History Characters / ThePassage

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* [[Characters/ThePassageTwelve Amy & The Twelve]][[note]]Amy Harper Bellafonte, Prof. Timothy 'Tim' Fanning, Giles Babcock, Joseph Morrison, Victor Chávez, John Baffes, Thaddeus Turrell, David Winston, Rupert Sosa, Horace Lambright, Julio Martinez, William Reinhardt, Anthony Lloyd Carter[[/note]]
* [[Characters/ThePassageProjectNoah Project Noah]][[note]]Mark Cole, Col. Sykes, Richards, Dr. Jonas Lear, Dr. James B Fortes, Lawrence Grey, Jude Cripp, Ignacio, Bradford J Wolgast, Agent Phillip Doyle, Pvt. Derrick Paulson[[/note]]
* [[Characters/ThePassageYearZero Year Zero]][[note]]Sister Lacey Antoinette Kudoto, Bernard Kittridge, April [[spoiler:Donadio]], Timothy [[spoiler:Donadio]], Danny Chayes, Dr Nelson, Masterson, President Hughes, Major Frances Porcheki, Pastor Don, Wood, Jamal, Mrs Bellamy[[/note]]
* [[Characters/ThePassageFirstColony First Colony]][[note]]Sanjay Patal, Old Chou, Walt Fisher, Soo Ramirez, Jimmy Molyneau, Galen Strauss, Arlo Wilson, Ida 'Auntie' Jaxon, Elton, Colonel Niles Coffee, Gloria Patal, Ian Patal, Demetrius 'Demo' Jaxon[[/note]]
* [[Characters/ThePassageFirstColonyApostles First Colony Apostles]][[note]]Peter Jaxon, Theo Jaxon, Alicia Donadio, Michael Fisher, Sara Fisher, Hollis Wilson, Mausami Patal, Caleb Jones, Lucius Greer[[/note]]
* [[Characters/ThePassageTheHaven The Haven]][[note]]Olsen Hand, Mira Hand, Jude Cripp, Billie, Gus[[/note]]
* [[Characters/ThePassageRepublicOfTexas Republic of Texas]][[note]]President Victoria Sanchez, Caleb Jaxon, Tifty Lamont, Duncan 'Dunk' Withers, Sister Peg, Sister Catherine, Lore [=DeVeer=], Dan Karlovic, General Abram Fleet, Brigadier General Curtis Vorhees, Major Alexander Henneman, Satch Dodd, Corporal Muncey[[/note]]
* [[Characters/ThePassageHomeland Homeland]][[note]]Horace Guilder, Dr Lila Kyle, Lawrence Grey, Fred Wilkes, Vikram Suresh, Aiden Hoppel, Vale, Sod, Dr Verlyn, Eustace, Nina[[/note]]

* [[Characters/ThePassageTheHaven The Haven]]
* [[Characters/ThePassageRepublicOfTexas Republic of Texas]]
* [[Characters/ThePassageHomeland Homeland]]

* [[Characters/ThePassageYearZero Year Zero]]]][[note]]Sister Lacey Antoinette Kudoto, Bernard Kittridge, April [[spoiler:Donadio]], Timothy [[spoiler:Donadio]], Danny Chayes, Dr Nelson, Masterson, President Hughes, Major Frances Porcheki, Pastor Don, Wood, Jamal, Mrs Bellamy[[/note]]

* [[Characters/ThePassageFirstColonyApostles First Colony Apostles]]

* [[Characters/ThePassageYearZero Year Zero]]
* [[Characters/ThePassageFirstColony First Colony]]

!!!'''BEWARE OF SPOILERS: Only spoilers from ''The Twelve'' are whited out.'''

