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!!Sara Patrell
->'''Portrayed by''': Margot Thorne
A young girl who went missing when Will was a child.
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* CreepyChild: In Will's visions of her, she appears as the age she disappeared, where she tells him not to tell anyone he's seeing her.
* PosthumousCharacter: Will's father was never able to find her after she went missing, as she was killed by Whispers.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An in-universe case, as she would have been part of the cluster if Whispers hadn't gotten to her while she was still a child.
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!!Sara Patrell
->'''Portrayed by''': Margot Thorne
A young girl who went missing when Will was a child.
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* CreepyChild: In Will's visions of her, she appears as the age she disappeared, where she tells him not to tell anyone he's seeing her.
* PosthumousCharacter: Will's father was never able to find her after she went missing, as she was killed by Whispers.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An in-universe case, as she would have been part of the cluster if Whispers hadn't gotten to her while she was still a child.
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* IHaveManyNames: Besides Whispers, a name given to him by Angelica, he has gone under the alias Dr. Ellison, Dr. Matheson, and Dr. Friedmann. His superiors at BPO know him as Gibbons, and Carol Cumberland originally knew him as Dr. Milton Bailey Brandt. Dr. Metzger called him Milton when [[spoiler: he was begging for his life.]] life,]] and Will also calls him Milton during the Christmas special, suggesting that is his true first name.
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* WithholdingTheirName: Considers Riley to be too close to "their [way of] thinking," and refuses to share much information with her. In the credits, [[AllThereInTheScript they are named as]] [[SubvertedTrope Bodhi, a Buddhist concept]].
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!!Raoul Pasquale
->'''Portrayed by''': Erik Hayser
A reporter and senate birthed by Angela. He had earlier interviewed Lito from before he became a sensate himself.
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* NeverFoundTheBody: He disappeared years ago and no trace of him had ever been found.
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: Raoul was subjected to the same neural graft that Whispers uses for assassinations. Unlike Whispers' victims, Raoul was controlled by Angelica, who used him to destroy some of her research.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: Those who know about his disappearance seem to have long since concluded that he is dead. [[spoiler:Angelica killed him while she was still working with BPO, before the show started]].
* SelfImmolation: [[spoiler:Angelica manipulates a lobotomized Raoul to burn down a cabin containing her research, while he remained trapped inside.]]
* StraightGay: He had a sexual encounter with Lito, but showed no stereotypical traits of a gay man.
!!Raoul Pasquale
->'''Portrayed by''': Erik Hayser
A reporter and senate birthed by Angela. He had earlier interviewed Lito from before he became a sensate himself.
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* NeverFoundTheBody: He disappeared years ago and no trace of him had ever been found.
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: Raoul was subjected to the same neural graft that Whispers uses for assassinations. Unlike Whispers' victims, Raoul was controlled by Angelica, who used him to destroy some of her research.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: Those who know about his disappearance seem to have long since concluded that he is dead. [[spoiler:Angelica killed him while she was still working with BPO, before the show started]].
* SelfImmolation: [[spoiler:Angelica manipulates a lobotomized Raoul to burn down a cabin containing her research, while he remained trapped inside.]]
* StraightGay: He had a sexual encounter with Lito, but showed no stereotypical traits of a gay man.
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!!Raoul Pasquale
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!!Carol Cumberland
->'''Portrayed by''':Erik Hayser
Janet Ulrich Brooks
Areporter and senate birthed by Angela. He had earlier interviewed Lito from before he became a sensate himself.
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who worked for BPO for multiple decades.
*NeverFoundTheBody: He disappeared years ago AmbiguouslyEvil: Carol helps Riley and no trace of him had ever been found.
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: Raoul was subjected to the sameWill find Whispers, but she also [[spoiler:assisted in a neural graft that Whispers uses for assassinations. Unlike Whispers' victims, procedure on Raoul was controlled by Angelica, who used and kept him to destroy some of in her research.]]
basement]].
*PosthumousCharacter: Those who know about his disappearance seem ProperlyParanoid: Insists on meeting Riley alone, without physical or sensate company. [[spoiler:It's implied Jonas drove her to have long since concluded that he is dead. [[spoiler:Angelica killed him while she was still working suicide as retaliation for meeting with BPO, her at all]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Speaks in one episode (with a non-speaking cameo in another) beforethe show started]].
* SelfImmolation: [[spoiler:Angelica manipulates a lobotomized Raoul to burn down a cabin containing[[spoiler:Riley and Diego find her research, while he remained trapped inside.]]
* StraightGay: He had a sexual encounter with Lito, but showed no stereotypical traits of a gay man.
dead in her bathtub]].
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!!Todd
->'''Portrayed by''': Ben Cole
A sensate who wanted to become an ordinary human.
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* TheBrute: [[spoiler: He underwent the same precedure that Bolger did, with the same results. Whispers used him to assassinate an academic and then commit suicide.]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: He hated being a sensate and wished to be a regular human.
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: Like Bolger, he was one for Whispers.]]
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: [[spoiler: Under the control of Whispers, he opened fire during a lecture and tried to shoot himself before being apprehended. Soon afterwards he committed suicide in his cell.]]
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!!Carol Cumberland
->'''Portrayed by''': Janet Ulrich Brooks
A sensate who worked for BPO for multiple decades.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Carol helps Riley and Will find Whispers, but she also [[spoiler:assisted in a neural graft procedure on Raoul and kept him in her basement]].
