the Blacklaw family heirloom) because he couldn't be bothered to use the pub's "round" chairs.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Marckus and his [[TrueCompanions buddies]] are disgusted to find that despite having grown up physically, mentally he's still the same loud, crude, and immature bully who tormented Marckus back when they were kids twenty years ago.
* SinisterSwitchblade: He carries two of them, which he calls "his lucky switchblade" and "his mum's lucky switchblade", he pulls both of them on Marckus only for their delicate mechanisms to break before he can even try stabbing. So he pulls out his backup [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_knife Bowie knife]].
* StaircaseTumble: At one point he pushed Marckus down the stairs at school, which severely injured the latter; Brok treats it like a fond memory of a terrible accident.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: It's implied that he's this to Git and Spit, as Spit shows genuine interest in Marckus' N-Gage and Git is perfectly cordial, if exhausted, while at work. It's only when they're with Brok that their worse aspects start to show.
* UnskilledButStrong: When he fights Big D in episode 4 it's apparent he lacks any technique and is much slower, but he has enough of pure strength and toughness to keep up.
--->'''Big D:''' You have potential, boy! Why WASTE IT!?
* UnstoppableRage:
** In his debut audiolog [[spoiler: after Marckus makes a mistake of bragging how he tricked him to get super drunk, Brok, who was on the verge of passing out, sobers up from sheer fury.]]
** In Episode 4, when Big D treats him a devastating uppercut to the jaw and a gut punch combo, Brok gets slightly red in the face before headbutting him, implying he stayed in a fight by getting ''really pissed off''.
* WeaksauceWeakness: His precious folding chair is evidently ''very'' important to him, and is supposedly a "priceless family heirloom". Marckus is able to briefly use it as a bargaining chip in a way that reduces Brok from foaming at the mouth with fury to just sputtering and fumbling not to seem ''too'' weak.

[[folder:Git 'n Spit]]
!!Giles "Git" Oakling 'n Simon "Spit" Spires
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-> '''Voiced by:''' [=HulkyKrow=] (Git/Giles) & Glowtide (Spit/Simon)
A pair of idiotic hooligans that follow Brok around; at first glance they're just as crude and unsavory, but also (almost) absolutely spineless. They're later shown to be civilian staff in the Arcanum, working as security guards under Brok.

* {{Acrofatic}}: Despite being rounder of the duo, Giles is fast enough to match Kitten in a fight.
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''imon "'''S'''pit" '''S'''pires.
* BeyondTheImpossible: Git steals Harry's beer and drinks it down... then he [[{{Squick}} reverse-drinks it only to do it again]]... and then he reverse-drinks it ''again'' [[RuleOfThree only to drink a third time]], much to everyone else's disgust. No one is entirely sure how he managed to do that.
-->'''Marckus:''' That's repulsive.
* ButtMonkey: Poor Simon gets the worst of it out of the pair. In his first appearance he gets his tailbone broken by Grimal's yaoi paddle, and his howls of agony are given the FunWithSubtitles treatment. Then, in ''The Feuds of our Fathers'', he gets ganged up on and kicked repeatedly by Door, Boy and Elise, having been defeated in the opening brawl with barely a fight. He also spends the second story arc suffering from severe Ritalin withdrawal symptoms, making him especially miserable.
* DrinkBasedCharacterization: They ask for [[ATankardOfMooseUrine White Lightning and Tesco's Value wine]], both drinks notorious for being cheap, neuron-cooking swill barely fit for human consumption, immediately pinning them both as particularly dumb chavs. It also serves as a potential hint towards Git's stress with his SoulSuckingRetailJob at the 99p store.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Not truly evil, but these unlikable and poor-mannered jerks find Brok's teasing of Marckus and his friends absolutely hilarious.
-->'''Spit:''' ''finds this banter wicked funny''\\
'''Git:''' ''finds this banter bloody hilarious''
* {{Expy}}: Send-ups of the kind of lesser Ork Boyz and Gretchin usually seen in Ork hordes.
* FatAndSkinny: Giles's more portly physique stands as a visible contrast with the skinnier Simon's; his security vest is a noticeably tighter fit than the latter's.
* FootballHooligans: While they never discuss football directly like Brok, they too also invoke that poor-mannered Cockney-accented, LowerClassLout niche that inspired the Orkz.
* GivenNameReveal: "The Blender Crusade: In Spiteful Defiance of Corporate Villainy" reveals that Git's real name is Giles.
** Chapter 4 does this for Giles' last name and the entire name for Spit, revealing them to be named "Giles Oakling" and "Simon Spires" respectively.
* HiddenDepths:
** In "Marckus Goes Pubbing," Spit recognizes Marckus's brand of phone as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Gage_(device) Nokia N-Gage]] (a gaming phone from the early [=2000s=]) by just a glance. He sounds genuinely interested, too, like he'd have been willing to engage Marckus about it had Brok not been ordering him around. This briefly carries over into Chapter 4 when, much to Marckus' confusion, he tries being friendly with him, Grimal, and Kitten... before suffering from a panic attack and running away.
** Git's appearance in "The Blender Crusade: In Spiteful Defiance of Corporate Villainy" reveals him to be pretty friendly and casual on a good day, as well as being genuinely starved for recognition and positive feedback, both from his bosses and, it's implied, from Brok.
** Spit apparently takes Ritalin (a medication for those with ADD or ADHD), and without it he's shown to be incredibly stressed, panicky, and erratic.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: It's implied that Git and Spit weren't aware of the existence of vampires until the ghoul hunt in Episode 4.
* NervousWreck: Spit is suffering from Ritalin withdrawal during Chapter 4, leaving him extra-erratic and high-strung. The highly stressful ClosedCircle does nothing to improve his day, and he ends the chapter curled up in a TroubledFetalPosition and sobbing incoherently [[spoiler:while covered in the blood and gore of the horrifically murdered Fatigue]].
* OnlySaneMan: Git, of all people, plays this to Big-D when the latter accosts him during his quest to buy a blender for 99p.
-->'''Big-D:''' SIR! Have you heard the adage "The customer is always right"?\\
'''Giles:''' ...I 'ave.\\
'''Big-D:''' Okay! Hah! Great!\\
{{Beat}}\\
'''Giles:''' ...If yer waitin' fer me to tell ya we sell 99p blenders--\\
'''Big-D:''' '''''YEEES???'''''\\
'''Giles:''' ...We don't.
** Spit is also a little taken aback when Brok keeps (literally) pulling "Marcky's" leg (which is sprained and gun shot) after being contradicted that Brok won't hurt Marckus too bad. He also really stresses that Brok isn't making a good decision getting stoned cold drunk before going back to his very angry father.
** Git being one of the few people with sanity continues in Chapter 4, where he just dryly comments on the fact that half of the group are fighting each other almost immediately after The Cold Tessellation is dropped down the stairs.
--->Weren't we supposed ta prepare to fight dis, uh... 'Ghoul' fella?
* LawmanBaton: Being a part of the Arcanum's security staff, Git is seen using a wooden club when duelling against Kitten in the ColdOpening of Chapter 4.
* PainToTheAss: Spit gets his tailbone broken by Grimal's yaoi paddle.
-->'''Spit:''' [[FunWithSubtitles [unknowable suffering], [big pain], [sounds of ow], [discomfort with this bodily state], [the great struggle], [lamentations of pain].]]
* PaperTiger: They're basically non-threatening by themselves, having attached themselves to Brok to act as his backup. Although this is downplayed as Git is capable of lifting up Grimal upside-down by the leg, strangling Harry, and even duelling Kitten to a standstill in Chapter 4 with nothing but a simple baton against his not-Guardian Spear.
* PetTheDog: {{Downplayed}}. When Big-D comes up one pence short for the blender, Giles spots him partly [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe as thanks for D's earlier kindness]], but mostly to get him ''out of the goddamn store.''
* PunchClockVillain: [[InvertedTrope Inverted for Git]], whose meaner traits are for the most part absent when he's on the clock. It's when he punches ''out'' and goes pubbing with Brok and Spit that he becomes the mean lout he was introduced as.
* SoulSuckingRetailJob: Git works one of these when he's not busy henching for Brok. Unfortunately for him, the only time we see him doing it, he ends up having to serve [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Big-D]].
* StoutStrength: Git is fat, but also capable of lifting Grimal by her leg and restraining Harry, who is very buff.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Relatively flat characters, very little characterization, and their names rhyme for bonus points. Git gets a bit more in "The Blender Crusade: In Spiteful Defiance of Corporate Villainy" and Spit shows signs of [[HiddenDepths being a secret tech nerd]] when he recognizes Marckus' phone as an N-Gage, so time will tell if their FlatCharacter status will stick.
* TroubledFetalPosition: Spit is reduced to this after [[spoiler: seemingly witnessing Lord Fatigue be eviscerated, covered in the blood and gore of the old man and whimpering]].
* VillainsOutShopping: Not exactly a villain, and pretty much the reverse of shopping, but Git shows up in "The Blender Crusade: In Spiteful Defiance of Corporate Villainy" as a retail worker at the 99p store.

[[folder:Harry Jacket]]
!!Harry Jacket
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Longfang
One of Marckus's friends and a member of the Arcanum. His speciality is "highland lore".

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Tells Marckus that he hopes [[NiceGuy Fatigue]] isn't the ghoul. [[spoiler:He would later be proven correct, but only when seeing the poor old man killed and mutilated.]]
* GentleGiant: He's huge and tough, but incredibly sensitive. He notes when asked how he hasn't read ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' that he had to drop the series after Krillin died (which was back in ''Manga/DragonBall''), and is ''devastated'' when Marckus informs him that Krillin comes BackFromTheDead, only to die... [[DeathIsCheap again and again]].
* LovableJock: He spends a lot of time at the gym, but he's also the ''most'' worried about Marckus' condition out of all his friends.
* NiceGuy: Sure, all three are good friends with Marckus, but Grimal has the tendecy [[ManBitesMan to bite people]], and Elise is... well, [[CreepyGood Elise]].
-->'''Harry:''' So, am I the only one who DOESN'T want to bury Marckus?\\
'''Marckus:''' [[SelfDeprecation Yes]].\\
'''Elise:''' Bury him in a shallow grave...\\
'''Grimal:''' Bury him in SLUTSHOLE!
* OnlySaneMan: He's the only "normal" member of his group of friends, being a guy with only casual interest in various media like ''Franchise/DragonBall'' -- compared to Marckus, a devoted gamer who is also a Hunter; Grimal, an energetic Japanese "weeaboo"; and Elise, a enigmatic {{Goth}} girl with spooky tastes. He's also the group's voice of reason.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Slides in and out of a soft Northern/Slightly Scottish accent, with the occasional "isnae" or "cannae". The captions remain perfectly legible though.
* PacifismBackfire: Even when Marckus is in trouble, he doesn't use his strength to stop Brok because he "only uses it for lifting things". When he actually decides enough is enough, he's clobbered by Brok and restrained by Git & Spit.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He's both at the same time.
* SignatureHeadgear: Wears a gray pageboy hat, which is much simpler than Grimal's more outlandish pink hat. This marks him as the OnlySaneMan of Marckus' friends.
* ShareTheMalePain: He winces when Marckus recounts to him that "1 COCK punch" was among the many injuries inflicted upon him by the Sabbat Vampires.

[[folder:Grimaline "Grimal-Kun-Chama" Smith]]
!!Grimaline "Grimal-Kun-Chama" Smith
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Odoroshi
An energetic girl who's one of Marckus's friends, Kitten's ex-girlfriend. A neophyte of the Arcanum who specializes in oriental lore.

