History Characters / TheHex

[[folder:Steamboat Willie]]

* TheDragon: [[spoiler:He's this to Lionel. Whether his orders are to cripple Reginald and bury his game or to return Bryce to the next ''Combat Arena'' game, he carries them out without question.]]
* DragonInChief: [[spoiler: Due to Lionel being a programmer in the real world, Irving enacts his changes and decisions towards the game characters personally.]]

* TheHeavy: He's the most direct threat to the patrons, even with him answering to [[spoiler:Lionel.]]

* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: Like Sado, he can also break the rules in his boss battle. If Chandrelle uses the secret glitch attack against him which crashes the game, then the next time it boots up it will be removed. Also, trying to steal his moves will replace your with two moves titled “Stealing My Moves”, “Are You?”, the former of which is just one of your moves and the latter of which “does nothing. Like absolutely nothing”. [[spoiler:And then he turns Chandrelle back into her fighting game self, completely forgoing the turn-based combat.]]

* AssholeVictim: Once you get through ''Walk'', it becomes clears that this dude's a total ass, [[{{Understatement}} to put it nicely]]. While he had occasional moments of thoughtfulness or decency, Lionel always defaulted back to being selfish and egotistical at the expense of others. Whether he ''truly'' deserved to be killed by Reggie is up for interpretation, but all in all, dude definitely had karma coming his way regardless.

[[folder:Rebecha]]
A green-skinned mechanic from ''Combat Arena X'' who gains a bigger role in ''Secrets of Legendaria''. She later appears in ''Waste World'' as a saleswoman.

A Sphinx who lives in the pyramid in the desert and guards the Gren Orb of Power.

!!''Waste World''

[[folder:Rocky]]
Rust's mutant son, who follows him through the Wastelands. A little intimidating, but he's a sweet guy.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: His skin is green.
* AudienceWhatAudience: Like his papa, he's not aware he's a video game character.
* FishEyes: His eyes are unfocused.
* GentleGiant: He's a humongous mutant, and yet he's a good son to his father.
* RetGone: [[spoiler:Sado deletes him, implicitly erasing him from reality.]]
* StoneWall: He's got a lot of HP, but deals only 4 base damage.

!Real World Characters (Unmarked Spoilers)

[[folder:The Creator/Lionel Snill]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Michael Mola

Lionel Snill, the creator behind each of the patrons of the Six Pint Inn. His ManChild attitude and greed soon destroyed the lives of the games he made, as well as his own reputation. He's the true "victim" - his "murderer" being Reggie, the very first character Lionel ever made.

