History Characters / TheMedium

* OntologicalMystery: Who is he, where is he, why did he call Marianne to Niwa, and how does he even know of her?

* ISeeDeadPeople: [[spoiler: He apparently shares Marianne's ability to see the Spirit World. He can also jump inside of another person's head and interact with their inner demons. The latter is used to "kill off" their souls and leave them in a catatonic state, which he does to Richard after the latter abuses Thomas' daughter Lily.]]

* {{Yandere}}: After Richard rejects her, she's initially hearbroken, but accepting of the fact, but over time, this morphs into obsession, and she ends up doing ''something'' to him that renders him catatonic [[spoiler:(only for it to be revealed that the catatonia was Thomas' doing.]]. She later murders many of Niwa's other residents.

[[folder:Thomas]]

A mysterious man who seems to have the same abilities as Marianne. He calls her at the start of the game, urging her to come to Niwa "before it's too late", but after Marianne arrives, he's nowhere to be found.

* PostHumousCharacter: Marianne mentions him fairly often in the opening section of the game, but he himself only appears as a ghost.

* ExperiencedProtagonist: Subverted. By the start of the story, Marianne has already helped many souls move onto the afterlife and overall has great control over her abilities. It's not until she arrives at the Niwa that she finds out that she can also shield herself from moth attacks in the Spirit World.

* HappilyAdopted: She has only fond memories of her foster fatehr Jack, and he in turn deeply cares for her, and worries whether she'll be able to manage on her own.

* PsychicPowers: She's a medium. What were you expecting?

[[folder:Jack]]

[[folder:The Nurse]]

* DemonicPossession: It's heavily implied that she's influenced by the Maw to kill.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: His parents died in the Warsaw Uprising, and by the time Richard finds him, he's jumpy and terrified. He slowly works through it, first through sessions with Richard, then with his beloved. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that the Nazis initially wanted to use his inborn powers as a weapon, but was taken by the Red Army who wanted to do the same. He eventually escaped and went on the run for most of his life, but seemed to settle at the Niwa. When he uses his powers to avenge his daughter, Lily, he shows up on the government's radar.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Richard didn't have the best childhood. [[spoiler:His father died presumably during World War II. His mother remarried, but the man was abusive to both Richard and his mother. Eventually, his mother plants evidence that the stepfather had been hiding Jews, which lead to Nazis showing up and killing him. However, Rose, Richard's childhood sweetheart gets caught in the crossfire and ends up being killed.]]

* DeadParentsAreTheBest: Jack was a loving and supportive foster father to Marianne. He's not only dead by the beginning of the story, but Marianne has trouble talking about him without almost crying.

* FosterKid: She apparently bounced between several foster homes before landing with Jack.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: His parents died in the Warsaw Uprising, and by the time Richard finds him, he's jumpy and terrified. He slowly works through it, first through sessions with Richard, then with his beloved. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that the Nazis initially wanted to use his inborn powers as a weapon, but was taken by the Red Army who wanted to do the same. He eventually escaped and went on the run for most of his life, but seemed to settle at the Niwa. When he uses his powers to avenge his daughter, Lily, he shows up on Russia's radar again.]]

* {{Yandere}}: After Richard rejects her, she's initially hearbroken, but accepting of the fact, but over time, this morphs into obsession, and she ends up doing ''something'' to him that renders him catatonic. She later murders many of Niwa's other residents.

* EmptyShell: The nurse does ''something'' to him that leaves him catatonic and wheelchair-bound. Sadness describes his state as being hollow like a puppet.

* NothingIsScarier: It's unclear what exactly she did to Richard; the only clues are a wheelchair, a bloodied scalpel, and a memory of her saying that he'll be able to do nothing but watch what she does to him.

* ISeeDeadPeople: [[spoiler: He apparently shares Marianne's ability to see the Spirit World. He can also jump inside of another person's head and interact with their inner demons. The latter is used to "kill off" their souls and leave them in a catatonic state, which he

* DarkAndTroubledPast: His parents died in the Warsaw Uprising, and by the time Richard finds him, he's jumpy and terrified. He slowly works through it, first through sessions with Richard, then with his beloved.

* ISeeDeadPeople: He apparently shares Marianne's ability to see the Spirit World.

* ArmorPiercingAnswer: When Marianne tries to hang up on him, he convinces her that he's genuine by saying "it all starts with a dead girl", calling back to her RecurringDreams. This stops her immediately.

A painter who eventually came to Niwa, ostensibly to teach art to children. Somehow, he ended up insensate and in a wheelchair.

Character page for ''VideoGame/TheMedium''.

! Monsters
[[folder:The Maw]]
--->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TroyBaker (English)

A malevolent being that searches endlessly for a "friend" to burrow inside and wear their skin.

* FriendToAllChildren: If the player chooses to explore her old bedroom in the beginning of the game, Marianne will mention that she frequently volunteers at the orphanage that housed her before being adopted and loves to spend time with the kids.

* ThePsychic: She's a medium. What were you expecting?