%%* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: If she really is meant to be the counterpart to [=TTS=]'s version of Shadowsun, then while she and Kitten are still ex-lovers here, its heavily implied to be amicable and Kitten is still, at the very least, on speaking terms with her, while in ''TTS'' Kitten took the breakup...''considerably'' more poorly.
* AffectionateNickname: Her real first name is Grimaline, but all her friends call her "Grimal".
* AmicableExes: At first (when the topic was brought up in an audiolog) it seemed this way; they seem to acknowledge they simply didn't mesh together after exposure to some of her stranger anime-related habits. When she and Kitten meet face to face in Chapter 4, however, this turns out to not be the case, as the differences between the two lead to a heated argument.
* AnimalMotifs: Colorful ocean invertebrates. Her hat and hair resemble a jellyfish, and Brok Blacklaw repeatedly insults Grimal by likening her appearance to "deep sea critters" like sea cucumbers and sea slugs.
* BatterUp: Her Yaoi Paddle is more than just a cringeworthy tool from an era best forgotten by many anime fans. It also makes for a wonderful bludgeoning weapon that she can easily shatter bones with. Git is horrified to find out its end is ''sharp''.
* BloodKnight: She's sincerely disappointed no one has tried to "jump" her in a while, almost envying Marckus for nearly getting killed by angry vampires. The ColdOpening brawl in Chapter 4 has her eagerly jump into the fray without much reason.
* CassandraTruth: She's mocked by Marckus for her belief in [[TabletopGame/KindredOfTheEast the kuei-jin]], a species of east-asian undead often confused for vampires. Even ''Big-D'' doesn't believe in them, according to Marckus, writing them off as "[[VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines a bunch of LARPers based in LA]]". It doesn't help that Grimal's research on them is [[RightForTheWrongReasons heavily skewed]] by her [[OccidentalOtaku Japanophilia]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The most over-the-top and wacky of the four, not to mention her encyclopedic knowledge of all things Japanese and her InsaneTrollLogic justifying the existence of the Kuei-Jin ([[TabletopGame/KindredOfTheEast they do exist]], just not for the reasons she claims).
* DerangedAnimation: Some of her expressions are comparable to the faces Big-D makes, and for one brief moment mimics the art style of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: She argues that Kitten should be happy he got kicked out of the Arcanum because now he doesn't have to worry about them breathing down his neck while doing his research, to which he points out without the Arcanum's funding he can't do research in the first place.
* {{Expy}}: {{Downplayed}} - per an official tweet, the fact that she's an ex-lover to Kitten was inspired by Kitten and Shadowsun's relationship back in ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' - and while she has a few things that further tie her to Shadowsun, like the fact that she's a massive otaku[[note]]TabletopGame/Warhammer40000's T'au takes several inspirational pointers from eastern media, like the SuperRobotGenre[[/note]], and has a sea-creature motif (in that her hat and hair make her resemble a jellyfish)[[note]]Tau are often derisively called "Fish faces", and their mechs/vehicles are often named after aquatic life, or aquatic features[[/note]], she is not ''intended'' to be a direct 1-1 stand-in for Shadowsun in this series.
* GenkiGirl: Grimal is ''very'' energetic in her mannerisms.
* GrassIsGreener: Gets into an argument with Kitten because she feels he should be happy about being kicked out of Arcanum, as he can now conduct research without likes of Remold breathing down his neck. Kitten angrily tells her he no longer has Arcanum funding to ''conduct'' any research.
* GratuitousJapanese: She belts out some Japanese words on occasion, being a big anime fan and all. She even calls [[Franchise/DragonBall Vegeta and Android 18]] by their Japanese pronunciations/names, "Vejīta" and "Jū Hachi Gō".
* HiddenDepths: Implied. A creator-approved comment under episode 4 theorises her behavior, especially more over the top parts like blasting ''Fist of the North Star'' music to sleep may be [[SadClown her way to cope]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast with past trauma]] and her relationship with Kitten may have fallen apart because she was pushing her coping mechanism on him in a misguided one-cure-fits-all attempt to help.
* InsistentTerminology:
** She doesn't carry a sex paddle. It's a ''{{Yaoi}}'' paddle, thank you, and she'll gleefully use it on you if you suggest otherwise.
** She always insists on referring to Anime and Manga terms and characters by [[GratuitousJapanese their original Japanese names]], not whatever [[DubNameChange names they might have in English]]. Doing otherwise is actually hinted to be a BerserkButton for her - she glowers slightly when Marckus explains who "Vejīta" and "Jū Hachi Gō" are to a confused Harry[[note]][[Franchise/DragonBall Vegeta and Android 18]], respectively[[/note]] and when Kitten complains about her ''Fist of the North Star'' music her only reaction is to ''snarl'' the words [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "Hokuto. No. Ken."]]. Interesingly, she doesn't correct Marckus when he reffers to that anime's opening - ''Ai wo Torimodose'' - as [[FanNickname You Wa Shock]].
* MadScientist: [[DownplayedTrope She's not without ethics]], but Grimal ''hates'' how constraining the Arcanum is when it comes to researching the supernatural. Episode 4 reveals she's jealous of the family's ability to conduct their research without any oversight. Marckus seems more empathetic about her plight than Kitten, who would take the oversight in exchange for funding to actually conduct the research.
* ManBitesMan: Her go-to "attack" is biting people. Frequently after shouting "Biting you!" She spends most of the scuffle with Brok and his goons furiously chewing on anyone trying to wrestle her.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Deconstructed. It seems this is why her relationship with Kitten went down badly - Grimal seems to be trying to make him less miserable with attempts at injecting levity into the situation through her eccentricities, and think he should be happy to be free of Arcanum's constraints. Kitten is clearly sick of this and considers her both oblivious to what he actually needed and insufferable in her obsessions.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Admits that the main reason she and Kitten hooked up was because she was the first girl he met that already knew about vampires. She concludes that "beggars can't be choosers," with a loud and [[MadeMyselfSad deeply insecure]] laugh.
* TheMissusAndTheEx: Despite being his fiance's ex, Marckus is good friends with Grimal, and they're on friendly enough terms to casually allude to their respective sex lives.
-->'''Marckus:''' He is ''traumatized''; you left me a broken boy that I have to ''fix''.\\
'''Grimal:''' It's not the ''only'' thing I [[DoubleEntendre broke]], let me tell you.\\
'''Marckus:''' ''Please'', we're getting too private! [[HypocriticalHumor Also, I broke it too.]]
* NoodleIncident: She and Kitten meet on a Suffolk anime convention, which directly lead to both getting themselves blacklisted from it. They see it as a good thing, as they now have [[TakeThat one less reason to ever go to Suffolk]].
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Her design and facial features are a lot more animesque than the more grounded and faded aesthetic of the other cast members, and her expressions somehow MORE cartoonish.
* OccidentalOtaku: Fits the 2000s-era stereotype of the obsessive, pastel-colored champion of all things Japan, spouting GratuitousJapanese at the slightest provocation and even slinging around a [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Yaoi_Paddle yaoi paddle]]. Marckus points out that Grimal's more extreme mannerisms -- like going to sleep every night playing ''[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Ai wo Torimodose]]'' on full blast for hours -- left Kitten "traumatized".
-->'''Marckus:''' Hey, YOU'RE the harebrained British simulacrum of Japanese culture, not me.\\
'''Grimal:''' LOW BLOW, I WILL SMACK YOU WITH THE PADDLE AGAIN!
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite being light enough for one of Brok's lackeys to hold up by the leg, she carries Marckus out of the pub at the end of the audiolog. Marckus, who's easily over 6 feet tall and 200lbs (and who (claims) to squat 260lbs.). She even manages to break another lackey's tailbone with her Yaoi paddle.
* PlayfulCatSmile: To heighten her "weeaboo" nature, she pops these out on occasion when being mischievous.
* PluckyComicRelief: Definitely the silliest of Marckus' drinking buddies.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Sure, she's [[OccidentalOtaku definitely not trying to be]], but on her heavily personalized ID she refers to herself as a Scholar of the Orient--typically considered a rude and outdated way to refer to East Asia. Though the fact she later scratched it out and wrote kanji insulting Remold has some implications...
* SignatureHeadgear: She wears a pink beret with animal ears and eye stalks, which is outlandish compared to Harry's simple pageboy hat. This marks her as the more energetic and weird of the group.
* StealthPun: A grimalkin is an archaic term for cat. [[spoiler:She's an anime catgirl.]]
* YaoiFangirl: If the Yaoi Paddle is anything to go by. She also flashes some dirty grins whenever Marckus alludes to his sex life with Kitten. She even refers to Kitten as an "{{Uke}} Boy" in Chapter 4.

[[folder:Elise Culpepper]]
!!Elise Culpepper
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%%[[caption-width-right:350:Scholar of Faelogical Research]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Stephanie Swan Quills
A rather portly goth girl who is one of Marckus's friends alongside Harry and Grimal. A neophyte of the Arcanum who specializes in fey lore.

* BigBeautifulWoman:
** It's difficult to tell in her speech mugshot during "Marckus goes Pubbing," but [[https://www.deviantart.com/eliphusz/art/Elise-930803296 concept art]] reveals that Elise is quite hefty. However, her figure-flattering wardrobe and exposed belly in her casual wear imply she's very confident in her appearance.
** Chapter 4 shows that she is quite full-figured, almost as tall as Marckus and looks quite stunning in her gothic black dress.
* BloodKnight: When seeing Big-D and the Arcanum security fight, she happily says "Violence" and is more than willing to join on kicking poor Spit while he's down.
* ColdHam: Her stoic tone of voice doesn't mean she's any less goofy than Marckus and Grimal, joining in on the "Goblin" chant when Grimal busts out a record she picked up. The rest of the time, she keeps using grandiose and generally hammed-up terminology while keeping her voice flat and low.
* TheClan: According to her, she has family in every one of Norfolk's more unfortunately-named towns.
* CreepyGood: She's a very good friend of Marckus, but he will readily admit he fears for his life every time he talks to her; she takes it as a compliment.
* TheDreaded: According to Marckus, he fears for his life whenever she's around. It's said in a half-joking manner, but her RunningGag of predicting Marckus's death is still comically unnerving. It should be noted that even Brock never directly targets her and tries to be cordial to her.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: She has pale skin and black hair, and she's a {{Goth}} with rather morbid tastes and humor; Marckus admits he fears for his life every time he talks to her. But she's still a fellow nerd and good friend of Marckus, if [[CreepyGood one of the creepiest]].
* EyesOutOfSight: The only time you see her eye is when she's concerned or playing up her introduction.
* {{Goth}}: Elise sports a goth aesthetic.
-->'''Elise:''' The shadows and I are one (sips iced coffee).
* HiddenDepths: Sort of. She [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak bemoans not being able to find a fairy]] during her research, but considering [[TabletopGame/ChangelingTheDreaming how they are in the World of Darkness]], that might've played into the goth side of her.
* KickChick: Kicks Git multiple times in the back when he strangles Harry. It doesn't stop him from choking Harry some more, but it is still painful.
-->'''Elise:''' Get your malformed fingers off his throat!(kicking Git in the back)[[FunWithSubtitles (angrily attacks in goth)]]
** For good measure, she even joins Door and Boy in kicking Spit while he's curled on the floor during the opening brawl.
* SlasherSmile:
** When Marckus reveals to Brok he cheated on their drinking game, she sports a toothy grimace as Harry is holding back a smile and Grimal bursts out in laughter.
** Also sports this when she shows her ID as Kitten does a roll call in the conference room. [[TheUnSmile It's probably her normal smile]].
* StealthHiBye: Despite her size, she's ''quite'' stealthy. She's introduced by simply making her presence known, [[JumpScare startling her friends.]]
* TheStoic: The least emotional of the four, though she does have her moments where she loses her calm, like when Brok sucker-punches Harry.

[[folder:Lord Wernon Fatigue]]
!!Lord Wernon Fatigue
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fatigue_only.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:"Like scrubbing a bathroom floor, you do it one tile at a time."]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Earndil
One of the senior members of the Arcanum, specialises in lycanthrope lore.

* TheHeart: Implied. His generally sweet demeanor makes it easy for everyone to like him, a portrait in the Chapter House's bar suggests he's been a foundational member for a long time, Marckus and Harry even comment that they sincerely hope that he isn't the ghoul, [[spoiler:and his death leaves everyone horrified and furious]].
* LovedByAll: He's the only member of the Arcanum, former or otherwise, who is respected by everyone. Marckus even mentions going to him when he wanted to vent about his father. [[spoiler:This makes his grisly death all the more tragic.]]
* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler:He is ripped apart, his severed head, limbs and entrails thrown all over the place, his mutilated body cleaved in two, with pools of gore and blood covering the entire room and even poor Spit]].
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Significantly shorter than anyone else in the Acarnum. A portrait in the taproom shows that he had a HeroicBuild when he was younger.
* NiceGuy: He's polite, kindly, and genuinely wants to help the obviously-distressed Spit. [[spoiler:It only serves to make his gruesome death [[SacrificialLamb more tragic and horrifying]]; of everyone in the building, nobody deserved a violent death less than Fatigue.]]
* PretentiousPronunciation: His surname is pronounced "fa-te-gew."
* PunnyName: The man is worn an' fatigue(d)
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:This gentle, sweet, and harmless old man is found gruesomely murdered at the end of Episode 4, establishing the seriousness of the threat at hand.]]
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: He's very kind and empathetic to Spit, charming him almost immediately, though Fatigue's choice of words implies that he's also attempting to discern whether or not Spit is the ghoul spy suffering from vitae withdrawal.

[[folder:Doctor Gloria Waters]]
!!Doctor Gloria Waters
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%%[[caption-width-right:250:Doctor Gloria Waters, Elder Scholar of Psychotronics Studies]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Flickerlad
One of the senior members of the Arcanum, specialises in Psychotronics studies.

* CrazyPrepared: When Occam asks if she has tools to safely extract blood from everyone in the Chapter House, [[SubvertedTrope she gets fussy about the notion that she just carries scalpels everywhere]]... before [[LampshadeHanging sheepishly admitting]] that [[DoubleSubversion she's got two for everyone]].
* FunctionalAddict: She's actually a cocaine user, as Matilda alludes to when complaining about the higher ups. You can even see powder around her nostrils after she checks up on Occam. Still, her drug use doesn't seem to impede her.
* NumberTwo: Given that she rather quickly affirms that she is in charge after Occam is put out of commission, it's safe to assume she's the next highest ranking official in the Arcanum.
* TheMedic: Analyzes Occam's injuries, and seems to have medical tools everywhere she goes.

[[folder:Matilda Wilde]]
!!Matilda Wilde
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%%[[caption-width-right:250:Matilda Wilde, Arcanum staff]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Snipe
One of the two maids who works for The Arcanum. A grouchy cynic who got roped into the supernatural during the hunt for the ghoul.

* TheCynic: Is very upset with her lot in life, and doesn't understand why Kitten and the rest of Big-D's entourage would even bother caring about the Arcanum
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She didn't know about the existence of vampire until the ghoul hunt in Episode 4. Doesn't really care much though, [[spoiler:until Fatigue is killed]].
* JadedProfessional: She's openly bitter about her position and has no respect for her superiors and their constant bickering.
* NotSoStoic: She's jaded, cynical, and has no respect for her superiors. [[spoiler:Her reaction when finding Lord Fatigue's remains is one of open-mouthed horror]].
* SkewedPriorities: Is more concerned about being on lockdown, and thus unpaid overtime, instead of the presence of a violent vampire blood-slave going around threatening everyone. She's more worried over being fired than dead.