* [[Characters/ThePassageTwelve Amy & The Twelve]]
* [[Characters/ThePassageProjectNoah Project Noah]]

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* [[Characters/ThePassageHomeland Homeland]]

* [[Characters/ThePassageHomeland Homeland]]

[[folder: First Colony Apostles]]

!Peter Jaxon

The youngest Jaxon boy and a member of the First Colony, Peter is a good-hearted young man who has lived in his older brother's shadow all his life. He becomes the unofficial leader of the First Colony apostles after Amy approaches the Colony, changing the lives of everyone.

!!Tropes:
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
* TheDeterminator
* TheHero
* HurtingHero
* NiceGuy
* ObliviousToLove
* TheUnfavourite: Or so he thinks.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
* SurvivorGuilt
* WellDoneSonGuy

!Theo Jaxon

Strong and silent, Theo is the well-respected brother of Peter. He's cynical and burdened following both a confession from Michael and the person he loves marrying someone else.

!!Tropes:
* AloofBigBrother
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** HeartbrokenBadass
* CallingTheOldManOut: Posthumously. He goes on a bitter rant about the Jaxon father.
* TheCynic
* [[spoiler:FightingFromTheInside]]
* HeroicBSOD: Seemed to be progressing through one, starting when Mausami marries Galen and intensified by [[spoiler:Michael telling him about the lights going out.]]
* KnightInSourArmor
* KnightTemplarBigBrother
* [[spoiler:Main/NotQuiteDead]]
* TheUnfavourite: But he doesn’t know it.
* SecretKeeper
* StarCrossedLovers: with Mausami.
* TheStoic

!Alicia Donadio

An orphan of Dark Night, Alicia was adopted by the mysterious 'Colonel' at a young age. Impulsive and reckless, she's nevertheless a good person at heart with a soft spot for Peter.

!!Tropes:
* ActionGirl
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal --> EmpoweredBadassNormal
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: Towards Caleb, who's an orphan of Dark Night like her.
* BloodKnight
* BoisterousBruiser
* {{Determinator}}
* FearlessFool
* FieryRedhead
* HotBlooded
* JumpedAtTheCall
* TheLadette
* TheLancer: to Peter, for a while.
* MilitaryBrat: was raised by the Colonel.
* [[spoiler: RapeAsDrama]]
* RebelliousSpirit
* VegetarianVampire: After recieving a vile of Amy's blood.

!Michael Fisher

An intelligent and talented technician, Michael is the first to realize the Colony lights will eventually fail. He decodes the radio message from Colorado, thus beginning the long journey to find the source.

!!Tropes:
* {{Adorkable}}
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Alicia, a little. More pronounced on his end; in his private thoughts, he considers her 'striking'.
* IronButtMonkey: If someone's going to be non-fatally but painfully injured, it's probably going to be Michael.
* DeadpanSnarker
* GenreSavvy
* InsufferableGenius
* MrFixit
* OnlySaneMan
* SecretKeeper
* TheSmartGuy
* TechnoWizard
* TookALevelInBadass

!Sara Fisher

Michael's older sister, Sara is a kind-hearted nurse with a secret love for Peter. She joins the Colony Apostles.

!!Tropes:
* {{Adorkable}}
* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* TheHeart
* HospitalHottie
* PairTheSpares
* PromotionToParent
* TheMedic
* TookALevelInBadass

!Hollis Wilson

One of the Wilson Twins, Hollis is a competent and level-headed fighter who leaves with the Apostles.

!!Tropes:
* AngstySurvivingTwin
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** BadassBeard
* BeardOfSorrow
* TheBigGuy
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheLancer
* PairTheSpares
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic

!Mausami Patal

The daughter of Sanjay Patal, she's in love with Theo but still marries someone else in an unwise attempt to spurn him into action. She later becomes pregnant with his child.

!!Tropes:
* HotMom
* PregnantBadass
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: In a way. Her father, Sanjay, isn't a scientist or much of a villain, but he's certainly antagonistic toward Peter and absolutely hates Theo.
* TheLoad
* StarCrossedLovers: with Theo.
* SympatheticAdulterer

!Caleb 'Hightop' Jones

A teenage orphan in the Colony, he's blamed for letting Amy past the gate and subsequently joins the First Colony Apostles.