* ProperlyParanoid: Insists on meeting Riley alone, without physical or sensate company. [[spoiler:It's implied Jonas drove her to suicide as retaliation for meeting with her at all]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Speaks in one episode (with a non-speaking cameo in another) before [[spoiler:Riley and Diego find her dead in her bathtub]].
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!!Todd
->'''Portrayed by''': Ben Cole
A sensate who wanted to become an ordinary human.
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* TheBrute: [[spoiler: He underwent the same precedure that Bolger did, with the same results. Whispers used him to assassinate an academic and then commit suicide.]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: He hated being a sensate and wished to be a regular human.
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: Like Bolger, he was one for Whispers.]]
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: [[spoiler: Under the control of Whispers, he opened fire during a lecture and tried to shoot himself before being apprehended. Soon afterwards he committed suicide in his cell.]]
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!!Carol Cumberland
->'''Portrayed by''': Janet Ulrich Brooks
A sensate who worked for BPO for multiple decades.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Carol helps Riley and Will find Whispers, but she also [[spoiler:assisted in a neural graft procedure on Raoul and kept him in her basement]].
* ProperlyParanoid: Insists on meeting Riley alone, without physical or sensate company. [[spoiler:It's implied Jonas drove her to suicide as retaliation for meeting with her at all]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Speaks in one episode (with a non-speaking cameo in another) before [[spoiler:Riley and Diego find her dead in her bathtub]].
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!!Niles Bolger
->'''Portrayed By:''' Tim Lajcik
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A former sensate, subjected to the brain-destroying surgery that Dr. Metzger tried to force on Nomi.
!!Niles Bolger
->'''Portrayed By:''' Tim Lajcik
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* AteHisGun: [[spoiler: After shooting Metzger, Whispers makes Niles shoot himself through the back of the head.]]
* TheBrute: [[spoiler: The surgery Metzger did to Bolger allows Whispers to use him in this capacity to kill Metzger.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler: Bolger serves as a physical embodiment of Whispers's return, highlighting his dangerous powers and ruthless approach.]]
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: Bolger is one for Whispers.]]
* PersonAsVerb: "Bolgered" ends up being used as a term for others who've suffered the same procedure.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: [[spoiler: Bolger was essentially already dead, but Whispers still made him shoot himself to cover any potential BPO tracks.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: No one (especially not Nomi) expected Bolger to be anything but an example of BPO's lobotomies, never mind seeing him act as a [[spoiler: walking murder weapon for Whispers.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-universe. Nomi is brought to tears at the sight of Niles, literally saying, "That could have been me."
* TheBrute: [[spoiler: The surgery Metzger did to Bolger allows Whispers to use him in this capacity to kill Metzger.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler: Bolger serves as a physical embodiment of Whispers's return, highlighting his dangerous powers and ruthless approach.]]
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: Bolger is one for Whispers.]]
* PersonAsVerb: "Bolgered" ends up being used as a term for others who've suffered the same procedure.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: [[spoiler: Bolger was essentially already dead, but Whispers still made him shoot himself to cover any potential BPO tracks.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: No one (especially not Nomi) expected Bolger to be anything but an example of BPO's lobotomies, never mind seeing him act as a [[spoiler: walking murder weapon for Whispers.]]
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* AteHisGun: [[spoiler: After shooting Metzger, Whispers makes Niles shoot himself through IDidWhatIHadToDo: Yrsa manipulated a confused child into thinking she was hexed (giving her lifelong guilt issues and self-loathing) for the back greater good of the head.]]
* TheBrute: [[spoiler: The surgery Metzger did to Bolger allows Whispers to use him in this capacity to kill Metzger.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler: Bolger serves as a physical embodiment of Whispers's return, highlighting his dangerous powers and ruthless approach.]]
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: Bolger is one for Whispers.]]
* PersonAsVerb: "Bolgered" ends up being used as a term for others who've suffered the same procedure.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: [[spoiler: Bolger was essentially already dead, but Whispers still made him shoot himself to cover any potential BPO tracks.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: No one (especiallynot Nomi) expected Bolger letting her be dissected by Whispers.
* JadeColoredGlasses: She doesn't have as glowing a view of sensate abilities as Jonas does. She also swore tobe anything but an example of BPO's lobotomies, never mind seeing him act as a [[spoiler: walking murder weapon for Whispers.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-universe. Nomi is brought to tears at the sight of Niles, literally saying, "That couldhave been me."
children for fear they would inherit those abilities, and she also has extremely negative opinions regarding intra-cluster relationships, calling them narcissistic and pathological (whereas Jonas says Angel called it "love in its purest form").
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She tried to protect Riley and get her out of Iceland by telling her she was hexed, causing Riley to struggle with crippling survivor's guilt and other kinds of emotional damage when bad things ''did'' start happening to her.
* WhamLine: Delivers one by telling Riley that [[spoiler:Jonas and Angel worked for Mr. Whispers]].
* TheBrute: [[spoiler: The surgery Metzger did to Bolger allows Whispers to use him in this capacity to kill Metzger.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler: Bolger serves as a physical embodiment of Whispers's return, highlighting his dangerous powers and ruthless approach.]]
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: Bolger is one for Whispers.]]