[[folder:Amanda Bergamot]]
!!Amanda Bergamot
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%%[[caption-width-right:250:Amanda Bergamot, Arcanum staff]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Ironirocal
One of the two maids who works for The Arcanum. a shy optimist who got roped into the supernatural during the hunt for the ghoul.

* ElectricTorture: Is subjected to an inhumane LieDetector test by the Blacklaws during ''The Feuds of our Fathers'', leaving her comatose on the floor and babbling incoherently. Remold Blacklaw insists that her poor state is evidence that she was lying.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She didn't learn about vampires existing until the ghoul hunt in Episode 4.

!!Enemies

!!!The Licks
A gang of fledgeling [[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade Kindred]]; Apeboy the Gangrel, Shitbeard the Brujah, Kevin the Tremere, and Pyotr the Nosferatu. They're responsible for a string of missing-persons cases in Norfolk.

[[folder:The Licks as a whole]]
* FeralVampires: Being Sabbat vampires they tend more towards this than their opposites in the Camarilla, who have a veneer of civility and sensuality most times to maintain the {{Masquerade}}. The Licks are encountered hiding in a network of caves out in the woods, and sustained themselves by abducting passers-by in the dead of night.
* {{Gonk}}: They're all pretty ugly, and while it's expected from Pyotr the Nosferatu and to a lesser extent Ape the Gangrel, Shitbeard and Kevin don't fare much better, despite being from clans that don't inflict mutations on their membership.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: As Sabbat vampires, they're fascists who seek the open supremacy of vampires over all other creatures, seeing humans as little more than livestock and playing to a mythologized past greatness of Kindredkind--or at least, Pyotr and Ape are. Shitbeard is clearly conflicted about his unlife, and Kevin [[NotInThisForYourRevolution doesn't believe in the Sabbat's cause at all]].
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Even though they're very young vampires that reek of incompetence, they still give the equally-novice Family a hell of a beating. Even Big D, the group's highly experienced mentor, finds himself [[TheWorfEffect taken out of the fight]] on two occasions -- he later uses this as [[DiscussedTrope a teaching experience]], warning Kitten that even the lowliest of foes can still be deadly if you aren't careful.
* SmallNameBigEgo: All four of them are very proud and ambitious, but they're too young and uncoordinated to pose a major threat. Even though they give the heroes a vicious beating, they still fall prey to very basic tricks and tactics that say more about [[TooDumbToLive their own intelligence]] than that of the Hunters. Special mention goes to Apeboy and Pyotr, who appear to have completely bought in to the Sabbat's vampire supremacist rhetoric, while being the lowest of the low on the vampire totem pole and taken down relatively easily by inexperienced hunters ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Big D]]).
* StarterVillain: The first threat faced by the Family in the story is a dysfunctional gang of young and inexperienced FeralVampires, with more serious threats foreshadowed.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: It's pretty clear from the second episode and audio log that the Licks do ''not'' get along, and only barely tolerate each other. [[spoiler: The moment they get a chance to turn on each other, they do so, and eventually only Kevin is alive.]]
* TragicMonster: Funnily enough, this is a theme with Kevin and Shitbeard of all people. Both of them had seemingly happy mortal lives before being embraced, and have had to find ways to cope with their newfound unlife. The series delves into the fact that, in their own ways, both of them (Kevin especially) are utterly miserable as vampires and would have seemingly preferred to stay mortal.
** The Chapter 3 eyecatch gives a brief summary on the backgrounds of the Licks and [[ReligionOfEvil who the Sabbat are]], establishing that most Sabbat packs are groups of random people conscripted into a war they barely understand, and put on a path that inevitably leads to insanity and death. While Pyotr at least worked for the Sabbat as a human beforehand, Ape and Shitbeard were abducted and turned against their will to serve as expendable minions.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: They act relatively chummy around each other and and are on friendly enough terms to recognize, and be irritated by, repeated behaviors. [[spoiler: Despite this, the ''moment'' they get the chance, Ape, Shitbeard and Pyotr turn on each other. His comments about them in the audiologs makes it very clear that had Kevin been there his disdain for them would likely have won out over their Vaulderie.]]
-->'''Kevin:''' You know, they were all bastards. But I [[VitriolicBestBuds liked those bastards]]. Almost as much as I hated those bastards.
* WoodenStake: How they are all subdued, as stakes through the heart only paralyze vampires until removed in the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' setting.

[[folder:Ape]]
!!Dave [=McGlow=]/"Ape Boy"
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[[caption-width-right:150:PROUD CAINITE! DOST THOU HEAR THE CALL!? PURGE YOUR DEGENERATE HUMANITY AND LIVE AS YOUR FOREFATHERS DIDTH!]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Glowtide
A Gangrel with red sideburns. A shovelhead[[note]](Victim of an indiscriminate Sabbat attack, raised from a mass grave)[[/note]] turned in 2005 and the youngest of the Licks, Ape is a tryhard who never passes up an opportunity to espouse vampire supremacy.

* AbsurdlySharpClaws: As a Gangrel, he has these at the ready and uses them with little hesitation on Door [[spoiler: and later on Shitbeard]].
* AnimalMotif: If his Sabbat Name didn't tip you off, Apes. His Beast-induced facial contortions show he even has very chimp-like dental structure, and his bodily structure could be best described as a cross between a chimpanzee and a gorilla.
* BaldOfEvil: He is bald under his hat.
* BigEater: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. If Kevin is to be believed, Ape has a habit of drinking a ''lot'' of blood. So much blood that he caused enough disappearances to attract the attention of Hunters like Big-D and his Family.
* CardCarryingVillain: More than the other Licks, Ape is a fanatical believer in the Sabbat's cause, to the point of infuriating his fellow vampires with his constant "[=LARPing=]".
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Apeboy is [[CannibalismSuperpower diablerized]] by Pyotr in Chapter 2, fuelling his escape from the Family's basement.]]
* ClosetGeek: He seems to hide it under his bluster, but he's capable of having discourse with Shitbeard about Noddism and how it relates to human philosophers. He also bellows "Vae Victus" before leaping into battle, implying he's a fan of the ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' series.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: It doesn't get much worse for Vampires than ''Diablerie'' but Pyotr ramps it up by impaling him through his chest with his bare hand, then beating his face to a bloody pulp and sucking all blood out of his body, throwing the dry husk away. Knowledge of the setting also would reveal that this means Pyotr ''ate his soul.'']]
* DavidVsGoliath: [[spoiler:He defeats Shitbeard, who is both much bigger and stronger ''and'' a higher generation than himself, in a straight fight, a notable achievement for any vampire.]]
* DumbMuscle: He's far and away the most physically powerful of the Licks, but Ape isn't the cleverest vampire to ever live. His lack of forward planning leads to him being the first Lick taken out of the fight with the Hunters and his fight with Shitbeard is won through sheer athleticism rather than Pyotr's trickery and opportunism. [[HiddenDepths He is capable of engaging Shitbeard in Noddist philosophy discourse however.]]
* FedoraOfAsskicking: Wears a black fedora that stays on even during fights. [[spoiler: It's finally dislodged when Pyotr kills him.]] Said fedora is less an indicator of smoothness or badassery and more a clear sign of him being an edgy [=LARPer=], but even an edgy [=LARPer=] can be dangerous when he's a vampire.
* FeralVampires: Even more than the others, due to being a Gangrel on top of everything else.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Shitbeard and Pyotr are frustrated by his fanaticism and multiple times tell him to shut up. Pyotr claims to kinda like him [[spoiler:but in the end, it's not enough to let him live.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: When the Licks are forced to fight each other, he genuinely believes Pyotr will help him take Shitbeard down. Instead, the Nosferatu turned invisible and let the two tire each other out before finishing them off.]]
* HotBloodedSideburns: He sports a pair of red sideburns and is the most HotBlooded of the Licks. He's so passionate and fanatical about the Sabbat's cause that he's willing to espouse his beliefs at almost every opportunity, annoying the hell out of his packmates.
* LargeHam: Shows signs of this with his pontification in Chapter 2.
* NewMeat: According to Pyotr, he is barely in the Sabbat and hasn't even undergone Vaulderie, an initiation ritual that breaks Vampire's previous bonds and binds them with others in Sabbat. Chapter 3's intermission establishes that Ape was embraced in 2005, only a year before the time of the series.
* NoTrueScotsman: He might hate the Camarilla, but he ''hates'' the Anarchs due to percieving them as cowards who want a revolution without changing the status quo of the Masquerade. Given Shitbeard's exasperated reaction to him going on his tear, he's done it ''a lot.''
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: He manages to accomplish quite a feat by defeating Shitbeard, a stronger, larger and a whole generation more powerful Vampire, in a straight hand-to-hand fight. However, it leaves him tired and weakened, unable to defend against a well-timed strike from Pyotr.]]
* ReligiousBruiser: Constantly sermonizes (albeit clumsily) about Cain and the beliefs of the Sabbat, which the other Licks only pay lip service to at best. Pyotr believes he is aiming to become a pack priest.
* SmallNameBigEgo: All of the Licks have this problem, but even among them, Apeboy is thinking of himself too highly. Pyotr has to outright call him out on the fact he is acting like trying to get a position of pack priest when he hasn't even been fully initiated into the Sabbat. Given his pouting about how he's the "strongest", it's likely he's still riding the high of his Embrace a year later.
* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: He has an odd halting mode of speech that causes him to sound like he's constantly stopping and starting sentences to think of what to say next. Considering his facial contortions in the second episode this is likely because he's not even ''trying'' to restrain his Beast.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If he hadn't caused enough hiker disappearances with his zealous feeding to draw attention from Hunters, he and his pack likely wouldn't have gotten involved in the series' story.
* VampiricDraining: Uses it on Door in Episode 1 and in Episode 2 [[spoiler:he's on receiving end of it from Pyotr, with lethal results]].
* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:Begs Pyotr to spare him, but to no effect.]]
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Defeats [[spoiler:Shitbeard]] with an impaler DDT.
* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: After impaling him, Pyotr kindly assures him he was just putting a show and wouldn't betray him, playfully bumping him in the face even. The Nosferatu then follows it by delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on a defenseless Apeboy.]]

[[folder:Kevin '''(Unmarked spoilers for Audiolog 2!)''']]
!! Kevin Malcolm Wettsworth/"Herbertus"
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[[caption-width-right:150:YOU MORTAL FOOLS DARE INVADE THE LAIR OF MIGHTY KEVIN?!]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Earndil
The Great and Mighty Kevin, a Tremere who dresses up as a wizard. His character and history are explored in the second audio drama, where we learn that there's much more to him than "crazed wizard."

* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: At times, it appears his arms have two elbows ''each''.
* AffablyEvil: When he lets his AxCrazy facade drop, Kevin turns out to be an introspective, sensitive person who [[KindHeartedCatLover loves cats]] and has a strong distaste to falling into the same {{Gaslighting}} his Clan is known to do. He's still a brutal murderer, but he clearly doesn't agree with his pack's sadistic impulses at all, especially when [[PragmaticVillainy it's greatly dangerous to his and their existence]].
* AmbiguouslyGay: In second audiolog makes multiple remarks that seem to indicate he finds Big D attractive, like pointing out how well Big D's shorts emphasize his ass while mocking him as a "sexy foolman".
* ActionSurvivor: Despite being a human accountant who was turned against his will, then later betrayed both his Clan and the Camarilla, he managed to survive well into the present day. If Kevin is to be believed, his sire and former masters have tried to have him killed many times -- both for his treachery and to keep him from spilling out valuable secrets that Hunters would use against them. It didn't take as Kevin managed to outwit his assassins. Big-D is genuinely impressed that he survived for that long, given Clan Tremere ''despised'' traitors and [[ControlFreak kept everyone in the clan on a tight leash]].
* {{Angrish}}: In Chapter 4, he's watching TV in his containment when he sees an advertisement... featuring ''him'' and plushies made based on ''his likeness''. He immediately loses his shit, exclaming "What has she done" in reference to either his sire or the Regent. He arms himself with his "powerful wizard gun" and declares he wants whoever made the plushies dead; in his frenzy, he causes his bullets to ricochet back into him, but he's too outraged by the ad to care!
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Averted. Despite knowing the Dominate Discipline and being a 9th generation vampire, he's under Pyotr's leadership (a mere 12th generation) due to the Nosferatu being the oldest.
* AtrociousAlias: He was given a new name by his masters -- ''Herbertus'' -- upon being inducted into Clan Tremere, to encourage him to leave behind his human life. Predictably, [[DoNotCallMePaul Kevin hates it]], referring to it as his "shitty Camarilla roleplay name". He also was given a demeaning nickname by the Licks (similar to Shitbeard and Ape Boy) before he gained enough respect to go by Kevin, though we don't learn what it was.
* AxCrazy: Loud, arrogant, erratic, and the most dangerous of the Licks thanks to his powerful Domination. Though much of his erratic behavior and arrogance is an elaborate front to vent most of the frustrations in his unlife, he still has his moments even outside of fights.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: According to him, he was once an average young man who dreamed of moving up in the world and becoming hugely successful. His dreams come true in the worst way possible: First he "died" via being Embraced against his will, then endured what is implied to be ''years'' of gaslighting and other horrific abuses at the hands of his [[BadBoss masters]]. He undertook the pack-bonding ritual with three other Vampires who would become the Licks just to escape his servitude, but despite his pack-mates being equally shitty people, he puts up with them because they're his best chance for freedom.
* BeingEvilSucks: One of the first things Kevin admits to Big-D is that being a vampire is ''shit.'' He hates his unlife, he hates his packmates, he hates his clan, and he hates himself thanks to the {{Gaslighting}} all Tremeres endure.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: As Big-D points out to Kitten in first audiolog, even a Vampire as silly as Kevin can overpower an experienced hunter like Big-D himself, if the latter drops his guard down.
* BossInMooksClothing: He's the second-youngest of his pack, and thus lower in rank than Pyotr, but his generation is the lowest, at ''nine.'' The lower a vampire's generation, the more powerful it is, and Kevin in game terms is the most powerful vampire you can create in 20th Anniversary.
* CardCarryingVillain: Straight up calls himself an evil vampire, at least until Big-D convinces him to switch sides.
* DeathSeeker: During interrogation by Big-D it becomes rapidly apparent that Kevin would like nothing more than to just be free of his vampiric circumstances and live his life normally, but has long since lost hope of it ever happening. It makes the idea of a final death an appealing and sweet release.
-->''[Big-D strikes Kevin with his pan so hard his neck snaps]''\\
'''Big-D:''' You are indeed a worthy foe, Mighty Kevin...\\
'''Kevin:''' ''[Neck snaps back in place]'' You're lucky I'm dead, or that might have killed me!\\
'''Big-D:''' Good.\\
'''Kevin:''' Agreed.
* DespairEventHorizon: Underneath the grandstanding, the wizardly nonsense, and the seemingly religious fervor for the Sabbat, Kevin is a miserable young man with no hope for his future, and [[DeathSeeker can only pray that his next life treats him more kindly]]. He doesn't believe that his story can have a happy ending, and feels that his only choice for freedom is to embrace the Beast.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Kevin is disappointed, but not surprised, to hear Big-D turn down his offer to [[WeCanRuleTogether join his crusade]]. He is absolutely ''flabbergasted'', however, when Big-D asks him to join ''his''.
* EmbarrassingLastName: His last name was "Wettsworth", which he is absolutely ''ashamed'' of. His response to Big-D discovering this and saying it out is subtitled as "[scream of incomprehensible shame]".
* EveryoneHasStandards: Due to his own traumatic experiences with Clan Tremere's bloodbond, [[spoiler:he is horrified when he learns that Chapman willingly became a Ghoul, ''especially'' when he learns Chapman has a family. Kevin is even more disgusted when Chapman ''wants'' to be blood bonded, to ''him''.]]
-->'''Kevin:''' FUCK!! I have [[EvenEvilHasStandards LINES I DO NOT CROSS]], that I drew WITH MY OWN FREE WILL, YOU FUCKING RIVER TROLL!!!
** On a more humorous note, he sounds noticeably disturbed when recalling the Regent's obsession with Boudica's privates.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In Episode 1, he calls out his fellow Licks for their overfeeding, which attracted hunters like the Family to their lair. This not only establishes him as the smartest of his group, but also serves as {{Foreshadowing}} for his past, particularly his experience in accounting.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: In the second audio log, Big-D discovers that Kevin owns a beloved pet cat named Mr. Smerples, something Pyotor ridiculed him for. Kevin's outraged at first, assuming he's going to be mocked again, but Big-D is actually intrigued; this is one of the first signs that Kevin hasn't quite let go of his humanity just yet, and there might be a chance he can be redeemed. Ultimately, [[spoiler: D successfully convinces Kevin to stay true to his feelings and renounce his vampirism entirely, with him becoming an ally to him from then on]].
* EvilMakesYouUgly: Not as dramatically as Pyotr, since he's not a Nosferatu and [[IndubitablyUninterestingIndividual wasn't much to look at in the first place]], but he looks far more haggard and wild as a vampire than the plain, dorky-looking man seen on his driver's license.
* EyeScream: Kitten stakes him through the eye in the first episode, though it's fully regrown by 'Highly Controversial Debate (CHOOSE YOUR SIDE)', which takes place at least two nights after the injury.
* ForensicAccounting: Attempted to warn the Regent about the risks of draining ghouls and other humans of their money to fund the chantry, pointing out that, on top of leaving their mortal minions destitute, such a tactic leaves a paper-trail of fraud that an accountant like him could follow. Big-D agrees, hailing taxmen as "the unsung heroes of the world of the hunter".
* HamToHamCombat: His interactions with [[CloudCuckoolander Big D]] (when not heartfelt drama or exposition) are usually the two of them trying to out-crazy and out-shout each-other.
* HeelRealization: The end of the second audio log seems to imply this, as Big-D's words and genuine kindness moved him enough to start giving him pretty vital information that other Vampires would kill to keep secret.
* HeelFaceTurn: By the time of the third audiobook, Kevin is now a part of the Hunters and actively working with Big D to tear down the local Camarilla sect.
* HiddenDepths: Kevin was an accountant in his mortal life, and was brought into the Tremere to act as a book-keeper for the Regent's funds. He was actually quite skilled at it too. Unfortunately, he fell out of favor when he brought up [[ForensicAccounting the unappreciated danger of human tax laws]] and how simply draining ghouls of all their funds isn't a viable long-term strategy. He's also still quite attached to his mortal life, maintaining his apartment and even keeping a beloved pet cat.
* HumanPincushion: He gets staked by the whole family at once after they find a way to overcome his Dominate power, and he has ''way'' more than five stakes in him when Door drops his paralyzed carcass in the bus.
* HypnoticEyes: Among Clan Tremere's three vampiric disciplines, Kevin seems to have mainly focused on "Dominate", which manifests as a bright red glow from his ScaryShinyGlasses. However, the Family is able to thwart it by [[LogicalWeakness closing their eyes (with sunglasses)]] and screaming a PsychicBlockDefence to shatter Kevin's concentration.
* IgnoredExpert: He was made a vampire specifically so North Norfolk's Camarilla chapter could benefit from his skill at accounting. Yet, when he warned the local Regent about major financial issues -- bad enough to risk the wrath of [[IntimidatingRevenueService the taxmen]] -- she not only ignored it, but had him punished. This is one of the major reasons why he defected to the Sabbat. Ironically, this ''exact same trope'' is what would lead Big-D and his family of Hunters to his pack, as Ape ignored his implied warnings to stop overfeeding to avoid drawing attention to the tunnels they were hiding out in.
* IHateYouVampireDad: Kevin deeply resents his sire for embracing him against his will, bringing him into the local Tremere chantry to serve as a treasurer, only to cast him aside when he gave his masters harsh economic advice they didn't want to hear. He also ''hates'' the Tremere Pyramid, likening it to a psychologically abusive relationship, and joined the Sabbat because the pack-bonding ritual they have breaks all other magical bonds.
* IJustWantToBeFree: It becomes increasingly clear from his conversation with Big-D that all Kevin wants at this point is to no longer need to answer to the Camarilla, the Sabbat, his Sire, or any other vampires...
* IJustWantToBeNormal: ...and to live an ordinary human life in his ordinary apartment with his beloved cat Smerples. However, [[DespairEventHorizon he's lost all hope of this ever happening]], and doesn't see any way out other than [[LossOfIdentity embracing the Beast]] or [[DeathSeeker receiving final death]].
* IndubitablyUninterestingIndividual: Back as a human, being an accountant from a middle class family that could expect to lead, in his words, "a pleasant, stagnant, unexceptional life" and whose dreams for more were on life support. It's PlayedForDrama in this case, as now that he's a vampire he longs for even that mediocre existence once more, even pretending to be alive against Sabbat teachings, rather than ''[[BeingEvilSucks this]]''.
* KindheartedCatLover: The first hint that he's not really as evil as he seems is the reveal that he owns a pet cat by the name of [[FormallyNamedPet Mr. Smerples]]. Despite being frustrated by Mr. Smerples' tendency to pee on his rug, Kevin is still fond of and cares for them. He also makes occasional mentions of how cats are adorable in general. Big D begrudgingly agrees to look after Mr. Smerples as part of managing Kevin's mortal affairs.
-->'''Kevin:''' SMERPLES IS EVIL TOO! He once peed on my rug, then I threw it in the washer, and then I took it out of the washer, and I dried it, and then I put it back down and he peed on it ''again!'' Very evil little boy!!\\
'''Big-D:''' The bastard...
* LargeHam: Somehow in the usual WorldOfHam that Alfabusa normally creates, Kevin manages to stand out. He handles himself in a much more grandiose way than his rather low status would deserve.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In second audiolog he makes several guesses about what Big D may be -- a mage, a ghoul, a fairy -- all echoing popular fan theories.
* MindRape: This is how Kevin describes his blood bond with the Tremeres, back when he was part of the Camarilla. Once turned, the blood bond he now shared with the rest of the clan began influencing him to love and serve his Tremere masters against his will, no matter how cruelly they treat him. Any attempts to resist left him feeling disgusted that he felt that way at all. Even worse, the blood bond is ''eerily'' reminiscent of abusive {{Gaslighting}}. This ultimately factored into his decision to betray the Camarilla and join the Sabbat.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: He boasts about being an accountant building spreadsheets in the exact same over-the-top way as he does about being a wizard.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Kevin joining the Sabbat was never an ideological matter; he doesn't believe in their cause in the slightest, and only used the Vaulderie to escape the Tremere Pyramid.
* OddFriendship: [[spoiler:With Big-D. After their final interrogation he seems to have hit it off with the family Patriarch rather well.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: As a member of the Camarilla, where he stated that they needed to pay servants, as even if they were blood-bonded or mind controlled, they still needed to buy groceries to avoid starving to death. And also that things would smell of tax fraud if they didn't.
-->'''Kevin:''' Everything must add up or [[IntimidatingRevenueService you will be subtracted from the equation]]!
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Whenever he activates his Domination ability, his eyes glow with a very menacing red.
* SadClown: He may be arguably the silliest of the licks, but underneath it he's just a sad man who never achieved his dreams in life and was struggling in a dead-end job. Becoming a Vampire meant for him only being a victim of slavery and gaslighting, followed by being ostracised by fellow Vampires. Even joining the Sabbat was more a cruel necessity to him than anything else.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Abandoned both his clan and the Camarilla, for [[MindRape very understandable reasons]].
* SeenItAll: Apparently his un-life in Yarmouth has lead to him seeing a ''lot.''
--->'''Big-D:''' You don't inject crack, Kevin! You fucking office worker!\\
'''Kevin:''' You can! You totally can! You've never unlived in Yarmouth, you don't understand!
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:As of episode 3, he's the only one of the Licks still standing. Both Shitbeard and Ape were killed by Pyotr, while Pyotr himself was killed by the Family.]]
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Fully admits that he feels the Sabbat's ideology of embracing the Beast at least gave him something resembling the freedom he craves, as opposed to the Camarilla and Tremere Pyramid's oppression.
* TheStarscream: He not so subtly suggests that he has designs on usurping Pyotr as acting pack leader of the Licks, though he's quick to deny it when Big D notices this.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Surprisingly, he actually seems to be this to the rest of his Sabbat packmates. Kevin hangs onto several items from his mortal life, still owns his apartment (and makes an effort to be seen by the neighbors to ward off suspicion), and has a cat he [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes clearly adores]], all things he keeps a secret from the other Sabbat. Given that he was embraced against his will, and then treated poorly for doing his job correctly, Big-D comes to the conclusion that Kevin is only with the Sabbat because he feels as if he has no other choice.
* TomTheDarkLord: The Great and Mighty Kevin is very proud of his name and loudly announces it multiple times.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: According to him, he enjoyed "poppyseed bagels with creamed cheese and lox [brined salmon]" in his human life.
* TragicVillain: Don't be fooled by [[SadClown all the grandstanding]], Kevin is absolutely ''miserable'' as a vampire. He hates the [[FeralVampires Sabbat]] only nominally less than the [[VampiresAreRich Camarilla]], and only because the Sabbat was able to free him from the blood bond slavery of the Tremere clan.
--> '''Kevin:''' This story comes to no good end. I cannot follow my dreams. I must scrounge to stay alive or sane, I... I [[BeingEvilSucks cannot remain human any longer]]. My only hope is to embrace a shadow of this dream, to embrace the Beast, [[IJustWantToBeFree and hope freedom is on the other side]].\\
'''Big-D:''' Freedom never comes through surrender.\\
'''Kevin:''' Perhaps not. [[DespairEventHorizon But it's the only chance I have left]].
* UnskilledButStrong: He's 9th generation but only twenty-seven years old. That allowed him to dominate a whole group of skilled hunters but he's low ranking in the Licks.
* VampiricDraining: He tried draining Big-D... but it ends up backfiring when Big-D reveals he [[SpikedBlood got himself high on DMT]], causing him to trip out and leaving him vulnerable to being shot by Kitten.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Settles into this dynamic with Big-D after spending time with him. He definitely respects the man a great deal and seems to enjoy his company, plus trusting his with his beloved cat, but he ''also'' cannot resist viciously mocking D when the opportunity presents itself.
* WizardClassic: The Great & Mighty Kevin is a [[BloodMagic Tremere vampire]] with this aesthetic. For some reason, he's still shocked when Kitten identifies him as a "Vampire Wizard".
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He looks like a scraggly, [[CrazyHomelessPeople unhinged hobo]] in wizard's garb, but he's actually ''twenty-seven''. He blames his appearance on his stressful day job and psoriasis (a skin disease).
--> '''Big-D:''' ''(shocked)'' How-- wait, how on earth are you ''27 years old''?!\\
'''Kevin:''' MY DAY JOB WAS STRESSFUL AND ALSO I HAVE PSORIASIS WHAT DO YOU WANT.