!!Tropes:
* ButtMonkey
* BreakTheCutie
* ChewToy
* TheDitz
* SkilledButNaive
* TagalongKid

!Major Lucius Greer

An efficient and good-hearted major within the Army of the Republic of Texas. He's close friends with General Vorhees.

!!Tropes:
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
* BaldOfAwesome
* CommandingCoolness
* AFatherToHisMen
* FieldPromotion
* KnightTemplar
* NumberTwo: to Vorhees.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* ReligiousBruiser

[[/folder]]

* [[Characters/ThePassageOtherCharacters Other Characters]]

[[folder:Republic of Texas]]

!President Victoria Sanchez

The current President of the Republic of Texas.

!!Tropes:
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!Lore [=DeVeer=]

An 'oiler' who forms a passionate relationship with Michael.

!!Tropes:
* ActionGirl
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Tomboy}}
* WrenchWench

!Dan Karlovic

The foreman in charge of the oilers.

!!Tropes:
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* JerkassFacade

!Caleb Jaxon

The child of Theo and Mausami.

!!Tropes:
* CheerfulChild
* DeadGuyJunior

!Tifty Lamont

An infamous gangster and a one-time member of the Expeditionary.

!!Tropes:
* AbusiveParents: His father beat him very badly.
* AffablyEvil
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
* DeadpanSnarker
* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight]]
* TheDreaded
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NobleDemon
* UsedToBeASweetKid

!Duncan 'Dunk' Withers

A childhood friend of Tifty Lamont, now a criminal working for him.

!!Tropes:
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
* BaldOfAwesome
* TheBigGuy
* BloodKnight: He loves fighting Virals one-on-one.
* {{Jerkass}}
* UsedToBeASweetKid
* TattooedCrook

!Sister Peg

A Nun at the Kerrville Orphanage.

!Sister Catherine

A Nun at the Kerrville Orphanage.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Army of the Republic of Texas]]

!General Abram Fleet

The General in charge of the Army.

!!Tropes:
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!Brigadier General Curtis Vorhees

An intelligent and fair-minded leader within the Army of the Republic of Texas.

!!Tropes:
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** ColonelBadass
* BaldOfAwesome: Like all other members of the Expeditionary.
* CommandingCoolness
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: After some set-up, he dies off-page against the Virals.
* AFatherToHisMen
* HiddenDepths
* HonorBeforeReason
* KnightInSourArmour
* TheMourningAfter: He's still motivated by the loss of his wife and children, and even earlier than that, his brother.
* PosthumousCharacter: In ''The Twelve''.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!Colonel Gunnar Apgar

An Officer of the Expeditionary.

!!Tropes:
* DeadpanSnarker
* HiddenDepths
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!Major Alexander Henneman

An Officer of the Expeditionary.

!!Tropes:
* PerpetualFrowner

!Satch Dodd

!!Tropes:
* MauveShirt
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]]

!Muncey

The cocky, jokey radio technician for the Army of the Republic of Texas.

!!Tropes:
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* BaldOfAwesome
* ClassClown
* CommunicationsOfficer
* DeadpanSnarker
* DyingAsYourself
* FaceDeathWithDignity
* GoOutWithASmile
* MercyKill: From Alicia.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: First Colony]]

!Sanjay Patel

The overseer of the Colony and father of Mausami, Sanjay is mostly an efficient leader but strongly dislikes the Jaxon family due to their perceived responsibility in his brother's death. He's one of the first to be manipulated by Babcock, having had dreams of him since he was a child.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy
* HearingVoices
* HiddenDepths
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* NotSoImaginaryFriend
* OverprotectiveDad: Although considering Mausami got pregnant with another man's child while married, maybe he should've been a little better at being overprotective.