* PersonAsVerb: "Bolgered" ends up being used as a term for others who've suffered the same procedure.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: [[spoiler: Bolger was essentially already dead, but Whispers still made him shoot himself to cover any potential BPO tracks.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: No one (especially
* JadeColoredGlasses: She doesn't have as glowing a view of sensate abilities as Jonas does. She also swore to
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-universe. Nomi is brought to tears at the sight of Niles, literally saying, "That could
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She tried to protect Riley and get her out of Iceland by telling her she was hexed, causing Riley to struggle with crippling survivor's guilt and other kinds of emotional damage when bad things ''did'' start happening to her.
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->'''Portrayed by''': Lilja Þórisdóttir
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->'''Portrayed by''': Lilja Þórisdóttir
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* JadeColoredGlasses: She doesn't have as glowing a view of sensate abilities as Jonas does. She also swore to never have children for fear they would inherit those abilities, and she also has extremely negative opinions regarding intra-cluster relationships, calling them narcissistic and pathological (whereas Jonas says Angel called it "love in its purest form").
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She tried to protect Riley and get her out of Iceland by telling her she was hexed, causing Riley to struggle with crippling survivor's guilt and other kinds of emotional damage when bad things ''did'' start happening to her.
* WhamLine: Delivers one by telling Riley that [[spoiler:Jonas and Angel worked for Mr. Whispers]].
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!!Angelica Turing
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A sensate of another cluster whose suicide kickstarts the events of the series.
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* JadeColoredGlasses: She doesn't have as glowing a view of sensate abilities as Jonas does. She also swore to never have children for fear they would inherit those abilities, and she also has extremely negative opinions regarding intra-cluster relationships, calling them narcissistic and pathological (whereas Jonas says Angel called it "love in its purest form").
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She tried to protect Riley and get her out of Iceland by telling her she was hexed, causing Riley to struggle with crippling survivor's guilt and other kinds of emotional damage when bad things ''did'' start happening to her.
* WhamLine: Delivers one by telling Riley that [[spoiler:Jonas and Angel worked for Mr. Whispers]].
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!!Angelica Turing
->'''Portrayed By:''' Daryl Hannah
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A sensate of another cluster whose suicide kickstarts the events of the series.
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* TheCorruptor: BPO was founded as a way to help Homo Sapiens and Homo Sensorum coexist peacefully. Then its founder died, and Whispers joined on. [[FallFromGrace It is very different now.]]
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* ActionGirl: Appears to be a proficient assassin who expertly wields guns, even without the rest of her cluster's skills. (The main hand-to-hand combatant appears to be another cluster member.)
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* BettyAndVeronica: Is hinted at as the Veronica to Kala's Betty for Wolfgang, as she continuously seduces him mentally while he pines for the more chaste and distant Kala. Subverted, however, because Wolfgang ultimately stays loyal to Kala, and [[spoiler:Lila was only trying to manipulate Wolfgang for her own aims.]]
* FantasticRacist: Her ultimate goal is to [[spoiler:kill the other crime lords of Berlin, and make it a safe city for sensates. She turns on Wolfgang when he rejects her offer to rule the city with her.]]
* BettyAndVeronica: Is hinted at as the Veronica to Kala's Betty for Wolfgang, as she continuously seduces him mentally while he pines for the more chaste and distant Kala. Subverted, however, because Wolfgang ultimately stays loyal to Kala, and [[spoiler:Lila was only trying to manipulate Wolfgang for her own aims.]]
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* StepfordSmiler: Yrsa called losing a cluster-mate the worst pain she's ever known. [[spoiler: Whispers's entire cluster is dead and, according to Angelica, this troubles his sleep. However, given that he ''ate his own cluster to get stronger,'' that's sort of on him.]]
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** Season two confirms that Whispers and Angelica were romantically involved. It's unclear how genuine this was on either's part, however.
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->'''Portrayed by''': Kick Gurry
A chemical engineer, possibly from Australia.
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* TheHedonist: His main use for his sensate abilities seems to be partying and/or sex.
* RescueSex: Discussed: he clearly expects this after getting Sun away from the police, but neither Sun nor Riley is remotely interested.
* StalkerWithACrush: Implied. By the time he meets Sun in Seoul, he seems to have dyed his hair to match Riley.
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* TheHedonist: His main use for his sensate abilities seems to be partying and/or sex.
* RescueSex: Discussed: he clearly expects this after getting Sun away from the police, but neither Sun nor Riley is remotely interested.
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* OhCrap: His reaction to realizing that Riley is a sensate... and that he has just linked himself to her. See PrecisionFStrike below.
* OhCrap: His reaction to realizing that Riley is a sensate... and that he has just linked himself to her. See PrecisionFStrike below.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Will confronts him about Sara Patrell, Whispers responds "Who?"
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* PosthumousCharacter: Those who know about his disappearance seem to have long since concluded that he is dead. [[spoiler:Angelica killed him while she was still working with BPO, before the show started]].
* StraightGay: He had a sexual encounter with Lito, but showed no stereotypical traits of a gay man.
* PosthumousCharacter: Those who know about his disappearance seem to have long since concluded that he is dead. [[spoiler:Angelica killed him while she was still working with BPO, before the show started]].
* StraightGay: He had a sexual encounter with Lito, but showed no stereotypical traits of a gay man.
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!!Carol Cumberland
A sensate who worked for BPO for multiple decades.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Carol helps Riley and Will find Whispers, but she also [[spoiler:assisted in a neural graft procedure on Raoul and kept him in her basement]].
* ProperlyParanoid: Insists on meeting Riley alone, without physical or sensate company. [[spoiler:It's implied Jonas drove her to suicide as retaliation for meeting with her at all]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Appears in one episode before [[spoiler:Riley and Diego find her dead in her bathtub]].