* AlasPoorVillain: Despite ruining the lives of his game characters and hurting real life people, his death at the hands of Reggie is not meant to be triumphant but is portrayed in a harrowing light, especially since he had no idea of the true extent of his actions and still loved Reggie, to the point of apologizing to him in the secret ending.
* AssholeVictim: Once you get through ''Walk'', it becomes clears that this dude's a total ass, [[{{Understatement}} to put it nicely]]. While he had occasional moments of thoughtfulness or decency, Lionel always defaulted back to being selfish and egotistical at the expense of others. Whether he ''truly'' deserved to be killed by Reggie is up for interpretation, but all in all, dude definitely had karma coming his way regardless.
* BadBoss: He overspent on experts and overworked his existing employees to complete ''Secrets of Legendaria''. Then, when the game failed, he stole money from their severance packages and left them hanging out to dry.
* BigBadEnsemble: He is the one responsible for ruining the lives and franchises of the characters residing in the Six Pint Inn, and Rootbeer Reggie, the bartender, masterminds much of the events to kill him for it, while Sado is out to destroy his games as she was created to do in retaliation for his bullying of Carla, her creator.
* ChildProdigy: Made ''Super Weasel Kid'' at age 12. He was younger when he made ''Rootbeer Reggie'', but hid its existence to make sure he retained the appearance of a prodigy so gifted that his first game had been a hit.
* ConnectedAllAlong: It turns out he's behind the woes of all the patrons of the Six Pint Inn, and that's what unites them to agree upon killing him. His ego also led to Carla creating Sado (through possibly-satanic means) to get revenge on him.
* {{Expy}}: He is this to Davey Wreden's [[AuthorAvatar fictionalized self]] in ''VideoGame/TheBeginnersGuide''. His game ''Walk'' plays just like ''TBG'', complete with developer commentary, and he goes through a similar character arc as Davey- being a pretentious, egotistical jerk who winds up sabotaging his relationship with a fellow game developer who comes to resent him as a result. And like Davey, Lionel ultimately has a HeelRealization, but only when it is too late.
* FanworkBan: InUniverse, he really hates the mods created for ''Waste World'', enough to use legal action to deal with them. However, that didn't stop him from stealing the designs of the aliens in that mod for ''Vicious Galaxy 2''.
* HeelRealization: The secret ending reveals that he's come to suspect, through rumors, that videogame characters are - in fact - alive. He then apologizes to Reggie, wondering if he's out there, and then hopes for Reggie to know that Lionel's sorry. Fat lot of good it does him, as this ends, it's revealed that Sado is then uploaded, and that by the time you find this, [[DeadManWriting Reggie and the others have already gotten their vengeance for his sins]].
* ILetYouWin: During the bomb sequence, he makes you do one last coding puzzle... but immediately after that, he admits that he deliberately lowered the difficulty, before sarcastically congratulating you.
* KarmicDeath: His death is rather poetic, in a way. Not just in a "[[RageAgainstTheAuthor creation killing its creator]]" way, but as the secret ending shows, it's also the last remnant of Lionel's grandfather putting an end to the madness of his grandson's greed. However, it is [[AlasPoorVillain treated in a tragic light]] because he still loved Reggie despite everything.
* ManChild: His disinterest in his pets and shame over ''Rootbeer Reggie'' can be somewhat justified by his young age, but his childishness only gets worse - it culminates with him defrauding his company's severance money to run away to the other end of the country after ''Legendaria'' bombs.
* MeanBoss: If the comments left by Carla in Legendaria are any indication, he did things like remove a feature she worked for months on (the fishing minigame) and would bully her while refusing to listen to her advice on how to make the game more enjoyable for players.
* NeverMyFault: His commentary in ''Walk'' shows that this is his attitude towards his career's decline- he blames the players for being stupid and making so many demands, blames Carla for intentionally making glitches to sabotage Legendaria, and blames the modders of Waste World for turning it into a “mockery”. But he never takes responsibility for his own decisions like defrauding investors or bullying Carla. He does apologize to Reggie in the secret ending, for burying him to make himself look better to the public.
* NonActionBigBad: His decisions against the characters on his behalf are carried out by [[TheHeavy Irving]]. While smug, selfish and self-centered, he is just a programmer, and is ultimately unable to defend himself when Reggie reaches out to kill him.
* SmallNameBigEgo: His commentary in ''Walk'' shows that Lionel has an ''extremely'' high opinion of himself, as well as his talent as a programmer. It gets worse during the ''Waste World'' segment, where Lionel gets pissed talking about modders who tried to use his unfinished game, goes into such a venomous rant that Jeremiah has to skip that section, and ''he's still ranting'' in ''Vicious Galaxy''.
* WalkingSpoiler: His very existence is a spoiler in all forms: he's the overarching figure tying all these games together, his death is the ''actual'' murder the very beginning of the game warns about, and his actions lead to Sado's creation.

[[folder:Carla Dosa]]
-->''"I can't believe my FRIEND Lionel made this game! He's the best!"''

Once a friend of Lionel, the latter's ego soon caused their friendship to deteriorate. As revenge for his wrongs, she created Sado, a satanic virus that would attack and ruin his work.

!!Patrons of the Six Pint Inn

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The story opens with the bartender receiving a phone call warning that one of his six patrons is plotting a murder. In the end, the murderer turns out to be ''[[EverybodyDidIt everyone]]'', with the mastermind being the bartender himself, who is indicated to have faked the phone call to gain the interest of [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou the player]] and manipulate them into helping with the murder.

