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* BigBrotherInstinct: He looks after a group of younger street urchins.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: It's revealed in ''No Quarter'' that [[spoiler:he lost his parents as a child and was taken in by his uncle Leon, but Leon's gambling caused them to lose their home and all their possessions to Antoine's cheating. They lived on the street together for a while, but when Leon became obsessed with having revenge on Antoine, Manu chose to move on and started taking care of himself while cutting all ties with Leon]].
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!!Otto Reger
The owner and manager of Hotel Reger.

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!!Otto Reger
The owner
!!Leon Shreier
Manu's uncle who gambled his
and manager of Hotel Reger.Manu's lives away in an attempt to earn more money.


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* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: The opening cutscene of ''No Quarter'' has a heavy focus on a shaggy man being frustrated at his gambling failures and a child suffering from that man's losses. Sven's flashback continues on this seemingly separate plotline, showing the man get kicked out with the child watching. It's revealed at the end that the man was Leon, the uncle of the child, Manu.
* EvilGloating: Leon rants about his morality with the head of his victim, Antoine.
* EvilUncle: Is revealed to both Manu's uncle and the killer of the chapter.
* VillainousParentalInstinct: Despite losing his morality, Leon still offers Manu a chance to start a new life with Antoine's stolen money, which Manu naturally declines.

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!!Otto Reger
The owner and manager of Hotel Reger.
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* LightningBruiser: [[spoiler:She can fling Anna with only one arm, and despite her height, she can move quickly and stealthily enough to take by surprise Anna who's hiding in a locker and start assaulting her before Anna can fight back. She can also take being shot in the side well enough to make a hasty retreat.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: Given that the Dada Killer is okay with murdering the pregnant maid Wilma Sommer, he certainly would.
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* NoNonsenseNemesis: [[spoiler:When Dhara discovers that Anna has escaped Oskar's clutches in ''Forgotten Memento'', she immediately goes for the kill without asking questions or trash-talking. Being forced to avoid gunfire of a timely rescuer is the only reason she doesn't manage to kill Anna.]]

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* NoNonsenseNemesis: Anna acknowledges in her diary that Dhara is a barbarian who doesn't mess around. [[spoiler:When Dhara the thugette discovers that Anna has escaped Oskar's clutches in ''Forgotten Memento'', she immediately goes for the kill without asking questions or trash-talking. Being forced to avoid gunfire of a timely rescuer is the only reason she doesn't manage to kill Anna.]]

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* DeadlyDoctor: She's a nurse and capable of cold-blooded murder.

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* BattleaxeNurse: A manipulative nurse who's also a [[spoiler:Nazi agent]] willing to resort to murder to cover her back.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She spends most of ''Deadly Snowstorm'' by pretending to be friendly and easily frightened to cover her ruthlessness.
* DeadlyDoctor: She's a nurse and capable of cold-blooded murder.murder (though she uses medical equipment to kill only her two first victims).



* SinisterShades: He's a Nazi agent covering his eyes with shades.

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* SinisterShades: He's a Nazi agent [[spoiler:Nazi agent]] covering his eyes with shades.

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* ArchEnemy: Following the events of the Dada Killer's debut chapter, Anna is [[ItsPersonal more personally invested in]] capturing the SerialKiller who [[spoiler:murdered Judit]] than with any other criminal she's faced.



* ManipulativeBastard: The developers confirm in a Q&A on the game's social media accounts that [[spoiler:Oskar "manipulated and coerced" Ruben into cheating on Judit with Nadia Shwetz/Kiki Hag]].



* TheSociopath: When Anna uses a graphology test on Oskar's handwriting in ''Ladies of the Night'', she summarizes that Oskar is an anti-social narcissist.

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* SmugSnake: The Dada Killer is a competent schemer, but his desire for recognition and toying with his ultimate prey can be used to foil him.
* TheSociopath: When Anna uses a graphology test on Oskar's handwriting in ''Ladies of the Night'', she summarizes that Oskar is an anti-social narcissist.narcissist [[CantTakeCriticism incapable of taking criticism]].