!!Carol Cumberland
A sensate who worked for BPO for multiple decades.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Carol helps Riley and Will find Whispers, but she also [[spoiler:assisted in a neural graft procedure on Raoul and kept him in her basement]].
* ProperlyParanoid: Insists on meeting Riley alone, without physical or sensate company. [[spoiler:It's implied Jonas drove her to suicide as retaliation for meeting with her at all]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Appears in one episode before [[spoiler:Riley and Diego find her dead in her bathtub]].
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[[folder:Jonas]]
!!Jonas Maliki
->'''Portrayed By:''' Naveen Andrews
[[quoteright:241:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jonas.jpg]]
A sensate of another cluster who appears to each member of the main eight and guides them.
----
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Jonas' exact motives are hard to pin down. [[spoiler: Is he atoning for working with Whispers? ''Did'' he work with Whispers? He convinced Angel to kill herself to protect the new cluster and tried to convince Riley and Will to do the same.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Seems to have crossed this when [[spoiler: Will makes eye contact with Whispers]], telling him he's lost and Whispers has won.
* {{Determinator}}: Yrsa describes losing a cluster-mate as the worst pain she's ever experienced. We see Jonas a day or two after Angelica's death, and he is perfectly functional.
* FantasticRacism: Downplayed, as he still considers sensates human (if a different kind of human), but is dismissive of 'regular' humans and their culture and very likely thinks they're incapable of true empathy. It's especially driven home by his constant use of the word "them" when describing normal humans.
* GenerationXerox: He tells Will that his relationship with Riley is very much like Jonas's own relationship with Angelica. Its also quite possibly mirrored by Kala and Wolfgang, but they haven't interacted with Jonas yet.
* HeroicSuicide: He is a firm believer in this in order to keep the cluster safe. He convinces Angel to do this at the beginning of the series, and [[spoiler: almost convinces Will to do so as well in the Season One finale.]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity: {{Zigzagged}}. The FBI considers Jonas a dangerous terrorist, but (as we see again with Nomi) the BPO's reach is wide enough to run a smear campaign to help capture him, which seems the case when he helps Will and Nomi. [[spoiler: Of course, then Yrsa reveals that he and Angelica worked for Whispers, so he might not have ever precisely qualified as a hero.]]
* MeaningfulName: Possibly. [[spoiler: Jones can mean 'destroyer' or 'he who oppresses', which is fitting for a man who used his gift to hunt down other clusters for Whispers.]]
* TheMentor: He's the voice of experience to the main eight, as a sensate of a prior cluster, and the only one who can assure them that they aren't succumbing to psychosis.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:
** A rare, non-fatal variation. After Will and Riley escaped Iceland, BPO no longer considers it worth the hassle to allow Jonas to visit Will. As such, they now keep him medicated to prevent him from visiting altogether. It's only in the rare moments where the meds wear off that he can contact Will or Nomi.
** Suffers this for real midway through Season 2. [[spoiler:[[SubertedTrope Almost.]]]]
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[[folder:Mr. Whispers]]
!!Mr. Whispers
->'''Portrayed By:''' Terrence Mann
[[quoteright:213:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_whispers.png]]
A sensate who turned against his own kind. He leads a group of people who want to capture and experiment on or kill sensates.
----
* BadDreams: [[spoiler: Whispers's entire cluster is dead and Angelica tells Will he still talks to them in his sleep.]]
* BigBad: He's the man behind the organization hunting the eight mains.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Will confronts him about Sara Patrell, Whispers responds "Who?"
* TheDreaded: Falling into Mr. Whispers' clutches is considered so awful that some prefer suicide to the possibility. [[spoiler:Somewhat justified in that his organization radically lobotomizes the sensates they catch and he uses them as {{Meat Puppet}}s. Plus, falling into his hands gives him access to other sensates through them.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Revealed in the Christmas special that he has a daughter and is quite possibly married. Downplayed, somewhat, in that he spends Christmas day tormenting Will instead of spending time with his family.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He may have tried to have her lobotomized, but Whispers never fails to use Nomi's proper pronouns and name - especially noteworthy considering it's more than her own mother can manage.
* EvilCounterpart: Narratively, Whispers is this to Jonas - they're both looking for the main eight for very different reasons. [[spoiler: This extends to his abilities - somehow, through the lobotomy procedure he forces on potential sensates, he can turn them into his PeoplePuppets]].
* EvilOldFolks: Terrence Mann is nearly twenty years older than even Naveen Andrews; Whispers seems to be about the same age, as he looks the same now as he did when Will was a child and witnessed what he did to Sara Patrell.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Has a tendency to tell his sensate prey he's looking forward to meeting them in the most terrifying way possible.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Adding to the motif of sensates needing to avoid his eyes, Whispers has clear spectacles in front of his dead hunter gaze.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Whispers ruthlessly exploits his ability to Visit other sensates through eye contact to use their senses and manipulate them into revealing the identities of the rest of their clusters.
* IHaveManyNames: Besides Whispers, a name given to him by Angelica, he has gone under the alias Dr. Ellison, Dr. Matheson, and Dr. Friedmann. Dr. Metzger called him Milton when [[spoiler: he was begging for his life.]] Will also calls him Milton during the Christmas special, suggesting that is his true first name.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He's used the title of Doctor in three of his aliases; presumably, he actually has it, considering he was photographed as having met Metzger in medical school.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Another name he goes by in Sensate circles is The Cannibal.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Appropriately for a man called Whispers, he rarely (if ever) raises his voice.