!!Other Game Characters

[[folder:Admin T. Irving]]
The representative of the Gameworks. He's got bad blood with Bryce, Chandrelle and Lazarus.

* ReallyFondOfSleeping: Usually taking a nap whenever you see him. [[spoiler:This is revealed to have a tragic context. Mr. Squarrel sleeps a lot because sometimes Mr. Shrewd is in his dreams.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Mr. Squarrel had nothing to do with Mr. Shrewd's death. Lionel is the guilty party here.]]

* SuckSessor: Is introduced as Mr. Shrewd's replacement, and he doesn't really do his job well. Weasel Kid is put off by Mr. Squarrel.

[[folder:Dark Lord Vallamir]]
->''"Hey, girl. How's it hangin'?"''

A laid-back dark lord working with Chandrelle to bring about the end of the ''Secrets of Legendaria'' franchise.

* ArcVillain: He is the villain of the ''Secrets of Legendaria'' section as he intends to destroy the realm. Unusually, the protagonist Chandrelle is [[VillainProtagonist helping him do it]].
* TheBadGuyWins: Mainly because Chandrelle allows him to do it, he is able to take over the realm of Legendaria and riddle it with glitches. Also, if the player frees him in the final chapter, a secret ending unlocks where he does the same thing to the Six Pint Inn and is free to wreak havoc throughout the universe.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's a dark lord who talks like a frat boy. [[spoiler:However, he is ''still'' a powerful entity with enough power to not only destroy the ''Secrets of Legendaria'' franchise, but the entire game world should you let him out of the Six Pint Inn.]]
* BigBad: The InUniverse one of ''Secrets of Legendaria'', who wants to destroy the realm.
* {{Cyclops}}: Has one eye.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Takes up residence in Chandrelle's head as a part of her punishment for causing ''Secrets of Legendaria'' to bomb.]]
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The hands he summons (the Minions of Vallamir) have eyes on their palms.
* FinalBoss: The Spawn of Vallamir is essentially this as it is the last boss character fought in the game.
* {{Gasshole}}: He farts multiple times and dreads having to be sealed away in a small tube because of how it will smell filled up with his farts.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://jonahsenzel.bandcamp.com/track/secrets-of-legendaria-ost-vallamirs-theme Vallamir's Theme]], a laid-back instrumental track.
* OhMyGods: Characters originating from ''Secrets of Legendaria'' sometimes invoke a shortened version of his name ("For 'Mir's sake!") as an expression of exasperation.
* VerbalTic: "Heheh."

[[folder:Rebecha]]
A green-skinned mechanic from ''Combat Arena X'' who gains a bigger role in ''Secrets of Legendaria''. She later appears in ''Waste World'' as a saleswoman.

* ADayInTheLimelight: You briefly control her during ''Walk.''
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Green skin, inexplicably.
* AndIMustScream: Comments in ''Waste World'' that she doesn't feel like she's in control of herself.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Her first appearance is in ''Combat Arena X''.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://jonahsenzel.bandcamp.com/track/waste-world-ost-scrap-shop Scrap Shop]], a low-key, metallic-sounding tune.
* MissFixit: Offers to fix Mr. Shrewd's glasses should you bring them to her in ''Secrets of Legendaria''. ''Waste World'' shows the fruits of her labors.
* VerbalTic: "Woof."
* WrenchWench: A female mechanic who uses a wrench to fix and fight.

[[folder:Rocky]]
Rust's mutant son, who follows him through the Wastelands. A little intimidating, but he's a sweet guy.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: His skin is green.
* AudienceWhatAudience: Like his papa, he's not aware he's a video game character.
* FishEyes: His eyes are unfocused.
* GentleGiant: He's a humongous mutant, and yet he's a good son to his father.
* RetGone: [[spoiler:Sado deletes him, implicitly erasing him from reality.]]
* StoneWall: He's got a lot of HP, but deals only 4 base damage.