[[folder:Pyotr]]
!! Peter Piotrowski/"Pyotr"
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[[caption-width-right:150:You should've taken my offer, loverboy.]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' [=DrWhite=]
The leader of the Licks, a Nosferatu with greasy hair. Once an aquatic welder, he was embraced in 1981 by his workforce superior during an underwater Sabbat operation.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Towards Kitten. Emphasis on [[{{Gonk}} abhorrent]].
* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:His last words are him pathetically whining "[[ImmortalsFearDeath I don't wanna die]]".]]
* AlliterativeName: His full name when he was a human was '''P'''eter '''P'''iotrowski.
* AmbiguouslyGay: When Kitten calls him "hideous," Pyotr apparently thinks he's [[InsultBackfire hitting on him]] and starts calling him "loverboy."
* ArcVillain: As the leader of the Licks, Pyotr is the primary antagonist of the first few episodes of ''Hunter: the Parenting''.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:He loses the bottom half of his right leg to a mine, which causes him to realize the ''entire front lawn'' to Kitten's house he's standing on had been converted into a minefield. A scene briefly shows the stump healing at the knee, though Pyotr claims he would regain his leg if he had the chance to feed]].
* AssimilationBackfire: [[spoiler: It isn't called attention to, but his Diablerie of Ape and Shitbeard end up biting him when, as in the source material, he takes on some of their mannerisms as a result of devouring their blood and souls, gaining Ape's zealous behavior and Shitbeard's rage and tunnel vision. These two things in combination with his power high make him act more invincible than he is and miss key details that bite him, like the minefield or Boy off to the side with a gun.]]
* BadassBoast: Gives a chilling one when [[spoiler:Kitten calls him out for being a pathetic, opportunistic coward]].
-->Gentlemen! [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil You seem to have difficulty understanding]] that I'm the goddamn ''Sabbat''. [[CardCarryingVillain Mercy? Shame? Human weaknesses]]! I am ''[[AboveGoodAndEvil beyond]]'' human! I see what I want and I take it! If I can take it, it belongs to me! '''I AM THE SWORD OF CAINE, YOU WRETCH! AND I FALL WHERE I PLEASE!'''
* BadBoss: He's the leader of the Licks, but it's very clear he doesn't give two shits about them. He insults and tears down Ape and Shitbeard and when Marckus puts them into a death match to see what would happen, he responds to Ape's request to team up against Shitbeard by simply cackling and declaring "Monomacy it is!"[[labelnote:*]]Monomacy is a Sabbat tradition for solving disputes that boils down to a fight to the death, typically ending in [[MonstrousCannibalism Diablerie.]][[/labelnote]] before promptly going invisible until Ape and Shitbeard wear each other down.
* BlindedByRage: As Kitten says, an angry vampire is a predictable vampire. A few pointed insults were all it took for Pyotr to leap at Kitten and [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice onto his stake]] in Chapter 1. [[spoiler:He goes on to repeat this same blunder ''twice'' in Chapter 3, which leads directly to his final death. To his credit, he realizes his mistake and ''tries'' to avoid this, even using it ''against'' Kitten by [[KickTheDog attacking Marckus]], but it just backfires on him. He also doesn't immediately leap at Door when provoked.]]
* ButterFace: [[spoiler: After diablerizing Ape and Shitbeard, his body becomes a sensual mountain of muscle [[MrFanservice that's bursting from his clothes]], but keeps his monstrous Nosferatu face]].
* CardCarryingVillain: He's very proud about being "the Goddamned Sabbat" and openly embraces all of the most violent and cruel vampire stereotypes. When he's called out for his selfishness, he furiously rejects the idea of following any sort of moral scruples whatsoever.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Meets his end in Chapter 3, after being incapacitated by landmines and exposed to the rising sun. The after-credits sequence even shows Pyotr's soul being dragged off to Hell by the Devil.]]
* CombatPragmatist: [[spoiler: When the Licks are forced to fight each-other for blood in Chapter 2, he sits out the fight with his Nosferatu stealth abilities, letting Apeboy and Shitbeard wear each-other down before swooping in to finish them both off.]]
* DirtyCoward: Kitten calls him out on this. During his first encounter with the Hunters, he only went after Boy, a child, while leaving other Licks to fight the rest of his older and stronger family. Later on, after being captured and ordered by Marckus to eat one another, he could have used his position as the group's leader to but instead chose to turn invisible, allowing them to go after one another so he can diablerize them both in the aftermath. In response, Pyotr just mocks Kitten for thinking that a Sabbat like him even cares.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Considering Nosferatus specifically target "Cleopatras" (people with good looks they see as shallow and/or vain) in order to bring them down a peg or two, there's a chance he was victim of this even if he was already working for the Sabbat before his Embrace.
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler: TheStinger of Episode 3 has him waking up next to a pit, only for [[CreatorCameo Karl the Deranged]] to emerge from the darkness, welcome him to Hell, and drag him screaming into the pit.]]
* DroneOfDread: Pyotr's {{Leitmotif}}, used prominently in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF1Y97QBKPo Chapter 1's "The Nosferatu"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMFdBMdKcDE Chapter 2's "The Nosferatu's Glare"]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Episode 1 introduces him in a JumpScare, popping out of the darkness to prey on a defenseless Boy. While he is thankfully stopped by Kitten, it goes to show that he is the most depraved and predatory of the Licks, both in looks and personality -- even his face in that moment is used as an image for the show's [[NightmareFuel/HunterTheParenting Nightmare Fuel]] page to show how ''terrifying'' the world of ''TabletopGame/HunterTheReckoning'' can be.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: [[spoiler:Kitten yells at him to stop while he's curb-stomping Marckus into the ground. Pyotr's response is "''Stomp?'' Well, I was going to ease up, but if you insist!"]]
* EvilLaugh: Laughs maniacally in the second episode when the Hunters decide to pit the Licks against each other and have them eat each other [[spoiler:since this means they have ''no idea'' what happens when a vampire eats another.]]
* EvilMakesYouUgly: Before he was Embraced, the man was an absolute bombshell of a man. If it weren't for the fact that he was working with the Sabbat when he got Embraced, there would be an argument that he might be a Cleopatra [[note]]Particularly attractive, prideful, and vain people that Nosferatu vampires Embrace to give them a taste of karmic justice by turning them horrifically ugly.[[/note]]
* EyeScream: Gets his eyes burned out by Marckus' blowtorch. [[spoiler: He regrows them after [[MonstrousCannibalism diablerizing]] Apeboy.]]
* FantasticRacism: As a vampire, he treats humans the same way humans treat livestock -- dumb animals for him and his kind to feed on. When he gets the wrong impression and assumes Kevin is screwing Big-D and is told that is ''absolutely not happening,'' he makes a crack about zoophilia.
* FatalFlaw: He has a lot of these, [[spoiler:which eventually lead to his downfall and final death]].
** Arrogance and a bad temper, which combine to make Pyotr [[BlindedByRage easily baited into reckless headlong attacks]]. A bit of mockery from Kitten leads Pyotr to leap right into a spear thrust, [[spoiler:and during the final confrontation, Kitten and Door both taunt and enrage him until he attempts to traverse the house's minefield, leading to his final death.]]
** [[spoiler: Once he diablerizes Apeboy and Shitbeard, overconfidence. He toys with the hunters instead of just outright killing them, believing he's so far above them that they're no longer a threat, which backfires spectacularly on him. He could ''easily'' have finished off Marckus and Big-D, but instead chooses to waste time chasing Kitten, leaving Door free to go get his secret stash.]]
** Finally, paranoia. [[spoiler: Both Kitten and Door point out that for all his power and ruthlessness, he's nothing more than an opportunistic coward; When he first ambushed them in the tunnels, his first target was Boy, and he simply hid in a corner and let Apeboy and Shitbeard wear each other down before he swooped in. Even after his Diablerie boost, he exclusively targets either isolated individuals, or people too wounded to fight back and continues using deception and stealth because he just refuses to risk being hurt, even if his newly enchanced strength and regenerative powers would have allowed him to easily slaughter the entire family at numerous points. Finally, Door manages to get in his head so badly that he genuinely starts wondering if he stands a chance, since if he slips up and makes a mistake, he has an eternity to lose, as Door puts it.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: As confirmed by Kevin in the second audiolog, [[spoiler:Kevin himself is a 9th Generation vampire, with Shitbeard being 10th, Apeboy being 11th, and Pyotr only being 12th, little better than a thin-blood or Caitiff who was only in charge of their pack by merit of being the oldest vampire among them. By diablerizing Shitbeard and Apeboy he's not only healed up all of his injuries from the fight with the family and gained a significant boost in power, but he is now a 10th Generation vampire with the blood potency to match.]]
* {{Gonk}}: The ugliest of the Licks, since being Embraced by a Nosferatu [[EvilMakesYouUgly tanks your appearance]].
* GracefulLoser: His one admirable trait is acceptance of when he has no chance. He simply lets out a resigned "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck oh]]" when Marckus blowtorches his eyes out and compliments Kitten when he gets staked. [[spoiler: He noticeably ''loses'' this trait once he starts riding high off his double diablerie.]]
* HealingFactor: His eyes grow back [[spoiler: after eating Apeboy. He later gets a lower leg blown off by a land mine and starts regenerating it before he's destroyed for good.]]
* HulkingOut: [[spoiler:After diablerizing Ape and Shitbeard, he becomes ''very'' top-heavy and gains an elongated jaw.]]
* ImmortalsFearDeath: Pyotr's priority-one is his own survival, because receiving a final death terrifies him more than anything else. Door seems to realize this very quickly, and [[BreakThemByTalking his lecture causes Pyotr to suffer a momentary crisis]].
* {{Invisibility}}: It's one of the Nosferatu's Disciplines after all and is called Obfuscate in this universe. The fact that he can also uses it to be invisible to cameras as well, when the power supposedly only makes you invisible to living creatures, indicates that he's pretty good at it. He uses it in episode 2 [[spoiler:to let Apeboy and Shitbeard duke it out and strike when they're both exhausted and wounded]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: Pyotr is a vicious, selfish, cutthroat predator whose only priority is his own survival and advancement. [[spoiler: He even genuinely despises Shitbeard to the point of relishing diablerizing him despite the fact that they're bound by a [[BloodOath Viniculum]] strong enough that it made Kevin, though overridden by how much he hated his packmates, want to stab Big D forty times for his part in the pack's deaths.]]
* IWasQuiteALooker: We get to see a photo of his human self in the third audiolog. Turns out he was reasonably handsome before being subjected to [[LooksLikeOrlok the curse of the Nosferatu]]. As Big-D observes: "Poor fellow. No wonder he was such a prick."
* KarmicDeath: He revels in being a vampire and considers mortals to be Embrace fodder at best, and he causes the family no end of trouble and tries to hunt them in their own home. [[spoiler: He's disabled by a trap set by Door and then ambushed by Boy, the youngest and weakest of the hunters, which results in him burning to death in the sun, having fallen as ''their'' prey. He is then DraggedOffToHell by Karl the Deranged.]]
* KickTheDog: He cruelly tells a weakened Shitbeard [[spoiler:moments before killing and feeding on him]] that while he liked Apeboy, he ''never'' liked the old man.
* LooksLikeOrlok: Downplayed. While all members of Clan Film/{{Nosferatu}} are [[EvilMakesYouUgly hideous]] like the character from the film, most Nossies (and Pyotr in particular) don't exactly look like him. Pyotr in particular has long greasy hair, bulging eyes, and a lipless mouth, as opposed to the bald, rat-faced Orlok.
* MeaningfulName: His name translates to "rock". A rock was the tool used to carry out the very first murder in biblical history, with Caine, the aforementioned murderer, cursed to become the first vampire worshipped by the Sabbat. As if to acknowledge this, Pyotr seems to enjoy referring to himself and the Sabbat by their nickname: "The Sword of Caine".
* MonstrousCannibalism: [[spoiler:Marckus encourages the Licks to feed on each other as an experiment, a fight that Pyotr wins. However, because [[CannibalismSuperpower diablerie]] is a thing, Marckus [[NiceJobBreakingItHero unwittingly makes Pyotr a much stronger foe than he was in the tunnels]].]]
* NightmareFace: There's a damn good reason his mug is on this series' [[NightmareFuel/HunterTheParenting Nightmare Fuel page]], with his [[GlasgowGrin enormous mouth]], [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily numerous teeth]], and [[HellishPupils bulging, staring eyes]]. [[spoiler:It gets worse in the second episode when he regrows them after diablerizing Apeboy. His newly grown eyes are bloodshot with visible yellow irises, making them even creepier.]]
* NotSoDifferentRemark: After Door says he does not consider Vampires to be anything but corpses, Pyotr remarks he would make a good Vampire. However, he says it in a mocking way, as he believes Door would make a good member of clan Ventrue. Ventrues are considered snobbish at best and pompous pricks at worst among Kindred circles and are almost always on the Camarilla's side, something the Sabbat-affiliated Pyotr abhors.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: While all of the Licks are a bit more threatening than their StarterVillain status would imply, Pyotr in particular becomes a ''much'' greater threat when [[spoiler:Marckus lets him [[MonstrousCannibalism diablerize]] Apeboy and Shitbeard, not knowing that [[CannibalismSuperpower it would make him stronger]].]]
* OhCrap: He gets a ''glorious'' silent one [[spoiler: in the stinger of episode 3. After dying he finds himself in a dark void before a pit and is confronted by a truly gigantic devil played by Karl the Deranged who welcomes him to Hell before dragging him down. All Pyotr can do before being grabbed is look up like a deer in the headlights, implied to be intimidation from the devil's size and panic at the fact that said devil referred to him by the ''real pronunciation of his name.'']]
* OpportunisticBastard: Canny observation from Big-D determines him to be this; since he obviously specced into {{Invisibility}} rather than a Nosferatu's [[SuperStrength other]] [[TheBeastmaster abilities]], he isn't particularly strong [[spoiler:until diablerizing Shitbeard]] and only strikes when he knows he can quickly win.
* PretentiousPronunciation: Marckus points out his name is the Slavic version of "Peter" (which is pronounced "p-yo-ter") but he pronounces it with English phonemes ("pi-o-tear"). [[spoiler: The Devil calls him "Peter" (with English pronunciation) before dragging him off to Hell. And the third audiolog reveals his real name is Peter Piotrowski. Also notably, Shitbeard is the only character to actually refer to him by the "Peter" pronunciation before his death while trying to get his attention during Pyotr's boasting to the family about the Sabbat's power.]]
* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler: He gets one of his legs blown off by a mine and gets knocked into several more by a well-timed shot from Boy, which blows off his other leg and leaves him a bloody mess. And this isn't even enough to ''kill him'', but it does knock him out until the sun comes up and finishes the job.]]
* ReducedToDust: [[spoiler:After being rendered comatose by his injuries in Chapter 3, the rising sun burns Pyotr's body to ash.]]
* RepetitiveName: "Piotrowski" comes from "Piotr", the Polish variant of "Peter".
* ShovelStrike: Grabs a Poundland-branded shovel in Chapter 3, and brandishes it at Kitten and Marckus with the clear intent to kill them with it. [[spoiler:In his fight with Door, Pyotr uses the shovel to toss a hunk of dirt and detonate a few landmines, kicking up a screening cloud of dust that allows the vampire to dodge Door's gunfire and retaliate by [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throwing the shovel like a javelin]], stunning Door and cracking the visor of his EOD suit.]]
* TheSociopath: While he does have [[LaughablyEvil his own quirks]] like his fellow Licks, of the group he was the most disconnected from his former humanity even in personality, and it showed. He shows a complete LackOfEmpathy even towards his fellow Licks, and while he appears to be caring for his pack-mates on the surface, he's quite the OpportunisticBastard [[spoiler:and was willing to betray, kill, and feed on both Apeboy and Shitbeard to get more power]]. He is completely disdainful of humanity, treating them as one would treat livestock, and absolutely ''enjoys'' the perks that come with a Vampire, [[spoiler:even developing a [[AGodAmI borderline god complex]] once he receives his power-up]]. He is also a ManipulativeBastard, trying to convince Kitten and Marckus to become Vampires, too (though [[ShutUpHannibal he fails on that front]]), and in Episode 3 [[spoiler:he keeps the entire Family on their toes -- even leaving them brutally injured -- via use of his {{Invisibility}}, his cunning, and whatever he could find on their property]]. Finally, like most Sabbat Vampires, he believes himself to be on some grand Crusade started by his kind's progenitor, Caine, and is enraged when Kitten [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech essentially calls him a cowardly, opportunistic thug]]. In the end, it's his grandoise self-importance and overconfidence [[spoiler:that leads to his death, having severely underestimated Door and Boy in the adrenaline rush brought by his earlier feeding and being left incapacitated by the father-son duo long enough to be incinerated by the sun]].
* StealthExpert: He evidently specializes in his clan's {{Invisibility}} powers, and unlike most who have it, even cameras can't pick him up.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: He is a gangly and black-haired Sabbat vampire who is the tallest of his gang, and he's the snarkiest of them all, delivering sharp-tongued quips to his fellows whenever they act stupid.
* TookALevelInBadass: In Chapter 1, he's the second of the Licks to go down and he does so [[BlindedByRage like a punk]]. In Chapter 2, he [[spoiler:waits for Apeboy and Shitbeard to beat each other bloody, then swoops in and feeds on both, [[CannibalismSuperpower growing much more powerful in the process]] and escaping his prison.]] The second audiolog further establishes that Pyotr is a mere 12th generation vampire, the lowest of the group and, on paper, weaker than even NewMeat Apeboy. [[spoiler:The rules of diablerie mean that devouring Apeboy and Shitbeard artificially lowers Pyotr's generation by two steps, making this trope almost literal.]]
* TopHeavyGuy: [[spoiler:After diablarizing the muscular Shitbeard and Ape, Pytor upper body bulks up considerably.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery:
** Kevin, a 9th generation vampire, looks down on Pyotr for being a "12th generation rube", and claims Pyotr is only in charge because he's been undead the longest, and thus has more experience. [[spoiler:Since this opinion comes from an audiolog released after episode 2, people watching in chronological order already know that Pyotr will successfully devour the other Licks and become significantly stronger.]]
** In episode 3 Pyotr is guilty of it himself. After disabling Big D he abandons the careful stealth and ambush tactics he excels at in favor of the direct approach in the belief the rest pose no real threat. [[spoiler:He gets baited into multiple traps and killed by them taking advantage of his grandstanding.]]
* VampiricDraining: [[spoiler:Drains both Apeboy and Shitbeard to death in episode 2.]]
* VillainRespect: He admits to "liking" the Hunters for kicking his and the gang's asses back in Episode 1.
* WeakButSkilled: He is the highest generation (12th) vampire in the Licks, but he has also been undead for far longer than the rest of them. Whilst his high generation means his powers are relatively weak, he's had more practical experience and has had time to hone his skills which puts him in a position of authority in the group.
* WorfHadTheFlu: In episode 1 he goes down extremely easy, to the point Kitten lampshades in first audiolog how anticlimactic it was. Big D warns him that Pyotr may be far more dangerous and in this particular fight merely was out of his element. Come episode 2 [[spoiler: and Pyotr proceeds to prove Big D right]].
* YouBastard: Pulls a very subtle one in-universe in Episode 2, when he mocks the fact Marckus's quasi-wrestling commentarry [[spoiler: on Lick's three-way fight]] stopped the moment [[spoiler:once he massacred Apeboy]], almost as if he was calling the Family out for setting it up not prepared for this result.
-->'''Pyotr:''' Hey, [[Wrestling/JimRoss JR]]! Can't help but notice the crowd go mild... [[spoiler:Am I good to collect my winnings now?]]