* StepfordSmiler: Yrsa called losing a cluster-mate the worst pain she's ever known. [[spoiler: Whispers's entire cluster is dead and, according to Angelica, this troubles his sleep.]]
* TomTheDarkLord: Paradise Lost allusions aside, Milton is not a threatening name, [[Film/OfficeSpace even if you stole his stapler]].
* VillainousBreakdown: He goes through a slow one throughout Season 2 as the heroes get closer to taking him down, becoming more willing to slaughter innocent people and even profanely yelling at his wife and daughter when he'd earlier proudly said they were a completely happy family.
* VillainousCrush: His language and demeanour in the opening scene serves to darkly mirror Jonas's love for Angelica - he calls her "my dear", calls her a liar when she tells Jonas she loves him (and refers to the lie as a secret between them as if they had a romantic history behind Jonas's back), and (despite the white van and men in Hazmat suits with guns) tells her that she's "coming home" rather than being abducted. He even brushes off her last threat of suicide the way an emotionally abusive lover would.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: It's the result of age; that doesn't make him kinder.
* WouldHurtAChild: Sara Patrell was barely ten, but Whispers hunted and dissected her like any other sensate.
* WrongContextMagic: [[spoiler:The sensate rules are not well-defined, true, but Whispers still shattered them over his knee through [[LogicalWeakness logical]] and [[CuttingTheKnot brutal]] means. The lobotomy procedure Dr. Metzger performs on sensates is essentially a surgical ''execution'' - the result is an EmptyShell a trained Sensate such as Whispers can use as a {{People Puppet|s}}. By Visiting a lobotomized Sensate, Whispers can exert total control over all their actions despite their not being part of his cluster and there being no possibility of positivity or consent, simply because there's nobody home to disagree with his commands - even if he chooses to have them ''shoot themselves in the head.'']]
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[[folder:Bolger]]
!!Niles Bolger
->'''Portrayed By:''' Tim Lajcik
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sense8_1.jpg]]
A former sensate, subjected to the brain-destroying surgery that Dr. Metzger tried to force on Nomi.
----
* AteHisGun: [[spoiler: After shooting Metzger, Whispers makes Niles shoot himself through the back of the head.]]
* TheBrute: [[spoiler: The surgery Metzger did to Bolger allows Whispers to use him in this capacity to kill Metzger.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler: Bolger serves as a physical embodiment of Whispers's return, highlighting his dangerous powers and ruthless approach.]]
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: Bolger is one for Whispers.]]
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: [[spoiler: Bolger was essentially already dead, but Whispers still made him shoot himself to cover any potential BPO tracks.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: No one (especially not Nomi) expected Bolger to be anything but an example of BPO's lobotomies, never mind seeing him act as a [[spoiler: walking murder weapon for Whispers.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-universe. Nomi is brought to tears at the sight of Niles, literally saying, "That could have been me."
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[[folder:Yrsa]]
!!Yrsa
->'''Portrayed by''': Lilja Þórisdóttir
[[quoteright:237:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yrsa.png]]
A sensate of an unknown cluster. She is a middle-aged Icelandic woman who seems particularly invested in protecting the sensates.
----
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Yrsa manipulated a confused child into thinking she was hexed (giving her lifelong guilt issues and self-loathing) for the greater good of not letting her be dissected by Whispers.
* JadeColoredGlasses: She doesn't have as glowing a view of sensate abilities as Jonas does. She also swore to never have children for fear they would inherit those abilities, and she also has extremely negative opinions regarding intra-cluster relationships, calling them narcissistic and pathological (whereas Jonas says Angel called it "love in its purest form").
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She tried to protect Riley and get her out of Iceland by telling her she was hexed, causing Riley to struggle with crippling survivor's guilt and other kinds of emotional damage when bad things ''did'' start happening to her.
* WhamLine: Delivers one by telling Riley that [[spoiler:Jonas and Angel worked for Mr. Whispers]].
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[[folder:Angel]]
!!Angelica Turing
->'''Portrayed By:''' Daryl Hannah
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/angel.jpg]]
A sensate of another cluster whose suicide kickstarts the events of the series.
----
* HeroicSuicide: Angelica shot herself to prevent Whispers from getting other sensates through her.
* HotScientist: Angelica Turing was professionally an ecologist and Jonas and Whispers both found her beautiful.
* LoveTriangle: Whispers's overly affectionate language, declaration that Angelica was lying about loving Jonas (and that it was "[their] little secret"), and the way he referred to her returning with him as 'coming home' suggests that either Angelica had an affair with Whispers or Whispers was romantically obsessed with her.
* MeaningfulName: A blonde woman in white who appears in a vision? What else could she be called but Angel? Her last name of Turing could also qualify; the human brain is the greatest super-computer and she reprogrammed the main eights' brains by birthing them as sensates.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Angelica expressed a fear that "anyone else" would die because of her and Whispers says that she threatened suicide many times before the beginning of the series. [[spoiler: This lends a fair bit of credibility to Yrsa's claim that she and Jonas were working for Whispers.]]
* TheOphelia: At the end of her life, Angelica was fragile physically and emotionally, addicted to drugs to block Whispers, and dressed in flowing white.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Her death creates the main cluster, empathetically linking them together. The first visions the eight share are of her death.
* PosthumousCharacter: She dies [[StartsWithASuicide in the opening]], but we see her numerous times in the echos she leaves on the cluster, and a lot of her actions in life have a huge impact on the cluster.