!!Real World Characters (Unmarked Spoilers)

[[folder:The Creator/Lionel Snill]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Michael Mola

Lionel Snill, the creator behind each of the patrons of the Six Pint Inn. His ManChild attitude and greed soon destroyed the lives of the games he made, as well as his own reputation. He's the true "victim" - his "murderer" being Reggie, the very first character Lionel ever made.

* AlasPoorVillain: Despite ruining the lives of his game characters and hurting real life people, his death at the hands of Reggie is not meant to be triumphant but is portrayed in a harrowing light, especially since he had no idea of the true extent of his actions and still loved Reggie, to the point of apologizing to him in the secret ending.
* AssholeVictim: Once you get through ''Walk'', it becomes clears that this dude's a total ass, [[{{Understatement}} to put it nicely]]. While he had occasional moments of thoughtfulness or decency, Lionel always defaulted back to being selfish and egotistical at the expense of others. Whether he ''truly'' deserved to be killed by Reggie is up for interpretation, but all in all, dude definitely had karma coming his way regardless.
* BadBoss: He overspent on experts and overworked his existing employees to complete ''Secrets of Legendaria''. Then, when the game failed, he stole money from their severance packages and left them hanging out to dry.
* BigBadEnsemble: He is the one responsible for ruining the lives and franchises of the characters residing in the Six Pint Inn, and Rootbeer Reggie, the bartender, masterminds much of the events to kill him for it, while Sado is out to destroy his games as she was created to do in retaliation for his bullying of Carla, her creator.
* ChildProdigy: Made ''Super Weasel Kid'' at age 12. He was younger when he made ''Rootbeer Reggie'', but hid its existence to make sure he retained the appearance of a prodigy so gifted that his first game had been a hit.
* ConnectedAllAlong: It turns out he's behind the woes of all the patrons of the Six Pint Inn, and that's what unites them to agree upon killing him. His ego also led to Carla creating Sado (through possibly-satanic means) to get revenge on him.
* {{Expy}}: He is this to Davey Wreden's [[AuthorAvatar fictionalized self]] in ''VideoGame/TheBeginnersGuide''. His game ''Walk'' plays just like ''TBG'', complete with developer commentary, and he goes through a similar character arc as Davey- being a pretentious, egotistical jerk who winds up sabotaging his relationship with a fellow game developer who comes to resent him as a result. And like Davey, Lionel ultimately has a HeelRealization, but only when it is too late.
* FanworkBan: InUniverse, he really hates the mods created for ''Waste World'', enough to use legal action to deal with them. However, that didn't stop him from stealing the designs of the aliens in that mod for ''Vicious Galaxy 2''.
* HeelRealization: The secret ending reveals that he's come to suspect, through rumors, that videogame characters are - in fact - alive. He then apologizes to Reggie, wondering if he's out there, and then hopes for Reggie to know that Lionel's sorry. Fat lot of good it does him, as this ends, it's revealed that Sado is then uploaded, and that by the time you find this, [[DeadManWriting Reggie and the others have already gotten their vengeance for his sins]].
* ILetYouWin: During the bomb sequence, he makes you do one last coding puzzle... but immediately after that, he admits that he deliberately lowered the difficulty, before sarcastically congratulating you.
* KarmicDeath: His death is rather poetic, in a way. Not just in a "[[RageAgainstTheAuthor creation killing its creator]]" way, but as the secret ending shows, it's also the last remnant of Lionel's grandfather putting an end to the madness of his grandson's greed. However, it is [[AlasPoorVillain treated in a tragic light]] because he still loved Reggie despite everything.
* ManChild: His disinterest in his pets and shame over ''Rootbeer Reggie'' can be somewhat justified by his young age, but his childishness only gets worse - it culminates with him defrauding his company's severance money to run away to the other end of the country after ''Legendaria'' bombs.
* MeanBoss: If the comments left by Carla in Legendaria are any indication, he did things like remove a feature she worked for months on (the fishing minigame) and would bully her while refusing to listen to her advice on how to make the game more enjoyable for players.
* NeverMyFault: His commentary in ''Walk'' shows that this is his attitude towards his career's decline- he blames the players for being stupid and making so many demands, blames Carla for intentionally making glitches to sabotage Legendaria, and blames the modders of Waste World for turning it into a “mockery”. But he never takes responsibility for his own decisions like defrauding investors or bullying Carla. He does apologize to Reggie in the secret ending, for burying him to make himself look better to the public.
* NonActionBigBad: His decisions against the characters on his behalf are carried out by [[TheHeavy Irving]]. While smug, selfish and self-centered, he is just a programmer, and is ultimately unable to defend himself when Reggie reaches out to kill him.
* SmallNameBigEgo: His commentary in ''Walk'' shows that Lionel has an ''extremely'' high opinion of himself, as well as his talent as a programmer. It gets worse during the ''Waste World'' segment, where Lionel gets pissed talking about modders who tried to use his unfinished game, goes into such a venomous rant that Jeremiah has to skip that section, and ''he's still ranting'' in ''Vicious Galaxy''.
* WalkingSpoiler: His very existence is a spoiler in all forms: he's the overarching figure tying all these games together, his death is the ''actual'' murder the very beginning of the game warns about, and his actions lead to Sado's creation.

