History Characters / TheLongestJourneySaga

* TheInformer: The Flipper, providing information for money.

* BareYourMidriff: Her outfit in the first game.

* BareYourMidriff: Her tank top outfit in ''Dreamfall''. A fairly modest version.

* SameCharacterButDifferent: [[SequelGap Between games]] Kian's background goes from being a sheltered NaiveNewcomer whose likely never met a magical in person before, on his first assignment as an Apostle, to an experienced warrior who years ago killed Likho's father in front of him. He also has a [[OtherDarrin new voice.]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Jack Angel (''Dreamfall: The Longest Journey''), Tim Bentinck (''Dreamfall Chapters'')

->'''Voiced by:''' Maryke Hendrickse

->'''Voiced by:''' Andre Sogliuzzo

* HollywoodNerd: Skinny, with thick spectacles and oversized teeth.

* AdultFear: In Book Four, he wakes up to find [[spoiler:Saga has broken the wards preventing her from shifting and left the house]].

* BaldOfAwesome: He shaves his head, although he's no less awesome when he grows his hair out.

* AmbiguousSituation: On the other hand, [[spoiler: she merely says that he has 'gone silent,' and the story never confirms whether he actually is dead. Given how little he got involved the first time, it's entirely possible he left with the Alatien and Maerum in the interim, or is silent for other reasons; notably, WordOfGod said Cortéz is [[HesJustHiding alive]], but the White Kin cannot hear him, either — meaning that silence does not mean death]].

* BiggerBad: Seem to be the Arcadian Bigger Bads in ''DF'', although ''Chapters'' implies that whatever Vamon and Sahya are doing in Marcuria happened without the Six's sanction and knowledge, although they all ostensibly follow the Prophet.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: As a child, she is blonde, but later her hair becomes blue.

* StarvingArtist/StarvingStudent: She lives paycheck to paycheck.

* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler:Even when The Undreaming is not inside of him, he willingly goes along with its influences]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:During the gap between ''The Longest Journey'' and ''Dreamfall'' he has renounced his evil ways and has become a keeper of a magic shop instead. ''Chapters'' on the hand implies that he has plenty of pent-up rage in him and would gladly wreck havoc upon the world again if it weren't for his missing powers. Which Brian Westhouse did, and he turns back to evil.]]

* HiddenDepths: Played For Laughs. In addition to being a an evil alchemist, he was the neighborhood hopscotch master and especially talented at spelling bees as a child, during his time at Alchemist's Academy he was a long-standing member of the Tic-tac-toe Club, and he has a secret passion for cooking, meaning that he can handily beat April at all the outlandish contests she challenges him to.

* ForcedIntoEvil: Variation. Queenie believes that Nela was [[spoiler: tricked, thinking she would set off an EMP instead of an antimatter bomb. However, Nela learned the truth before the bomb went off. She goes through with it, in order to bring [=WATICorp=] down. She plays the rest of the trope straight, realizing innocent people will be killed and deeply regrets their lives will be lost. In the end, she does succeed at this.]]

* UnwittingPawn: Subverted. [[spoiler: It's implied during Chapter Three that someone tricked Nela into suicide bombing the checkpoint, convincing her it was just an EMP to disrupt the EYE. However, she figured out the truth. She detonated the bomb anyway, because [=WATIcorp=] would have killed her, covered it up, and triggered another attack if she didn't. She reasons that, since [=WATIcorp=] is getting what it wants, they won't bother to cover anything up until it is too late to do anything about it.]]

* BaldWomen: In Book 5, due to [[spoiler: being part of a continuing experiment by Jiva.]]

The owner of the Journeyman Inn. Benrime helps both April and Zoë on their journeys.

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[[folder:Magnus]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Stuart Martin

Saga's father.

* AdultFear: In Book Four, he wakes up to find [[spoiler:Saga has broken the wards preventing her from shifting and left the house]].
* BeardOfSorrow: Magnus has developed PermaStubble in the second interlude, and it gets even thicker in the third. [[spoiler:It is strongly implied to be due to Etta's disappearance.]]
* GoodParents: He's trying really hard to be a good father, and it shows.
* LethalChef: Etta doesn't care for his stew.
* MagnusMeansMage: He managed to build a house at the nexus of all universes and timelines of the multiverse, and has outfitted it with all kinds of magical protections and wards.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: He's absent in Book 5, having left the House between All Worlds. And Saga has no idea where he's gone.]]
* StandardFiftiesFather: His looks invoke much of this image.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Downplayed. He is a bit shorter than Etta, but not by much.