[[folder:Shitbeard]]
!! Richard Porter/"Shitbeard"
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[[caption-width-right:150:Anyway, the point is we cannot eat cream crackers anymore...]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Earndil
Largest of the Licks, old and fat Brujah that looks like a biker. He was embraced during a series of Blood drive disappearances in 1995.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels:
** Shitbeard fits the look in stereotyping members of the clan, and even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it with a shirt that has "Hell's Fuckers" printed on the front as well as a jacket with a "Hell's Fuckers" patch on the back. He states his clan's name with an exaggerated "Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" like the sound of a motorcycle engine.
** Later played straight in the third audiolog, where it is established that Hell's Fuckers are an affiliate of the Sabbat and are known by the Norfolk police for causing trouble (usually targeting Camarilla assets) wherever they go.
* BerserkButton: Given how much he ''hates'' being a Vampire, he moves to drink Marckus ''dry'' for (falsely) asking him for the Embrace. During his captivity, it also becomes clear he ''hates'' being reminded of the simple mundanity his new unlife has robbed him of.
* BlessedWithSuck: Does ''not'' enjoy his existence as a Brujah, and actively starts cussing out Marckus for (pretending to) want the Embrace. Yeah, he's got age-immune immortality and super strength, but he also had his life as a college student interrupted by it, and he misses being able to go out during the day and eat normal food (particularly cream crackers).
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Shitbeard is a ruthless Sabbat vampire, but he's the most emotional of his gang and was a college student before he was turned, which only happened in the first place because he was donating blood.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Shitbeard is [[CannibalismSuperpower diablerized]] by Pyotr in Chapter 2, fuelling his escape from the Family's basement.]]
* DoubleConsciousness: Implied, as he seems to have trouble reconciling his anti-class, anti-hierarchical views, that he probably had even before being turned, with realities of being a Vampire.
* GlassCannon: It's implied he actually doesn't put much, if any, focus on the ''[[SuperStrength Potence]]'' discipline, focusing instead on ''[[SuperSpeed Celerity.]]'' He thus lacks the supernatural strength Ape has in favor of mashing foes to a pulp with his already great natural strength and RapidFireFisticuffs. However, he has a tendency to get taken out of fights with one solid hit, first falling victim to Marckus' stake jacket in the first chapter, then to Ape's Impaler DDT in the second. The latter [[spoiler: spells his end, as his caved in skull leaves him dazed and weakened enough that he can barely so much as ''beg'' Pyotr for mercy.]]
* HealthyInHeaven: The post-credit scene of Chapter 2 implies his soul actually made it to heaven, [[spoiler: as he was extremely vocal about how much he hates being a vampire. His voice and facial features have softened, and as he ascends, he implores the viewers to support colleges and anyone who wishes to participate in them. This is in stark contrast to Pyotr's fate, shown in Chapter 3's post-credit scene; because he loved every second of his unlife and the misery he caused others, he is dragged off to Hell by Karl the Deranged]].
* HiddenDepths: In Chapter 2, Shitbeard claims to be college-educated, which is supported by his mentioning of Kant's Categorical Imperative. A creator approved comment also points out that this is someone who comes across as a rougher biker type, who felt passionately about something that after missing it in his youth he went on to go to college when around middle-aged (and seemingly abroad too, considering his American accent while being in Britain). Meanwhile also having held himself to high moral standards like Kant's moral imperative, in his human life, which still lingers to a degree now even whilst that causes a struggle/severe clashing with his vampire lifestyle. The post-credits Patreon plug shows his human self politely asking the audience to support children going to college.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Delivers one to both Kitten and Marckus in episode 1, with the former needing the ice-pack but the latter [[ButtMonkey getting the worst of it]].
* OnlySaneMan: He, of all people, has elements of this in episode 2, having the most grounded understanding of the Sabbat presence in the area, claiming their position needs building up and that the Camarilla and Anarchs still have strong footholds nearby. Pyotr and Apeboy are both a little too hopped up on pro-Sabbat enthusiasm to acknowledge it, though in Pyotr's case there's a chance he simply didn't want to admit to weakness in front of the Family. Shitbeard also gets frustrated with Pyotr freely giving away information about vampire society to the Family.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: For someone with a very overweight frame he can deliver some fast and painful punches (helps that his fists look pretty damn big).
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: In an agitated rant about missing the pleasures of mortal life, he mentions cream crackers three times, suggesting that he takes his vampiric inability to eat normal food [[SenseLossSadness especially poorly]].
* UnskilledButStrong: As a 10th generation Vampire, only Kevin has a lower generation than him, but has no notable skill in doing anything other than pummeling his opponents to a pulp. [[spoiler: His focus on brute force over technique leads to Ape overpowering him and caving his skull in with an Impaler DDT.]]
* UnstoppableRage: Likely a combination of both his Brujah Clan Curse and his own frustration with his vampiric situation, Shitbeard tends to slip into a frothing, tunnel-visioned fury during combat, shifting the target of his fury from one opponent to another for incredibly slight reasons. The most notable example would be him attacking Kitten for stabbing Pyotr, then whirling his focus entirely around to Marckus because... well...
--->'''Marckus:''' Do yourself a favour. Stop brutalizing my fiancé PLEASE.\\
'''Shitbeard:''' ''YOU'' get to have a ''FIANCÉ!?'' ''FUCK YOU!!!''
* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler: He tries to beg Pyotr to spare him, but the Nosferatu just tells him he never really liked him, before feeding on him.]]
* WillNotTellALie: He corrects Ape and Pyotr when they try to impress the family by lying about how well the Sabbat is doing in the area, on the grounds that Kant's Categorical Imperative forbids lying for any reason.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: He follows Kant's Categorical Imperative and expresses views strongly opposing of class division and hierarchies, with some fans trying to pinpoint him as an anarchist, socialist or outright communist. Yet he is a Vampire, which means his whole existence stands in continuous opposition to all these views as Vampire society is inherently hierarchical and they see themselves as a superior "class" to humans and must feed and even kill them to continue their existence. If his rants are anything to go by, he is self-aware enough to suffer a cognitive dissonance about it.

!!!The Camarilla
One of the dominant conspiracies of vampire-kind across the world. Norfolk, while a backwater in the greater scheme of things, is nominally part of their territory and is presided over by a "prince" (a sort of vampric governor).

[[folder:The Prince]]
A thus-far unseen female vampire, the Prince is the overall leader of the Carmarilla vampires in England's Norfolk county.