[[folder:Carla Dosa]]
-->''"I can't believe my FRIEND Lionel made this game! He's the best!"''

Once a friend of Lionel, the latter's ego soon caused their friendship to deteriorate. As revenge for his wrongs, she created Sado, a satanic virus that would attack and ruin his work.

* TheBadGuyWins: Mainly because Chandrelle allows him to do it, he is able to take over the realm of Legendaria and riddle it with glitches.

* BigBad: Of ''Secrets of Legendaria.''

* {{Gasshole}}: He farts multiple times in ''Secrets of Legendaria''.

* BigBadEnsemble: He is the one responsible for ruining the lives and franchises of the characters residing in the Six Pint Inn, and Rootbeer Reggie, the bartender, masterminds much of the events to kill him for it, while Sado is out to destroy his games as she was created to do.

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: He is this to Davey Wreden's [[AuthorAvatar fictionalized self]] in ''VideoGame/TheBeginnersGuide.'' His game ''Walk'' plays just like ''TBG,'' complete with developer commentary. However, while Wreden remains unaware of his own overly clingy behavior until it's too late, Snill is a clear-cut [[SmallNameBigEgo egotistical]] JerkAss.

* GreaterScopeVillain: He only appears physically in the ending to be killed by Reggie, but Irving was following his wishes all along, and his actions shaped the lives of the patrons (as well as Reggie); besides this, his falling-out with Carla led to her creation of Sado, herself a villain in her own right.

* KarmicDeath: His death is rather poetic, in a way. Not just in a "[[RageAgainstTheAuthor creation killing its creator]]" way, but as the secret ending shows, it's also the last remnant of Lionel's grandfather putting an end to the madness of his grandson's greed.

* NeverMyFault: His commentary in ''Walk'' shows that this is his attitude towards his career's decline. He does apologize to Reggie in the secret ending, for burying him to make himself look better to the public.
* NonActionBigBad: His decisions against the characters on his behalf are carried out by [[DragonInChief Irving]]. While smug, selfish and self-centered, he is just a programmer, and is ultimately unable to defend himself when Reggie reaches out to kill him.

[[folder:Chef Bryce]]

[[folder:Bryce]]

* VillainProtagonist: While most of them were not this in their in-universe games, all of them become complicit in a revenge plot to kill their creator and any [=NPCs=] who stand in their way. Chandrelle and Lazarus in particular spend Chapter 3 helping Dark Lord Vallamir TakeOverTheWorld.

* AuthorAvatar: InUniverse, [[spoiler:he's supposed to be this for [[GreaterScopeVillain Lionel Snill.]]]]