* UnwittingPawn
* SanitySlippage
* {{Sleepwalking}}
* WastelandElder

!Galen Strauss

Mausami's loyal but not well-respected husband.

* ButtMonkey
* CosmicPlaything: Nothing ever goes right for him.
* DoggedNiceGuy
* HumiliationConga
* LoveMartyr: Kind of. Mausami isn't exactly unlikable or severely disturbed, but Galen is well-aware that she loves Theo instead of him.
* RomanticRunnerUp

!Ida 'Auntie' Jaxon

The oldest member of the Colony, she lives alone and records her memories in books. It's unclear if she's senile or more aware than everyone else.

!!Tropes:

* HermitGuru
* LethalChef
* ObfuscatingInsanity
* OneHundredAndEight
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname

!Old Chou

One of the oldest members of the Colony and a member of the Household. He was once in charge of the Colony, and his word still carries a great deal of weight.

* CoolOldGuy
* HearingVoices
* ThePatriarch
* MayDecemberRomance: with his young wife.

* TeamDad

!Elton

A blind, overweight Colony member who works with Michael.

* DirtyOldMan
* DisabledSnarker
* FatSlob
* NiceGuy
* TricksterMentor: A mild version.

!Colonel Niles Coffee

A mysterious member of the Colony and Alicia's guardian.

** BadassGrandpa: The man had a necklace of vampire teeth.

* CoolOldGuy
* DeathSeeker
* DrivenToSuicide
* MysteriousPast
* PromotionToParent: Adopts Alicia, although their relationship is difficult to define.
* ShellShockedVeteran

!Arlo Wilson

Hollis' twin brother.

** BadassBeard

* BigBrotherMentor: was this to Hollis.
* NiceGuy

!Walter Fisher

Sara and Michael's uncle and member of the Household. He's a notorious drunk with very little interest in the day-to-day workings of the Colony.

* TheAlcoholic
* FlatCharacter

!Gloria Patel

Sanjay's meek and gossipy wife.

* BewareTheNiceOnes
* CannotKeepASecret
* DrivenToSuicide
* StepfordSmiler

!Soo Ramirez

The stern Captain of the Watch.

!!Tropes:
* AllLoveIsUnrequited

* TheCaptain: Of the Watch.
* CovertPervert: She loves her trashy romance novels.
* DespairEventHorizon
* HonorBeforeReason: She resigns from the Captain of the Watch, despite nobody blaming her and nobody wanting her to leave. She does so out of personal shame.
* IceQueen
* ItsAllMyFault: She blames herself for the gate being opened.

!Jimmy Molyneau

A member of the Watch.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* AxCrazy: After being manipulated through dreams by Babcock.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Courtesy of Babcock.
* DrivenToSuicide
* MurderSuicide
* SanitySlippage

!Ian Patel

One of Sanjay's cousins.

* BadBoss
* MoralityPet: Has a child in the Sanctuary.
* StupidBoss
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: He's not exactly a tyrant, but he's completely unable to maintain any control as a leader.

!Demetrius 'Demo' Jaxon

Peter and Theo's father, who disappeared on one of the 'Long Walks'.

* DeadpanSnarker: By all accounts.
* DisappearedDad: to Peter and Theo.
* PosthumousCharacter

[[/folder]]


[[folder:Republic of Texas]]

!President Victoria Sanchez

The current President of the Republic of Texas.

!!Tropes:
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!Lore [=DeVeer=]

An 'oiler' who forms a passionate relationship with Michael.

!!Tropes:
* ActionGirl
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal

* {{Tomboy}}
* WrenchWench

!Dan Karlovic

The foreman in charge of the oilers.

!!Tropes:
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* JerkassFacade

!Caleb Jaxon

The child of Theo and Mausami.

!!Tropes:
* CheerfulChild
* DeadGuyJunior

!Tifty Lamont

An infamous gangster and a one-time member of the Expeditionary.