* SuperEmpowering: Through great emotional duress, Angel (and presumably other sensates) can (and did) awaken a new cluster. [[spoiler: Played rather darkly later on, as Yrsa claims Angel used her ability to birth new clusters so Whispers could hunt them down.]]
* WomanInWhite: She wears a white dress during her suicide and when the main 8 experience visions of her, emphasizing her mysterious nature.
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Before fleeing from Whispers, Angelica was said to have seen the beauty in everything to the point of being an ecologist. [[BreakTheCutie Fleeing Whispers took a heavy toll on this]].
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[[folder:Puck]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lila]]
!!Lila Facchini
->'''Portrayed by''': Valeria Bilello
A sensate from Naples, Italy who belongs to another cluster, first introduced to Wolfgang as Sebastian Fuchs's right-hand woman.
----
* ActionGirl: Appears to be a proficient assassin who expertly wields guns, even without the rest of her cluster's skills. (The main hand-to-hand combatant appears to be another cluster member.)
* FemmeFatale: She is first introduced sprawled on Fuchs's couch in a short dress, and then proceeds to continuously flirt psychically with Wolfgang. Later, she is also shown to be a highly effective killer.
* SmugSnake: At no point does she actually display anything other than sheer arrogance to Wolfgang and the rest of the character.
* StandardEvilOrganizationSquad: Lila's cluster seems to be ObviouslyEvil, concerned primarily with survival and expanding their influence.
* TheUnapologetic: Shows zero qualms about screwing others over when they don't give her what she wants, such as [[spoiler:betraying Wolfgang's location to Whispers.]]
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[[folder: The Old Man of Hoy]]
!!The Old Man of Hoy
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/SylvesterMcCoy
----
* PrecisionFStrike: His first line "Holy shit!" doesn't stand out much on the show itself, but after [=McCoy=] had spent a half-century spanning career always being kid-friendly, it's a huge shock.
* ProperlyParanoid: After 30 years on the run from BPO, it takes a ''lot'' to convince him the cluster is trustworthy.
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[[folder: Raoul]]
!!Raoul Pasquale
A reporter and senate birthed by Angela. He had earlier interviewed Lito from before he became a sensate himself.
----
* StraightGay: He had a sexual encounter with Lito, but showed no stereotypical traits of a gay man.
* NeverFoundTheBody: He disappeared years ago and no trace of him had ever been found.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Todd]]
!!Todd
A sensate who wanted to become an ordinary human.
----
* TheBrute: [[spoiler: He underwent the same precedure that Bolger did, with the same results. Whispers used him to assassinate an academic and then commit suicide.]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: He hated being a sensate and wished to be a regular human.
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: Like Bolger, he was one for Whispers.]]
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: [[spoiler: Under the control of Whispers, he opened fire during a lecture and tried to shoot himself before being apprehended. Soon afterwards he committed suicide in his cell.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Tree Tattoo Monk]]
!!Real Name Unknown
A monk who visits Riley on a plane.
[[/folder]]
!!Jonas Maliki
->'''Portrayed By:''' Naveen Andrews
[[quoteright:241:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jonas.jpg]]
A sensate of another cluster who appears to each member of the main eight and guides them.
----
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Jonas' exact motives are hard to pin down. [[spoiler: Is he atoning for working with Whispers? ''Did'' he work with Whispers? He convinced Angel to kill herself to protect the new cluster and tried to convince Riley and Will to do the same.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Seems to have crossed this when [[spoiler: Will makes eye contact with Whispers]], telling him he's lost and Whispers has won.
* {{Determinator}}: Yrsa describes losing a cluster-mate as the worst pain she's ever experienced. We see Jonas a day or two after Angelica's death, and he is perfectly functional.
* FantasticRacism: Downplayed, as he still considers sensates human (if a different kind of human), but is dismissive of 'regular' humans and their culture and very likely thinks they're incapable of true empathy. It's especially driven home by his constant use of the word "them" when describing normal humans.
* GenerationXerox: He tells Will that his relationship with Riley is very much like Jonas's own relationship with Angelica. Its also quite possibly mirrored by Kala and Wolfgang, but they haven't interacted with Jonas yet.
* HeroicSuicide: He is a firm believer in this in order to keep the cluster safe. He convinces Angel to do this at the beginning of the series, and [[spoiler: almost convinces Will to do so as well in the Season One finale.]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity: {{Zigzagged}}. The FBI considers Jonas a dangerous terrorist, but (as we see again with Nomi) the BPO's reach is wide enough to run a smear campaign to help capture him, which seems the case when he helps Will and Nomi. [[spoiler: Of course, then Yrsa reveals that he and Angelica worked for Whispers, so he might not have ever precisely qualified as a hero.]]
* MeaningfulName: Possibly. [[spoiler: Jones can mean 'destroyer' or 'he who oppresses', which is fitting for a man who used his gift to hunt down other clusters for Whispers.]]
* TheMentor: He's the voice of experience to the main eight, as a sensate of a prior cluster, and the only one who can assure them that they aren't succumbing to psychosis.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:
** A rare, non-fatal variation. After Will and Riley escaped Iceland, BPO no longer considers it worth the hassle to allow Jonas to visit Will. As such, they now keep him medicated to prevent him from visiting altogether. It's only in the rare moments where the meds wear off that he can contact Will or Nomi.