* BigBadEnsemble: He masterminds the events of the present day in order to get his revenge on Lionel Snill, his creator who ruined the lives of him, his six patrons, and his workers.

* DragonInChief: [[spoiler:She carries out Carla's orders in glitching and ruining Lionel's games.]]

* HumanoidAbomination: Sado is a bit of a doozy. She's a character that appears in multiple games. Each encounter [[GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere seems to come right out of nowhere]], [[KnightOfCerebus has a generally uncomfortable atmosphere]], and has her [[RealityWarper completely breaking the rules of the game she's in]]. [[spoiler: Justified, since it's implied that she's a form of malware made by Carla [[TheDogBitesBack to get back at Lionel]]; and, from the perspective of the videogame characters, malware like computer viruses could be seen as an EldritchAbomination.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: Every time she appears, expect the tone to become creepy and uncomfortable.

* TheBadGuyWins: Mainly because Chandrelle allows him to do it.

* BigBadEnsemble: He is the one responsible for ruining the lives and franchises of the characters residing in the Six Pint Inn, and Rootbeer Reggie, the bartender, masterminds much of the events to kill him for it.

* SpaceMarine: [[spoiler:Not by choice.]]

* OldShame: InUniverse, he's this to Lionel - the game was janky, and Reggie was the only thing in it that Lionel actually liked. Before releasing ''Super Weasel Kid'', Lionel had him and his game buried, wanting to seem like a young prodigy and not let ''Rootbeer Reggie'' mar his reputation.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Chandrelle ''Stormblaze'' is pretty wicked-sounding.

[[folder:The Bartender '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!!Reginald
The wheelchair-bound bartender of the Six Pint Inn. He's actually Reginald, aka ''Rootbeer Reggie'', a ''Tapper'' ripoff and the true first game Lionel ever made. He's the mastermind behind everything, seeking revenge against his creator Lionel for destroying his game and having Irving cripple him out of not letting anyone know about him.

* BigBadEnsemble: He masterminds the events of the present day in order to get his revenge on Lionel Snill, his creator who ruined the lives of him, his six patrons, and his workers.
* DemotedToExtra: He turns up as a playing card in the Leshy's deck in ''{{VideoGame/Inscryption}}''.
* OldShame: InUniverse, he's this to Lionel - the game was janky, and Reggie was the only thing in it that Lionel actually liked. Before releasing ''Super Weasel Kid'', Lionel had him and his game buried, wanting to seem like a young prodigy and not let ''Rootbeer Reggie'' mar his reputation.
* {{Revenge}}: For Lionel burying his game and having Irving cripple him.
* WalkingSpoiler: Reggie's nature as another one of Lionel's protagonists, let alone another game protagonist at all, isn't revealed until quite far into the game.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: InUniverse, Reggie's appearance was based off Lionel's grandfather.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Weasel Kid]]
The main character of ''Super Weasel Kid'', a notoriously easy platformer that everyone loved. As his series continued on, however, that love was eventually used up, and he became a jaded has-been.
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!!Other Game Characters
[[folder:Irving]]
The representative of the Gameworks. He's got bad blood with Bryce, Chandrelle and Lazarus.

* DragonInChief: [[spoiler:She carries out Carla’s orders in glitching and ruining Lionel’s games.]]

[[folder:The Creator]]

* AbsenteeActor: She doesn't appear to glitch up ''Super Weasel Kid'' or ''Secrets of Legendaria''. [[spoiler:This is because Carla wasn't on bad terms with Lionel before then.]]

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Sado kills Rocky and gives him [[HopeSpot false hope]] that he's still alive just to bring him down further.]]

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Is introduced as Mr. Shrewd's replacement. Weasel Kid is put off by it.

* CreatorsPet: InUniverse, Lionel bought him from the original developer because he really liked Bryce and wanted him in his fighting game. Lionel even gave Bryce multiple powerups just so he can stand up to future challengers.