!!Tropes:
* AbusiveParents: His father beat him very badly.
* AffablyEvil
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
* DeadpanSnarker
* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight]]
* TheDreaded
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NobleDemon
* UsedToBeASweetKid

!Duncan 'Dunk' Withers

A childhood friend of Tifty Lamont, now a criminal working for him.

!!Tropes:
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
* BaldOfAwesome
* TheBigGuy
* BloodKnight: He loves fighting Virals one-on-one.
* {{Jerkass}}
* UsedToBeASweetKid
* TattooedCrook

!Sister Peg

A Nun at the Kerrville Orphanage.

!Sister Catherine

A Nun at the Kerrville Orphanage.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Army of the Republic of Texas]]

!General Abram Fleet

The General in charge of the Army.

!!Tropes:
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!Brigadier General Curtis Vorhees

An intelligent and fair-minded leader within the Army of the Republic of Texas.

!!Tropes:
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** ColonelBadass
* BaldOfAwesome: Like all other members of the Expeditionary.
* CommandingCoolness
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: After some set-up, he dies off-page against the Virals.
* AFatherToHisMen
* HiddenDepths
* HonorBeforeReason
* KnightInSourArmour
* TheMourningAfter: He's still motivated by the loss of his wife and children, and even earlier than that, his brother.
* PosthumousCharacter: In ''The Twelve''.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!Colonel Gunnar Apgar

An Officer of the Expeditionary.

!!Tropes:
* DeadpanSnarker
* HiddenDepths
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!Major Alexander Henneman

An Officer of the Expeditionary.

!!Tropes:
* PerpetualFrowner

!Satch Dodd

!!Tropes:
* MauveShirt
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]]

!Muncey

The cocky, jokey radio technician for the Army of the Republic of Texas.

!!Tropes:
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* BaldOfAwesome
* ClassClown
* CommunicationsOfficer
* DeadpanSnarker

[[folder: The Haven]]

!Olsen Hand

The leader of the Haven, a mysterious Viral-free community.

* AuthorityInNameOnly: He appears to be the leader at first, but Jude Cripp is the real leader of the Haven. And even he answers to a [[{{BigBad}} higher power]].
* ButtMonkey
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He mentions that Mira wasn't his only child.
* DeathSeeker: Becomes this after Mira dies, just wandering off in the direction of Babcock.
* DespairEventHorizon
* IDidWhatIHadToDo
* RebelLeader
* StepfordSmiler
* WastelandElder

!Mira Hand

The young daughter of Olsen Hand.

* BrokenBird
* FilleFatale: A sympathetic version.
* [[ThePresidentsDaughter The Haven Leader's Daughter]]
* StuffedIntoTheFridge
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!Jude Cripp

A member of the Haven. He's the real power in charge, with a psychic connection to Babcock.

* TheAgeless
* TheDragon: to Babcock.
** DragonInChief: Babcock is far too removed from humanity, too solitary and too batshit insane to do anything that doesn't involve eating everyone. Jude does most of the busywork.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Started off as a referenced-once 'sweep', one of Project Noah's resident lowest-level {{butt monkey}}s. A few hundred years later, he's TheDragon to [[{{BigBad}} Babcock]] who's extremely [[{{NighInvulnerability}} difficult to kill.]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: After being shot in the face by Hollis.
* OlderThanTheyLook
* HannibalLecture: He loves giving these to Theo.
* NighInvulnerability
* RasputinianDeath
* TheRenfield
* SmugSnake

!Billie

A doctor living in the Haven.

* DrJerk
* GoodIsNotNice
* {{Jerkass}}
* MauveShirt
* TheMedic
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!Gus

A mechanic living in the Haven.

* GoodIsNotNice
* MauveShirt
* MrFixit: Although he needs Michael's help.
* WeHardlyKnewYe

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Republic of Texas]]

!President Victoria Sanchez

The current President of the Republic of Texas.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!Lore [=DeVeer=]

An 'oiler' who forms a passionate relationship with Michael.