[[folder:Etta]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Sarah Hamilton

Saga's mother.

* GoodParents: She dotes on her baby girl.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: She looks exactly like one, although it's never been hinted where she's from.
* HappilyMarried: Interlude 1 and the flashbacks show us that Magnus and Etta deeply loved each other.
* TheLostLenore: After she disappears from the House between All Worlds, Magnus carries a torch for her.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: She senses the presence of the [[spoiler: White Dragon]], but nothing comes of it.
* PutOnABus: She disappears after the first Interlude. It's hinted she became lost in the Aether.
* StatuesqueStunner: She towers over her husband.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: She's a head taller than Magnus is.

[[folder:Lux]]

The first Dreamer, and the creator of the universe.

* AmbiguousGender: Lux isn't really defined by a gender. Zoë struggles with whether to call Lux a he or a she.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Lux is naked in a scene with Zoë in Chapter 4, but has no genitals or nipples.
* BarrierMaiden: The universe exists as long as Lux dreams. If Lux died, it would mean the end of everything.
* CosmicKeystone: The soul-stone belongs to Lux.
* FemaleAngelMaleDemon: Rare inversion, the boyishly androgynous Lux is the GoodCounterpart to the clearly dark and definitely female Yaga.
* FourFingeredHands: Lux noticeably has four fingers, perhaps to showcase that Lux is definitely not human.
* FusionDance: Joins with [[spoiler:Zoë]] at the end of Book Four.
* GooGooGodlike: Lux looks a young child, but is still the being that dreamt the universe into existence.
* GoodCounterpart: The dream to the Yaga's nightmare.
* PowerTattoo: When the [[spoiler: FusionDance with Zoë]] occues, an orange tattoo appears on her face. Lux also has a number of tattoos, but it's unknown if powers come with them, like Zoë's in Storytime.
* {{Telepathy}}: Lux communicating with Zoë happens entirely telepathically, with Zoë RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear. Lux only vocalizes grunts and giggles.

[[folder:Baeb-Ayae-Gh'aa aka Baba Yaga]]

The Wicker Witch.

* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: She sees herself as a necessary counterbalance to Lux, stating that without darkness and fear, there can be no imagination and therefore no dreams.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Or in her case, Gods Needs ''Fear'' Badly. By the time Zoë meets her, she is in a weakened state as all her agents meant to spread fear in her name are either dead, or in the case of Klacks, have lost their powers.
* GreaterScopeVillain: She commanded both the Gribbler and Roper Klacks, two bosses from the first game.
* TheHecateSisters: She shifts around between these three forms while speaking to Zoë.
* HumanoidAbomination: For what corresponds to a literal God of Darkness and Fear, she appears very humanoid when speaking to Zoë.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: She mentions that she didn't always take the form of the Hecate Sisters, it was apparently a side-effect of Lux dreaming the universe into existence.
* TimeAbyss: She existed before Lux created the universe.
* TheSacredDarkness: The Yaga is very much a primordial evil, by she is the kind of DarkIsEvil that makes Lux's Light stand out and makes human create and invent out of fear of it. This is in contrast to the "black fire" darkness, which seeks only to unravel the dream/creation and is pretty obviously the Undreaming.
* SonOfAnApe: She dismissively refer to both Zoë, and humanity as a whole, as "monkeys".

* MeaningfulName: Her last name means "castle" in Spanish. WordOfGod is that this name was chosen for a reason.

%%* CorporateSamurai

* InnocentInnuendo: He doesn't seem to realize why Zoë considers his pub's sign, which is a kitten riding a rooster, to be innuendo. Nor does he understand what's so funny about his pub's nickname of "The Cock & Pussy"

%% * PluckyGirl

* OhNoNotAgain: At the end of [[spoiler:Book 4 of ''Chapters'']], he notices that he has once again [[spoiler:been left to his own devices in a strange and unfamiliar location by an "inscrutable woman with otherworldly powers."]]

* NonHumanSidekick: He is, of course, a bird. And he's tagged along with April, Zoë, and Kian. [[spoiler: A junior version of Crow tags along with Saga, Kian, and perhaps Na'ane in Sadir.]]

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[[folder:Lady Alvane]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Helen Stenborg(''The Longest Journey''), Susan Brown (''Dreamfall Chapters'')

And old storyteller living in a cozy cottage, with knowledge of April's adventures.