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* FillerVillain: He's the culprit of ''Grey Nature'', but he's not anyhow related to the overall StoryArc of Part 3 regarding [[spoiler:the Dada Killer and his fellow conspirators]].
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* DoesntLikeGuns: Though she can use firearms, Part 3 has her reluctant to using them, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn a trait that wasn't hinted on in previous chapters]].
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* ProtagonistWithoutAPast: Not much information is revealed about Anna's backstory in the game itself. Mostly the game's social media accounts disclose about her family and life before journalism. She mentions in ''The Heir'' that her clockmaker grandfather taught her to fix most common problems, and she reveals in ''The Dada Killer'' that she grew up working in a repair shop. Even Anna's age is unknown. The only time Anna's family was mentioned in-game was during the game's holiday event in 2019, where Anna was shown to be staying at home to celebrate the winter holidays with her family and friends as well as helping her uncle with his boutique.

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* ProtagonistWithoutAPast: Not much information is revealed about Anna's backstory in the game itself. Mostly the game's social media accounts disclose about her family and life before journalism. She mentions in ''The Heir'' that her clockmaker grandfather taught her to fix most common problems, and she reveals in ''The Dada Killer'' that she grew up working in a repair shop. Even Anna's age is unknown.remained unknown for years until a Q&A with the developers in 2023 revealed Anna was 29 during Part 2, making her 32-33 by Part 1 and Part 3. The only time Anna's family was mentioned in-game was during the game's holiday event in 2019, where Anna was shown to be staying at home to celebrate the winter holidays with her family and friends as well as helping her uncle with his boutique.
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* WomanScorned: [[spoiler:Judit is furious when Ruben appears to have been cheating on her as well as committed the murders. Too bad he's been framed, and before things can be cleared up between them, they're both murdered by Oskar.]]

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* WomanScorned: [[spoiler:Judit is furious when it looks like Ruben appears to have was the Dada Killer all along and has also been cheating on her as well as committed the murders. her. Too bad he's been framed, Oskar framed him of the murders and manipulated him into infidelity, and before things can be cleared up between them, they're both murdered by Oskar.murdered.]]
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* CopKiller: [[spoiler:Oskar's superior Judit Halle becomes one of his last victims in his debut chapter.]]
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* YourMakeupIsRunning: This happens to her whenever she cries her fake tears.

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* YourMakeupIsRunning: This happens to her whenever she cries her fake tears.
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* LadyLooksLikeADude: In no small part thanks to her gender-neutral clothing and height, Dhara looks rather unfeminine when compared to the other women in the game. Luigi initially mistakes her for a man before he gets a better look at her face and hears her grunt.
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* TheFundamentalist: She's strictly religious and leads the local Christian group. Luigi and Herman both think that they're sometimes ridiculously extreme with their advocation for purity and chastity. [[spoiler:Teodora becomes crazy enough to murder Cloe Como and Regina Valentini for their infidelity while thinking that she's doing the God's work. Anna believes that had she not been caught, she would have searched for more victims who've sinned in her eyes.]]

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* TheFundamentalist: She's strictly religious and leads the local Christian group. Luigi and Herman both think that they're sometimes ridiculously extreme with their advocation for purity and chastity. [[spoiler:Teodora becomes crazy enough to murder Cloe Como and Regina Valentini for their infidelity while thinking that she's doing the God's work. Anna believes that had she not been caught, [[SerialKiller she would have searched for more victims who've sinned in her eyes.eyes]].]]



* MenacingMask: When Oskar's [[spoiler:holding Anna captive in ''Forgotten Memento'']], he wears a a paper bag mask with a creepy painted face on it.

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* MenacingMask: When Oskar's [[spoiler:holding Anna captive in ''Forgotten Memento'']], he wears a a paper bag mask with a creepy painted face on it.
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* TokenMinority: She's the only native South American of the game. She's also theorized to be a member of the Abipones.[[note]Said ethnic group existed in Argentina's Gran Chaco region until being considered extinct since the early 19th century, with whatever survivors assimilated into Argentine society.[[/note]]

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* TokenMinority: She's the only native South American of the game. She's also theorized to be a member of the Abipones.[[note]Said [[note]]Said ethnic group existed in Argentina's Gran Chaco region until being considered extinct since the early 19th century, with whatever survivors assimilated into Argentine society.[[/note]]
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* IWasQuiteALooker: He's on the cusp of old age, but his profile in the game's social media accounts says that he used to have an athletic figure and hasn't entirely gone to the seed yet.
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* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Osvald lived in poverty after his mother was disinherited for marrying against her father's will. [[ParentalAbandonment His father also abandoned the family]] when their stressful lifestyle became too much for him. Osvald was then employed by his grandfather's company as an accountant, but he bitterly watched from the side as his cousin Aldo enjoyed a privileged life for free. Believing that he deserves to own Molinelli Industries after all the years he's worked for the company, he [[InheritanceMurder schemes to get Aldo out of the way in order to become the only legitimate heir]].]]