!!Tropes:
* ActionGirl

* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Tomboy}}
* WrenchWench

!Dan Karlovic

The foreman in charge of the oilers.

* JerkassFacade

!Caleb Jaxon

The child of Theo and Mausami.

* CheerfulChild
* DeadGuyJunior

!Tifty Lamont

An infamous gangster and a one-time member of the Expeditionary.

!!Tropes:
* AbusiveParents: His father beat him very badly.
* AffablyEvil

* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight]]
* TheDreaded
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NobleDemon
* UsedToBeASweetKid

!Duncan 'Dunk' Withers

A childhood friend of Tifty Lamont, now a criminal working for him.

!!Tropes:
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
* BaldOfAwesome
* TheBigGuy
* BloodKnight: He loves fighting Virals one-on-one.

* UsedToBeASweetKid
* TattooedCrook

!Sister Peg

A Nun at the Kerrville Orphanage.

!Sister Catherine

A Nun at the Kerrville Orphanage.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Army of the Republic of Texas]]

!General Abram Fleet

The General in charge of the Army.

!!Tropes:

!Brigadier General Curtis Vorhees

An intelligent and fair-minded leader within the Army of the Republic of Texas.

** ColonelBadass
* BaldOfAwesome: Like all other members of the Expeditionary.
* CommandingCoolness
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: After some set-up, he dies off-page against the Virals.
* AFatherToHisMen
* HiddenDepths
* HonorBeforeReason
* KnightInSourArmour
* TheMourningAfter: He's still motivated by the loss of his wife and children, and even earlier than that, his brother.
* PosthumousCharacter: In ''The Twelve''.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!Colonel Gunnar Apgar

An Officer of the Expeditionary.

!!Tropes:

* HiddenDepths
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!Major Alexander Henneman

An Officer of the Expeditionary.

!!Tropes:
* PerpetualFrowner

!Satch Dodd

!!Tropes:
* MauveShirt
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]]

!Muncey

The cocky, jokey radio technician for the Army of the Republic of Texas.

!!Tropes:
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* BaldOfAwesome
* ClassClown
* CommunicationsOfficer
* DeadpanSnarker

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Homeland]]

!Horace Guilder

Originally the Deputy Director of Special Weapons, Guilder creates a society called 'Homeland' after the outbreak.

!!Tropes:
* TheAgeless
* AxCrazy: Ends up as this due to his VillainousBreakdown, when he begins executing people left and right for spurious reasons.
* BigBad: Of ''The Twelve''.
* {{Determinator}}
* EvilIsPetty
* FauxAffablyEvil
* FreudianExcuse
* HumiliationConga
* [[spoiler:HoistByHisOwnPetard]]
* ImmortalitySeeker
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath]]
* LesCollaborateurs
* MercyKill: Does this to [[spoiler:his father.]]
* LargeHam: Becomes this as part of his SanitySlippage.
* LifeDrinker
* OlderThanTheyLook
* SanitySlippage: He's practically a different person from who he was pre-apocalypse. He's paranoid, delusional, impulsive and violent.
* VillainousBreakdown
* WellDoneSonGuy: He didn't have a good relationship with his father, who was never impressed or interested in Guilder's many impressive achievements.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds

!Fred Wilkes

An older man who eventually meets up with Horace Guilder, creating and governing the Homeland.

!!Tropes:
* TheAgeless
* [[spoiler:BoomHeadshot: Guilder kills him like this.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's barely 'evil', but is willing to do plenty of terrible things for the Homeland. However, he draws the line at [[spoiler:pointlessly murdering innocent civilians.]]
* HonestAdvisor: Part of what makes him so valuable to Guilder, and also [[spoiler:what kills him.]]
* JustFollowingOrders
* LesCollaborateurs
* LifeDrinker
* OlderThanTheyLook

!Vikram Suresh

A scientist who works for Horace Guilder and the Homeland.