** Suffers this for real midway through Season 2. [[spoiler:[[SubertedTrope Almost.]]]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mr. Whispers]]
!!Mr. Whispers
->'''Portrayed By:''' Terrence Mann
[[quoteright:213:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_whispers.png]]
A sensate who turned against his own kind. He leads a group of people who want to capture and experiment on or kill sensates.
----
* BadDreams: [[spoiler: Whispers's entire cluster is dead and Angelica tells Will he still talks to them in his sleep.]]
* BigBad: He's the man behind the organization hunting the eight mains.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Will confronts him about Sara Patrell, Whispers responds "Who?"
* TheDreaded: Falling into Mr. Whispers' clutches is considered so awful that some prefer suicide to the possibility. [[spoiler:Somewhat justified in that his organization radically lobotomizes the sensates they catch and he uses them as {{Meat Puppet}}s. Plus, falling into his hands gives him access to other sensates through them.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Revealed in the Christmas special that he has a daughter and is quite possibly married. Downplayed, somewhat, in that he spends Christmas day tormenting Will instead of spending time with his family.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He may have tried to have her lobotomized, but Whispers never fails to use Nomi's proper pronouns and name - especially noteworthy considering it's more than her own mother can manage.
* EvilCounterpart: Narratively, Whispers is this to Jonas - they're both looking for the main eight for very different reasons. [[spoiler: This extends to his abilities - somehow, through the lobotomy procedure he forces on potential sensates, he can turn them into his PeoplePuppets]].
* EvilOldFolks: Terrence Mann is nearly twenty years older than even Naveen Andrews; Whispers seems to be about the same age, as he looks the same now as he did when Will was a child and witnessed what he did to Sara Patrell.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Has a tendency to tell his sensate prey he's looking forward to meeting them in the most terrifying way possible.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Adding to the motif of sensates needing to avoid his eyes, Whispers has clear spectacles in front of his dead hunter gaze.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Whispers ruthlessly exploits his ability to Visit other sensates through eye contact to use their senses and manipulate them into revealing the identities of the rest of their clusters.
* IHaveManyNames: Besides Whispers, a name given to him by Angelica, he has gone under the alias Dr. Ellison, Dr. Matheson, and Dr. Friedmann. Dr. Metzger called him Milton when [[spoiler: he was begging for his life.]] Will also calls him Milton during the Christmas special, suggesting that is his true first name.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He's used the title of Doctor in three of his aliases; presumably, he actually has it, considering he was photographed as having met Metzger in medical school.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Another name he goes by in Sensate circles is The Cannibal.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Appropriately for a man called Whispers, he rarely (if ever) raises his voice.
* StepfordSmiler: Yrsa called losing a cluster-mate the worst pain she's ever known. [[spoiler: Whispers's entire cluster is dead and, according to Angelica, this troubles his sleep.]]
* TomTheDarkLord: Paradise Lost allusions aside, Milton is not a threatening name, [[Film/OfficeSpace even if you stole his stapler]].
* VillainousBreakdown: He goes through a slow one throughout Season 2 as the heroes get closer to taking him down, becoming more willing to slaughter innocent people and even profanely yelling at his wife and daughter when he'd earlier proudly said they were a completely happy family.
* VillainousCrush: His language and demeanour in the opening scene serves to darkly mirror Jonas's love for Angelica - he calls her "my dear", calls her a liar when she tells Jonas she loves him (and refers to the lie as a secret between them as if they had a romantic history behind Jonas's back), and (despite the white van and men in Hazmat suits with guns) tells her that she's "coming home" rather than being abducted. He even brushes off her last threat of suicide the way an emotionally abusive lover would.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: It's the result of age; that doesn't make him kinder.
* WouldHurtAChild: Sara Patrell was barely ten, but Whispers hunted and dissected her like any other sensate.
* WrongContextMagic: [[spoiler:The sensate rules are not well-defined, true, but Whispers still shattered them over his knee through [[LogicalWeakness logical]] and [[CuttingTheKnot brutal]] means. The lobotomy procedure Dr. Metzger performs on sensates is essentially a surgical ''execution'' - the result is an EmptyShell a trained Sensate such as Whispers can use as a {{People Puppet|s}}. By Visiting a lobotomized Sensate, Whispers can exert total control over all their actions despite their not being part of his cluster and there being no possibility of positivity or consent, simply because there's nobody home to disagree with his commands - even if he chooses to have them ''shoot themselves in the head.'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bolger]]
!!Niles Bolger
->'''Portrayed By:''' Tim Lajcik
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sense8_1.jpg]]
A former sensate, subjected to the brain-destroying surgery that Dr. Metzger tried to force on Nomi.
----
* AteHisGun: [[spoiler: After shooting Metzger, Whispers makes Niles shoot himself through the back of the head.]]
* TheBrute: [[spoiler: The surgery Metzger did to Bolger allows Whispers to use him in this capacity to kill Metzger.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler: Bolger serves as a physical embodiment of Whispers's return, highlighting his dangerous powers and ruthless approach.]]
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: Bolger is one for Whispers.]]
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: [[spoiler: Bolger was essentially already dead, but Whispers still made him shoot himself to cover any potential BPO tracks.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: No one (especially not Nomi) expected Bolger to be anything but an example of BPO's lobotomies, never mind seeing him act as a [[spoiler: walking murder weapon for Whispers.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-universe. Nomi is brought to tears at the sight of Niles, literally saying, "That could have been me."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yrsa]]
!!Yrsa
->'''Portrayed by''': Lilja Þórisdóttir
[[quoteright:237:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yrsa.png]]
A sensate of an unknown cluster. She is a middle-aged Icelandic woman who seems particularly invested in protecting the sensates.