* AliensInCardiff: She is a vampire lord headquartered in [[UsefulNotes/EastAnglia Norfolk]], an English country with a reputation for being very stereotypically "rural".
* BigBad: As the highest-ranking vampire in Norfolk, all local vampires aligned to the Camarilla owe fealty to her.
** The Sabbat and Anarchs are opposed to her, and the Licks were hiding out in the forest tunnels because they were "chased there by the Cammies". Pyotr believes that the Family is being manipulated by the Prince to destroy the Camarilla's enemies.
** The Tremere Regent answers to the Prince as one of her primogen; senior vampires who represent their clans as an equivalent to local politicians. [[spoiler:When Chapman the ghoul offers to defect from the Regent, Big-D is quick to warn Kevin that if they don't take the offer, he'll tell the Regent what's going on, and she in turn will tell the Prince.]]
* TheChessmaster: Pyotr believes the Family has been hunting non-Camarilla vampires with her indirect assistance. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Thus far, she's only been referred to as "The Prince" by people who know her. Door refers to her as "Carmilla", but due to his information being dodgy patchwork at best and the fact that he calls her title "First Vampire", he's most likely just woefully misinformed.
* EvilerThanThou: This is how the Licks feel about her, their dialogue heavily implying that [[FeralVampires the Sabbat]] in the region are ''losing'' their turf war with her.
* EvilVersusEvil: In three-way turf war with the Sabbat and Anarchs over control of the county of Norfolk.
* TheGhost: So far not seen nor named, but talked about frequently.
* SheIsTheKing: She's "the Prince", yet everyone refers to her with female pronouns. This is not out of the norm, as the Camarilla title is non-gendered.

[[folder:The Regent]]
-> Voiced by: [=BoneWeary=]

An elder vampire of Clan Tremere, leader of the local Tremere Chantry, and Kevin's grandsire.

* AliensInCardiff: Kevin calls her "the Regent of Yarmouth", indicating that her cabal of vampiric blood-magicians is headquartered in the seaside resort town of Great Yarmouth. [[spoiler:The audiologs imply that her chantry is located underneath a 99p Store, of all places.]]
* BadBoss: According to Kevin, she was cruel and tyrannical to him even before he fell out of favor for pointing out things she didn't want to hear. Also, her way of financing her operation is to make Ghouls give her all their money, not leaving enough for them to be able to even buy food, and letting them starve to death. She's also neglectful of her minions in general, as [[spoiler:Detective Chapman hasn't had his blood-bond renewed for the better part of a year, practically guaranteeing he'd find another master.]]
* BornInTheWrongCentury: According to Kevin she has an obsession with the iron-age Iceni and Queen Boudica, both of which pre-date Clan Tremere as a whole by roughly a thousand years.
* {{Expy}}: With her being a FauxAffablyEvil hedonistic aristocrat attended to by a servant named Timothy, she seems to be a gender-bent version of ''TTS'''s Asdrubael Vect.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Her talk over the phone with [[spoiler:Polydora]] is almost diabetically sweet, but we've heard enough from her other former servants that she's full of [[StupidEvil selfishness, ignorance, and petty malice]].
* TheGhost: None of the Camarilla have appeared onscreen (unless [[AmbiguousSituation the Monk is the Prince]]), but we get a reasonable idea of [[StupidEvil her character]] from the testimony of Kevin and [[spoiler:Chapman]], who used to work for her. She gets a speaking role in ''The Blender Crusade'', but only over telephone.
* GiverOfLameNames: The Regent was responsible for giving Kevin a new name to signify his departure from humanity: ''Herbertus''. Kevin [[DoNotCallMePaul loathes it]], calling it his "shitty Camarilla roleplay name".
* GruesomeGrandparent: The vampire equivalent. She is Kevin's grand-sire, but that lineage didn't stop her from abusing him for perceived disloyalty and incompetance, which resulted in Kevin's sire abusing him as well.
* IntimidatingRevenueService: Defied, she does not take seriously Kevin's warnings that her current strategy is basically asking for HMRC to start poking into her finances.
* MookDepletion: Her plan to get funds by forcing brainwashed Ghouls to give her all their money has an unfortunate side effect of them starving once they can no longer afford food. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome We actually see the results of her incompetence in the third audiolog]]; [[spoiler: her inattentiveness to her minions causes her to not only lose an incredibly valuable asset in Sergeant-Detective Chapman, but [[NiceJobFixingItVillain practically hand him over to Hunters who are eager to bring her down.]]]]
* NoSocialSkills: Kevin says she's very inept at navigating the world of the mundane, and apparently likes talking about things no one in polite or sane society would ever bring up.
* PokeThePoodle: When Kevin sees the advertisement for the [[NowBuyTheMerchandise Marketable Kevin Plushie]], he shouts "What has she done!?", seemingly believing that the Regent ordered the creation of the plushie.
* PowerfulButIncompetent: The Regent is an [[StrongerWithAge ancient vampire of low generation]] with [[StupidEvil no sense of tactics or long-term self-preservation]]. She's also shut herself off from the mortal world for so long that she's oblivious to [[TechnologicallyBlindElders modern technology]] and basic economics.
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: According to Kevin, the Regent is a 7th Generation vampire and [[StrongerWithAge fairly ancient besides]], meaning she's ''much'' stronger than the fledgeling Licks and likely one of the most powerful vampires in the entire region. She'd be an even greater threat if not for the fact that she's a [[StupidEvil moron]].
* StupidEvil: By all accounts, the Regent is vicious, ruthless, and completely incompetent. Whether [[IgnoredExpert disregarding the financial advice she paid for]], [[MookDepletion forcing her minions into destitution]], or [[ForgotToFeedTheMonster simply neglecting their needs]], she seems intent on digging her own grave. It's implied that her senior position on [[MoreThanMindControl the Pyramid]] relative to everyone else in the Chantry is the only reason she's in charge at all.
** Shown even further in the second part of the ''Blender Crusade'': [[spoiler: the 99p Store she owns is apparently built directly on top of an "entrance" to something, presumably her lair, and her complete inability to upkeep security measures as simple as security cameras led to her having a masquerade breach (even worse, one from an experienced ''Hunter''). This means she has no way to track him down, and all the stuff that ''could've'' been used to track him down, namely a number of things D dropped when he fell that had aliases on it, she completely bought as his identity, and left her daughter to deal with on the off-chance Big D ever shows up again.]]
* TechnologicallyBlindElders: She's an old vampire who has largely shut herself off from the modern world, leaving her unfamiliar with common technology like phones (needing to be instructed by a minion to speak into the receiver). [[spoiler:This leaves her woefully unprepared to deal with a potential masquerade breach, when a hunter nearly stumbles into her lair and the 99p store hardly has so much as a security camera functioning.]]
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Her blatant disregard for maintaining ''any'' modicum of discretion and deferring to others essentially has handicapped herself. She threw Kevin to the wayside the moment [[BearerOfBadNews he brought up the valid point]] that [[WeHaveReserves just exploiting the ghouls for their financial resources without compensating them]] ([[BadBoss and not feeding them properly]]) is going to leave [[IntimidatingRevenueService a nasty paper trail for taxmen to follow]]. Not wanting to at least acclimate enough around the social norms of the modern day, because of her obsession with sticking to her Iceni chantry roleplaying, leaves her ''completely blind'' to most trouble that's practically on her doorstep until it's too late, as Big-D shows by nearly walking into her base through the front door.]]
* TooMuchInformation: According to Kevin, she likes to brag about her unshaven pubic hair.
* WarReenactors: According to Kevin, she has her chantry roleplay as Iceni (the Celtic people living in the area at the time of the Roman Conquest) complete with a "{{UsefulNotes/Boudica}}" (likely herself). Fans of the setting might realize that her clan, Tremere, was founded about 1,000 years after Boudica's death, [[BornInTheWrongCentury meaning it's impossible for her, or any of her offspring, to actually be Iceni]].
* WeHaveReserves: According to Kevin, her attitude towards Ghouls. She didn't like it when he pointed out how impractical it is.

[[folder:Kevin's Sire]]
A female vampire of Clan Tremere, childe of the Regent and Kevin's sire.

* AbusiveParents: The vampire equivalent. She embraced Kevin solely to fill a strategic blind-spot in the Chantry, and immediately cast him aside when he was deemed a failure, [[IHateYouVampireDad and there is little love lost on Kevin's end]]. As Tremere vampires, Kevin likens their clan's native blood-bond to an abusive relationship, as his mind was constantly trying to gaslight him into remaining loyal despite her neglect and abuse; in fact, she tried to pressure him to ''deepen'' the bond as a means to regain favor.
* YesMan: Kevin claims that she's "lost in the sauce" of the Tremere blood-bond, having little interest in anything beyond staying in the Regent's good graces. This meant that when Kevin was ostracized by the Regent, his sire all but abandoned him as well.

[[folder:Polydora]]
-> '''Voiced by:''' Saskia Douglas
The manager of the local 99P store, who is first encountered in "The Blender Crusade: In Spiteful Defiance of Corporate Villainy".
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: It ''very'' clear that Poly's happy-go-lucky demeanor is not authentic, which Big D picks up on almost immediately.
--> '''Big D:''' I could tell, just staring at her. Smiling face, raised dimples, saccharine tone- A predator laid beneath it all. This was a beast hiding behind a facade of nicety!
* DaddysLittleVillain: Or rather Mummy's Little Villain. [[spoiler:She is a daughter of the Regent and serves as one of her agents.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: She's overly saccharine and uses false nicety to talk down to D and get him to leave, and at one point insults him to his face. However, D is being an absolute nightmare of a customer, throwing a fit when the store doesn't cater to his unreasonable demand of a product that they do not even sell. Even her calling him a "senile old freak" is... well, [[CloudCuckoolander not an inaccurate description of Big D's behavior]].
* TheRenfield: She's an agent of the Regent ([[spoiler:specifically, her childe]]) posing as the humble manager of a 99p store.
* VerbalBackspace: Does this after insulting Big D to his face during one of his monologues.
-->'''Big-D:''' I can get carried away at times for sure. It tends to happen-\\
'''Polydora:''' Senile old freak...\\
'''Big-D:''' ''({{Beat}})''...What was that?\\
'''Polydora:''' See aisle three? That's where all our kitchenware is, though sadly we do not sell blenders.\\
[[/folder]]