* CollectorOfTheStrange: Her living room is filled with stuff from her multiversal travels.
* CoolOldLady: Less so during her introduction, where she sticks closely to the storyteller archetype, but definitely by ''Dreamfall Chapters'', where players learn much more about her and her past.
* DecoyProtagonist: The story suggests that Lady Alvane is an older April. The truth... is complicated.
* DelayedNarratorIntroduction:
* GoodSamaritan[=/=]MysteriousProtector: She rescues April as she's pursued by the Vanguard.
* PromotedToPlayable: In ''Dreamfall Chapters'''s epilogue.
* TheStoryteller: How she is introduced.

!!Characters first appearing in VideoGame/DreamfallTheLongestJourney

!!!Player Characters
[[folder:Zoë Maya Castillo]]
[[quoteright:237:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fdf_4581.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:237:Seeker. Nomad. Dreamer.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Ellie Conrad-Leigh (''Dreamfall''), Creator/CharlotteRitchie (''Dreamfall Chapters'')

The main character of ''Dreamfall'', Zoë is a college dropout living with her father and is DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife. Zoë gets roped into Stark/Arcadia problems when she begins looking for her ex-boyfriend, who was investigating [=WATICorp=]'s Project Alchera.

[[folder:White Kin]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Jenny Maher

The newborn White Dragon April helped hatch in ''The Longest Journey'', currently living as a human in the Dark People's Library.

* GodInHumanForm: As a Draic Kin, the White Kin is practically a god. She takes the form of a human to hide.
* MysticalWhiteHair: Has long, perfectly white hair and is one of the most powerful magical creatures in all of Arcadia.
* SpiritAdvisor: Seems to be one for [[spoiler: Saga]]. Whether it's AstralProjection or something else is unclear.
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[[folder:Commander Vamon]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Garrett Lombard (''Dreamfall''), Mark Healy (''Dreamfall Chapters'')

The commander of the Azadi forces stationed in the Northlands. Born to a noble family, Vamon has had a chip on his shoulder about Kian for as long as he has known him, due to his low birth and quick ascension through the military ranks despite this status. He also appears involved in a mysterious conspiracy, sometimes meeting with the Prophet and Sister Sahya in secret...
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* AmbiguouslyBi: It's not possible to unequivocally determine whether Zoë's comments about female characters--she has things to say about Nela, Shepherd, Enu, and the White Dragon--have a sexual dimension to them, but there sure are a lot of them. Determining their significance is made even harder by the fact that the series features explicitly queer characters, characters whose queerness is [[ItsAllThereInTheManual only divulged in supplementary material]], and characters whose queerness comes via word of god.

%%* TheHerosJourney

* AmicableExes: Reza and Zoë still get along despite breaking up. They're back together in ''Chapters'', but things are a bit rough between them. It's up to the player to either work on it or make it even worse.

* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: In Book 5, we learn that Magnus has disappeared and never come back to the House of All Worlds.]]

* MeaningfulName: Her motivation for helping the heroes in Book 5 is that "the story is already written".

A young lady from Marcuria who meets with Kian in Book Two.

* ActionGirl: Not seen in Book 2, but implied by Kian that she knows her way in a fight. [[spoiler: By protecting Ferdows and possibly Enu, she gets to be this.]]
%%* DarkSkinnedRedhead

* DroppedABridgeOnHer: [[spoiler:She dies highly anti-climatically in ''Dreamfall''--by being stabbed by a random Azadi grunt. Good thing she reincarnates almost immediately.]]

* RetiredBadass: A weird variation: While April is more "badass" in the mainstream sense of the word in ''Dreamfall'' than she was in ''TLJ'', she is now the RebelLeader kind of badass, as opposed to SaveTheWorld kind of badass, which she was in the previous game and which she never wants ever to be again.

* TookALevelInBadass: From unlikely hero to spear-wielding rebel leader in ''Dreamfall''.

* TrueCompanions: April and her two best friends Charlie and Emma, although they can't follow her on her journey and as of the beginning of Dreamfall, [[spoiler:they haven't heard from her for 10 years. [[TearJerker They are still searching for her, though,]] at least, Emma does. Charlie has given up on ever finding her ([[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic along with his dream of being a dancer]]). He does, however, go out of his way to help ''Zoë'' find her.]]
** Crow becomes one through the first game. While he switches between her and Zoë in Dreamfall (mostly because he understandibly thinks WhatTheHellHero), he re-joins her [[spoiler: upon his death in the Storytime]]. Also symbolically by [[spoiler: a reborn Crow being together until the end with the April reborn as Saga]].