----
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Yrsa manipulated a confused child into thinking she was hexed (giving her lifelong guilt issues and self-loathing) for the greater good of not letting her be dissected by Whispers.
* JadeColoredGlasses: She doesn't have as glowing a view of sensate abilities as Jonas does. She also swore to never have children for fear they would inherit those abilities, and she also has extremely negative opinions regarding intra-cluster relationships, calling them narcissistic and pathological (whereas Jonas says Angel called it "love in its purest form").
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She tried to protect Riley and get her out of Iceland by telling her she was hexed, causing Riley to struggle with crippling survivor's guilt and other kinds of emotional damage when bad things ''did'' start happening to her.
* WhamLine: Delivers one by telling Riley that [[spoiler:Jonas and Angel worked for Mr. Whispers]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Angel]]
!!Angelica Turing
->'''Portrayed By:''' Daryl Hannah
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/angel.jpg]]
A sensate of another cluster whose suicide kickstarts the events of the series.
----
* HeroicSuicide: Angelica shot herself to prevent Whispers from getting other sensates through her.
* HotScientist: Angelica Turing was professionally an ecologist and Jonas and Whispers both found her beautiful.
* LoveTriangle: Whispers's overly affectionate language, declaration that Angelica was lying about loving Jonas (and that it was "[their] little secret"), and the way he referred to her returning with him as 'coming home' suggests that either Angelica had an affair with Whispers or Whispers was romantically obsessed with her.
* MeaningfulName: A blonde woman in white who appears in a vision? What else could she be called but Angel? Her last name of Turing could also qualify; the human brain is the greatest super-computer and she reprogrammed the main eights' brains by birthing them as sensates.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Angelica expressed a fear that "anyone else" would die because of her and Whispers says that she threatened suicide many times before the beginning of the series. [[spoiler: This lends a fair bit of credibility to Yrsa's claim that she and Jonas were working for Whispers.]]
* TheOphelia: At the end of her life, Angelica was fragile physically and emotionally, addicted to drugs to block Whispers, and dressed in flowing white.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Her death creates the main cluster, empathetically linking them together. The first visions the eight share are of her death.
* PosthumousCharacter: She dies [[StartsWithASuicide in the opening]], but we see her numerous times in the echos she leaves on the cluster, and a lot of her actions in life have a huge impact on the cluster.
* SuperEmpowering: Through great emotional duress, Angel (and presumably other sensates) can (and did) awaken a new cluster. [[spoiler: Played rather darkly later on, as Yrsa claims Angel used her ability to birth new clusters so Whispers could hunt them down.]]
* WomanInWhite: She wears a white dress during her suicide and when the main 8 experience visions of her, emphasizing her mysterious nature.
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Before fleeing from Whispers, Angelica was said to have seen the beauty in everything to the point of being an ecologist. [[BreakTheCutie Fleeing Whispers took a heavy toll on this]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Puck]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lila]]
!!Lila Facchini
->'''Portrayed by''': Valeria Bilello
A sensate from Naples, Italy who belongs to another cluster, first introduced to Wolfgang as Sebastian Fuchs's right-hand woman.
----
* ActionGirl: Appears to be a proficient assassin who expertly wields guns, even without the rest of her cluster's skills. (The main hand-to-hand combatant appears to be another cluster member.)
* FemmeFatale: She is first introduced sprawled on Fuchs's couch in a short dress, and then proceeds to continuously flirt psychically with Wolfgang. Later, she is also shown to be a highly effective killer.
* SmugSnake: At no point does she actually display anything other than sheer arrogance to Wolfgang and the rest of the character.
* StandardEvilOrganizationSquad: Lila's cluster seems to be ObviouslyEvil, concerned primarily with survival and expanding their influence.
* TheUnapologetic: Shows zero qualms about screwing others over when they don't give her what she wants, such as [[spoiler:betraying Wolfgang's location to Whispers.]]
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[[folder: The Old Man of Hoy]]
!!The Old Man of Hoy
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/SylvesterMcCoy
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* PrecisionFStrike: His first line "Holy shit!" doesn't stand out much on the show itself, but after [=McCoy=] had spent a half-century spanning career always being kid-friendly, it's a huge shock.
* ProperlyParanoid: After 30 years on the run from BPO, it takes a ''lot'' to convince him the cluster is trustworthy.
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[[folder: Raoul]]
!!Raoul Pasquale
A reporter and senate birthed by Angela. He had earlier interviewed Lito from before he became a sensate himself.
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* StraightGay: He had a sexual encounter with Lito, but showed no stereotypical traits of a gay man.
* NeverFoundTheBody: He disappeared years ago and no trace of him had ever been found.
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[[folder: Todd]]
!!Todd
A sensate who wanted to become an ordinary human.
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* TheBrute: [[spoiler: He underwent the same precedure that Bolger did, with the same results. Whispers used him to assassinate an academic and then commit suicide.]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: He hated being a sensate and wished to be a regular human.
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: Like Bolger, he was one for Whispers.]]
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: [[spoiler: Under the control of Whispers, he opened fire during a lecture and tried to shoot himself before being apprehended. Soon afterwards he committed suicide in his cell.]]
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[[folder: Tree Tattoo Monk]]
!!Real Name Unknown
A monk who visits Riley on a plane.
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