!!Other characters

[[folder:The Monk]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monk_hunter.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:250:Hunters...]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [=BoneWeary=]
A mysterious woman who appears at the end of the first episode.
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* AmbiguousSituation: She seems to be aware of the Family being monster hunters, and is featured prominently in the end credits amidst splashes of blood and iconography depicting vampires and werewolves, leading fans to speculate that she might be [[BigBad the Camarilla Prince]]. She also happens to share a voice actor with the unseen-at-the-time-of-writing Tremere Regent. [[spoiler:She is indirectly confirmed as a vampire in SpeakerD's guide to the World of Darkness, referenced as a 20th Anniversary ''Vampire: the Masquerade'' character in contrast with Ape (used as an example of a 5th Edition character).]]
* {{Expy}}: Her appearance -- a StatuesqueStunner with dark skin and wild hair -- is modelled after the Celestial Shaman Queen from ''[=ITEHATTSD=]''. The credits sequence, where she wears black dress with a cape, shows that she keeps her left arm concealed at all times, implying [[RedRightHand a deformity or disfigurement echoing the Shaman Queen's magic-induced mutation.]]
* LiteralMetaphor: It is hinted that the Hunters encountering the Sabbat vampires was a scheme of the Camarilla which, if her implied identity is true, means she literally ''played them like a fiddle''.
* MysteriousWatcher: She observes the Hunters' bus as it leaves.
* RealAfterAll: Earlier in the episode, Kitten tells a story mentioning a black-clad monk and the mysterious disappearance of a fiddle-player in the tunnels. Although he finds no evidence of this and brushes it off when Marckus mentions it, a woman robed in black credited as "the Monk" appears in the background as the bus leaves, playing a fiddle herself.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Kräkus]]
!!Kräkus
A seeming wildman who lives in a ditch on the side of the road the family lives by. They treat him as an eccentric neighbor, although they're very wary about taking any of his advice.
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* CrazyHomelessPeople: What's been described of Kräkus lands him pretty firmly in this camp. From Big-D's reaction to the noises outside Horse's barn in Audiolog 4, screaming out into the night for no conceivable reason is not out of the question for him.
* {{Expy}}: While his appearance remains unknown, he shares his name with the unhinged dung-collector the Lord Commander Militant created for Magnus's tabletop RPG campaign.
* TheGhost: Is never seen onscreen, but he's a recurring fixture in the lives of Big-D's family members.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Edwin Davies '''(Unmarked spoilers for Audiolog 4!)''']]
A former university mate of Kitten and the first vampire he witnessed and defeated.
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* BigManOnCampus: He was the go-to guy for money problems on campus, making him rather popular.
* DeaderThanDead: Kitten mentions he saw him fade away after falling on the fence, meaning he likely experienced Final Death as his heart was completely destroyed by his fall.
* ImAHumanitarian: Kitten describes how he partially devoured his flatmate Sarah instead of just drinking her blood. Whether it's because Edwin was a Nagaraja (and thus ''had'' to eat flesh in addition to drinking blood), wasn't taught how to properly feed himself, or went into a Frenzy while feeding isn't elaborated upon.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Kitten managed to kill him by kicking him through a window, making him fall on an iron fence.
* NiceGuy: According to Kitten, Davis was popular because he generously gave away his own money to people who needed it.
* PosthumousCharacter: Davies has been DeaderThanDead for years; Kitten merely recounts the incident with him and how it opened his eyes to the World of Darkness. However, the whole incident with Davies still had a psychological impact on Kitten and ultimately led to the latter becoming part of Big-D's Hunter group/family.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Davies was a wealthy university student, popular for his generosity with those poorer than him. However, one day Kitten discovered Davies had been turned into a Vampire when he found the latter feasting on one of his classmates, and things went downhill from there.
* VillainousBreakdown: Kitten recalls he went into an insane rant as soon as he was found feasting on his classmate, to the point of screaming about the coffee stains on his suit (never mind the ''gallons of blood'' all over him) while trying to shank Kitten to death.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Old Lady]]
!!Old Lady
-> '''Voiced by:''' Naerina
An elderly woman, now a fledgling vampire, who is encountered by Big D one night in the Halloween short "A Life Well-Lived".
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* AllForNothing: After dedicating her life to looking after her extended family, she ended up killing them all in a single night. She even notes that her house, which she was planning to give to her nephews and nieces, is likely to be seized by the government after she dies.
* AxCrazy: An extremely tragic case, but upon turning she falls into a [[HorrorHunger hunger]] [[UnstoppableRage frenzy]] and butchers everyone present, including her relatives. Needless to say, she's utterly ''heartbroken'' upon regaining her sanity and realising what she did.
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: She and her living room are covered in blood, having murdered her entire family in the throes of a vampiric frenzy during her first moments of unlife.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Neither the old lady nor her vampire caretaker expected her to go into a blood-feasting frenzy the moment she awoken to her newly vampirised state. It ended tragically for everyone involved.
--> '''Old Lady:''' She brought me into her way of life, but I don't think she was ready for what came next. I don't think anyone could have predicted this, least of all me.
* DrivenToSuicide: She makes no attempt to stop Big-D from euthanising her and in fact went along with it out of guilt and regret for slaughtering her loved ones in a feral blood-frenzy.
* EmergencyTransformation: Hinted to be the cause of everything -- The old woman was on her deathbed, lamenting her life's regrets, and her vampire caretaker decided to embrace her instead.
--> '''Old Lady:''' It was my caretaker. I loved that girl like a daughter, dainty young thing. I don't know why she did it; or maybe I do.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Of a sort. Based on her words, it's implied that her sire -- her caretaker -- was among her victims during her feral rampage.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Having lost everything by her own fangs following her vampirification, she quietly allowed herself to be incinerated by sunlight with a sympathetic Big D's help, merely hoping that a peaceful afterlife awaits her and wishing only that she 'died yesterday'.
* FamilyExtermination: In the throes of a newborn frenzy, the old woman butchered her nephews, nieces and (its implied) all of their children, terminating her deceased brother's bloodline on top of never having any children of her own. She laments that, with no-one left to inherit it, the house she planned to leave to her extended family will be seized by the government.
* IHateYouVampireDad: Averted. While her caretaker's decision to embrace her led to the old woman slaughtering her family in a feral state, she doesn't appear to bear any ill will to the vampire, acknowledging that her friend probably had honorable (if misguided) intentions and couldn't have known how badly it would turn out. That the caretaker is implied to also be among the dead likely softens her perspective with the added grief.
* LastWords: ''Extremely'' heartbreaking ones.
--> '''Old Lady:''' I hope in death, I shall be thankful that I once lived. I only wish I had died yesterday.
* MaidenAunt: The love of her youth ended up with someone else, and she never married. She claims to have contented herself with supporting her nephews and nieces, followed by their children; though she laments that she never truly looked after herself in all that time.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Slaughtering her family and caretaker/sire in a feral rampage following her transformation into a vampire left her utterly broken and despondant when she finally snapped out of it.
* PowerBornOfMadness: In her blood frenzy, she is implied to have overpowered and killed even her own sire.
* SuicideBySunlight: After sharing her story, she politely asks D to help her outside, and they sit together on a park bench until the sun rises.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In her twilight years, she voiced her regret to her caretaker that having spent her entire life caring for her relatives, she never had a chance to care for herself and her desires and needs. Said caretaker, a vampire, felt sorry for her and decided to embrace the old lady on her deathbed, believing that with eternal vampiric unlife she would finally have time to 'live' - leading to the tragedy that followed when the old lady couldn't control her initial bloodlust.
* WarmBloodbagsAreEverywhere: Her story illustrates that the vampire need for blood is not voluntary -- newborn vampires usually enter a frenzied, psychotic state until they satisfy their initial cravings, and tragically the nearest warm bodies belonged to the relatives who had gathered to witness an old woman's dying days. It's implied that she also killed her sire in the ensuing chaos, unable to differentiate between victims while feral.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Blue Man]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Earndil
A strange, zombie-like man with blue skin encountered in a "99 Pound" store deep underground.
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* AmbiguousSituation: What exactly he is, what his goals are, what's going on with the underground 99p store, whether he is the [[spoiler: "executive officer" wearing a disguise or if he transforms due to being somehow possessed by them]]... nothing about this guy is really made clear.
* CreepyMonotone: Uses a microphone to speak through the store's intercom system in a flat monotone.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He identifies himself as "The Blue Man."
* HumanoidAbomination: It's clear that there's something ''deeply'' unnatural about him. [[spoiler:When he shapeshifts into the "chief executive", he becomes something "slender" and "graceful" with a NightmareFace, and Big D recoils in utter horror as the Blue Man "[[[FunWithSubtitles laughs at the ignorance of man]]]" and completes the transaction for the blender.]]
* MathematiciansAnswer: When asked if "the Blue Man" is a name or a title, he simply answers that "it is."
* MundaneHorror: He appears to be the cashier of a 99p store... Except the store is located far underground, the cashier is a zombie with blue skin (and [[spoiler:a HumanoidAbomination]]), and everything is actually priced at 99 ''pounds''. And apparently he processes the transaction without actually ''charging anything''.
* OrWasItADream: It initially seems like the whole encounter was a dream brought about by a concussion, [[spoiler:until Big D realizes he's holding the expensive blender from the underground store. Even Polydora and Giles are perplexed by this, especially since Polydora's call to the Regent says that Big D hit some kind of ward/barrier but was repelled by it.]]
* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler: The first thing about his body that changes when he transforms into the "chief executive" is that he suddenly has a massive, grotesque grin stretching from ear to ear]].
* TheSpook: Who, where, and ''what'' he is go completely unexplained.
* SurrealHorror: The entire interaction with him is incredibly bizarre, seeming like something out of a twisted nightmare ([[spoiler: which it admittedly kind of ''was'']]). He's obviously inhuman but doesn't match the description of any supernatural Big D knows of, he resides in a completely inexplicable 99p store located inside an abandoned mine, he seems to only be able to speak over the intercom, and he keeps alternating between generic supermarket terminology and blatantly cryptic riddles about "growth."
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[[folder:The Advertiser]]
!!The Advertiser
-> '''Voiced by:''' Alfabusa
--> ''"Hey, what's up guys, it's me, back at it again to advertise to YOU." (in a very emphasized Swedish accent.)''
A Swedish man who continuously breaks into a Miami-based family radio station to torment the host while advertising tabletop game stores. He makes his appearances during Big-D's "RAAAAAAAAAAADIO TIME!" at the start of audio-logs.
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* BadBoss: As to be expected by a Pentex employee, he makes DJ Wormwood's life ''hell,'' verbally and physically abusing him while he advertises and keeping him from complaining too much at ''gunpoint.''
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His first question after making his introduction is to ask DJ Wormwood "what year is it?" He also fails to understand the places he advertises, despite being local game stores local to their own regions, still aren't local to Miami.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: DJ Wormwood points out that the Miami-based radio station was seeking local sponsorship. The Advertiser points out that these are local game stores... not understanding that they still aren't anywhere near local to Miami- one is located in Sweden, the other in the US state of Wisconsin.
* DisproportionateRetribution: If you are in Sweden and don't buy from the game shop in that country he is currently advertising, he will send hitmen after you.
* TheDreaded: The moment DJ Wormwood figures out who is trying to barge in during their second appearance, he has a panic attack and reassures himself that The Advertiser can't get in if he just keeps the door closed and on guard. He's wrong.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first thing he does is kick DJ Wormwood in the solar plexus, and then states that he's here to advertise.
* EvilInc: He claims to be working for [[https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Pentex Pentex]].
* PetTheDog: Done while ''[[KickTheDog punting]]'' the dog that is DJ Wormwood, but his first advertisement is for a Swedish hobby shop called [=HobbyShopen=] that he has genuine fondness for while praising the owners as being nice people in general. Unusually for Pentex, he does it for ''free.''
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Due to financial issues Alfabusa had to make the decision to integrate sponsorships into the audio-logs (though the first one, Alfabusa did for free to "pay it back" to his local game store that was hugely important in his journey.) Thus, the Advertiser advertising local game stores.
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* CallingTheYoungManOut: In "Big-D's "Guide" to Avoiding Arrest", Big-D internally calls out Door on his PoliticallyIncorrectHero tendencies, specifically his strict preference for imperial measurements [[spoiler:which allowed a freshly powered-up Pyotr to break out of imprisonment]], calling them "American caveman measurements" and tearfully begging Door to remember the math lessons he gave him.

** In "Big-D's "Guide" to Avoiding Arrest", Big-D reveals Door's preference for imperial measurements above everything else was the reason the cellar door failed in Episode 2. Door [[DeconstructedTrope vastly overestimated how much force the cellar door could withstand in PSI]], not bothering to convert to another measurement D would've preferred, such as minas, to double-check his work. [[spoiler:This allowed Pyotr, freshly powered-up from diablerizing Apeboy and Shitbeard, to break out of imprisonment]].

** Finally, paranoia. [[spoiler: Both Kitten and Door point out that for all his power and ruthlessness, he's nothing more than an opportunistic coward; When he first ambushed them in the tunnels, his first target was Boy, and he simply hid in a corner and let Apeboy and Shitbeard wear each other down before he swooped in. Even after his Diablerie boost, he exclusively targets either isolated individuals, or people too wounded to fight back and continues using deception and stealth because he just refuses to risk being hurt. Pyotr could have easily slaughtered the entire family at numerous points, but Door manages to get in his head so badly that he genuinely starts wondering if he stands a chance, since if he slips up and makes a mistake, he has an eternity to lose, as Door puts it.]]

* ExtremeOmnivore: According to Marckus in "Marckus Goes Pubbing," Brok and his goons tended to bully him by ''eating'' his school textbooks. And during the roll-call of Chapter 4, Brok presents his membership card with his mouth, chewing on a corner.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The 4th episode reveals how disliked Remold is among the cast. Between Big D's clan and the Arcanum, it seems only his son likes him; Occam is just as fed up with his antics as he is with Big D's, and no other member has many good words to say about him, with Grimal being ''especially'' loud about how much she hates him. Even kindhearted Lord Fatigue will let his frustration with him bleed into his words. He politely points out that Remold's handling of the Cold Tessillation afforded the Ghoul time to [[sneak away and strangle Occam]], as he only worked with those he deemed strongest to carry the device, leaving everyone else far behind to their own devices.

* HypocriticalHumor: He chastises his son Brok for spouting crass and sexist profanity at him over the phone, when he used a few swear words himself. To be fair, whatever cuss words he said were not as bad as what Brok said (due to not being censored), and he has every right to be pissed.
* {{Hypocrite}}: What ''enrages'' Marckus is that as an Arcanum member, he prioritize gathering knowledge on the supernatural... when he was the one to ban Big-D and the Family from the Arcanum (even those merely associated with them like Kitten) and destroy all the research the Family gathered on Vampires, no matter how helpful said research might've been.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The 4th episode reveals how disliked Remold is among the cast. Between Big D's clan and the Arcanum, it seems only his son likes him; younger members are sick of him, especially Grimal, Occam is just as fed up with his antics as he is with Big D's, and no other member has many good words to say about him. Even kindhearted Lord Fatigue will let his frustration with him bleed into his words. He politely points out that Remold's handling of the Cold Tessillation afforded the Ghoul time to [[sneak away and strangle Occam]], as he only worked with those he deemed strongest to carry the device, leaving everyone else far behind to their own devices.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The 4th episode reveals how disliked Remold is among the cast. Among the Arcanum, it seems only his son likes him; younger members are sick of him, especially Grimal, Occam is just as fed up with his antics as he is with Big D's, and no other member has many good words to say about him. Even kindhearted Lord Fatigue will let his frustration with him bleed into his words. He politely points out that Remold's handling of the Cold Tessillation afforded the Ghoul time to [[sneak away and strangle Occam]], as he only worked with those he deemed strongest to carry the device, leaving everyone else far behind to their own devices.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Even among Arcanum it hardly seems anyone expect his own son likes him. Younger members are sick of him, especially Grimal, the staff has no good word about him and Occam is as done with his antics as he's with Big D's. Even kindhearted Lord Fatigue seems to rub it in with small hints of frustration, when he explains how Remold's constant posturing screwed everyone's over by [[spoiler: not allowing anyone he didn't deem enough of a man to carry Cold Tessillation, meaning majority of the group was trailing behind unobserved and the Ghoul had time to sneak back and strangle Occam.]]

* LawfulPushover: Occam is mentioned to not agree with the destruction of all of the research that Big D and his family has contributed to the Arcanum. However, he was unable to resist the will of Remold and his allies. During the audiolog of Marckus and his friends out pubbing they mention that Remold and the old guard have gotten even ''worse'' about pushing Occam around ever since Big D and his clan was kicked out of the Arcanum.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Marckus and his friends, all of whom have major issues with the Arcanum's current leadership, seem to respect Occam personally, even if they think he's a pushover who easily bends to the will of Remold and Co. When Remold and Big-D come into blows, Occam is more than capable of stopping them both. He's also capable of putting his distaste of Big-D aside and work with him if he comes to the Arcanum with even semi-credible information about internal threats too great to ignore.

* DisproportionateRetribution: If you are in Sweden and don't buy from the game show in that country he is currently advertising, he will send hitmen after you.