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* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Osvald lived in poverty after his mother was disinherited for marrying against her father's will. [[ParentalAbandonment His father also abandoned the family]] when their stressful lifestyle became too much for him. him, and (according to the game's social media accounts) his mother passed away when Osvald was six years old. He was then employed by his grandfather's company as an accountant, but he bitterly watched from the side as his cousin Aldo enjoyed a privileged life for free. Believing that he deserves to own Molinelli Industries after all the years he's worked for the company, he [[InheritanceMurder schemes to get Aldo out of the way in order to become the only legitimate heir]].]]




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* NiceGuy: He's a sweet fellow always willing to help.
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* DeadpanSnarker: He can be one occasionally, such as when he asks Cima di Vren's police officer if [[spoiler:cutting Hotel Reger's telephone lines counts as crimes against the country]], or tells Anna that [[spoiler:the sack she's forced to wear over her head is a hat for her to try on]].
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* FriendOnTheForce: He never has any trouble working alongside Anna and asking for her aid.


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* FriendOnTheForce: One of Anna's closest friends. Had he not agreed to listen to her in ''The Heir'', Officer Cozzi would have declared the case closed and let the murderer escape justice.


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* FriendOnTheForce: She quickly befriends Anna and lets her help investigate the Dada Killer. She will remind Anna that she has her obligations to follow, though.


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* FriendOnTheForce: He doesn't become close with Anna as quickly as Judit, but he gets there, especially after [[spoiler:Judit's death]].
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* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:As Anna and Ulli search Iris' office following her disappearance in ''Forgotten Memento'', Ulli states that she [[DitchTheBodyguards refused police protection]] even though Oskar's still on the loose. That decision ends up getting her killed.]]
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* TheCameo: Sonia makes a silent appearance in ''The Only Redemption'' when Anna and Luigi are asking around Porto Ceso if anyone's seen Officer Cozzi. Her and Primo's cartoon versions also appear in the television commercial of the opening cutscene.
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* RecurringBoss: [[spoiler:He's so far Anna's most recurring enemy. Not only he's the main antagonist of ''Atlantic Connection'', but he's heavily implied to be involved in the smuggling operation of ''Exiled Dead'', and returns in ''Forgotten Memento''.]]

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* RecurringBoss: [[spoiler:He's [[spoiler:By making his way into all the three parts, he's so far Anna's most recurring enemy. Not only he's the main antagonist of ''Atlantic Connection'', but he's heavily implied to be involved in the smuggling operation of ''Exiled Dead'', and returns in ''Forgotten Memento''.]]

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* DrJerk: Sachs is deemed by Anna and Ernestine to be self-centered and motivated more by money and glory than by his patients well-being.

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* DrJerk: Sachs is deemed by Anna and Ernestine to be self-centered and motivated more by money and glory than by his patients patients' well-being.


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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Sachs may try to justify his illegal experiments with medical progress, but it's clear to Ernestine and Anna that he's truly a greedy slimebag. However, Sachs [[ObliviouslyEvil doesn't appear to be fully conscious of his own selfishness]].
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* NobleShoplifter: [[spoiler:Giovanni is found drunk with a bottle of red wine in his hand because he wanted to discreetly have a Dutch courage before proposing to Claudia. Otto is angry at him for stealing his wine until Giovanni reveals that he left money for the wine.]]
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: According to his medical diagonsis, Dr. Brüner was born in 1871, making him in his 60s during the chapter which takes place during the 1930s. Despite being this old, Dr. Brüner looks good for his age, not having any gray hair. Either that, or [[UnreliableIllustrator this birthday is inaccurate]].

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* YoungerThanTheyLook: OlderThanTheyLook: According to his medical diagonsis, diagnosis, Dr. Brüner was born in 1871, making him in his 60s during the chapter which takes place during the 1930s. Despite being this old, Dr. Brüner looks good for his age, not having any gray hair. Either that, or [[UnreliableIllustrator this birthday is inaccurate]].

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* TheKlutz: In ''Grey Matter'', Noah gets himself stuck in an experimental iron lung and knocks over a skeleton model.

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* TheKlutz: In ''Grey Matter'', Nature'', Noah gets himself stuck in an experimental iron lung and knocks over a skeleton model.


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