!!Tropes:
* TheDragon: Ends up being an ineffective one to Guilder.
* TheEvilGenius
* LesCollaborateurs
* LifeDrinker
* OlderThanTheyLook
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It isn't entirely clear what happened to him following [[spoiler:the destruction of the Homeland and the Twelve. It's likely he died in the same manner as Guilder.]]

!Aidan Hoppel

A former advertising executive now working as Minister of Propaganda for Horace Guilder and the Homeland.

!!Tropes:
* FlatCharacter
* LesCollaborateurs
* LifeDrinker
* OlderThanTheyLook

!Vale

A 'human resources officer' working for the Homeland. [[spoiler:He is later revealed to be TheMole for the Insurgency.]]

!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]
* HiddenDepths
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]
* [[spoiler:SuicideAttack]]
* WalkingSpoiler

!Sod

A viciously sadistic 'human resources officer' with a penchant for rape.

!!Tropes:
* TheBrute: What Guilder considers him to be.
* LesCollaborateurs: He's a 'col', a step below Red Eyes.
* [[spoiler:NeckSnap: At the hands of Alicia.]]
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He's widely known for his love of rape, be it man, woman or child.
* {{Slimeball}}: He's a crass, vulgar rapist.
* TortureTechnician: What he is when it comes to [[spoiler:interrogating Alicia.]]

!Dr Verlyn

A Homeland doctor responsible for processing new arrivals.

!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* DeadlyDoctor
* FauxAffablyEvil: He acts like a kindly grandfather, but is still fine with putting people through hell.
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* LesCollaborateurs
* TortureTechnician
[[/folder]]

!Insurgency/Sergio
[[folder:Eustace]]
!Eustace

An ex-member of the expeditionary and eventual leader of the Insurgency.

!!Tropes:
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal: He stood up to the Red Eyes, even as they kept beating him and even survived to form and lead the Insurgency.
* DeadpanSnarker
* HappilyMarried: To [[spoiler:Nina.]]
* LaResistance: He even created LaResistance.
* RebelLeader: He's the leader of the Insurgency within the Homeland.
* ScarsAreForever: His face is horribly scarred and deformed from a brutal beating.
* [[spoiler:SuicideAttack: Attempted.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's very willing to organise [[spoiler:suicide bombings and even kill himself to take down the Homeland.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nina]]
!Nina[[spoiler:/Nitia Vorhees]]

A member of the Insurgency and Eustace's NumberTwo.

!!Tropes:
* ActionGirl
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
* DeadpanSnarker
* HappilyMarried: To [[spoiler:Eustace, after the fall of the Homeland.]]
* NumberTwo: To Eustace.
* LaResistance
* WellIntentionedExtremist: She's perfectly willing to go along with suicide bombings and other acts of violence. Considering who Guilder is and what the Homeland does, it's tough to blame her.

[[folder: Year Zero]]

!Sister Lacey Antoinette Kudoto

Originally from Sierra Leone, Lacey Antoinette Kudoto is a nun in the United States who finds herself suddenly having to take care of the freshly abandoned Amy. They form a strong bond which pulls Lacey into extraordinary circumstances.

* ActionSurvivor: At first, before taking a level in it.

** TookALevelInBadass
* BrokenBird
* OlderThanTheyLook
* HeroicSacrifice
* HermitGuru
* MamaBear: Towards Amy.
* RapeAsBackstory
* Really700YearsOld
* VegetarianVampire

!Dr Lila Kyle

An orthopedic surgeon and the ex-wife of Bradford Wolgast.

* AscendedExtra: In ''The Twelve''.
* BreakTheCutie
* BrokenBird
* [[spoiler:CloudCuckooLander]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]
* HospitalHottie
* OddFriendship: With [[spoiler:Grey.]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
* [[spoiler:SanitySlippage]]

!Bernard Kittridge

A man posting youtube videos of himself killing Virals, becoming known as 'Last Stand in Denver'.

!!Tropes:
* AscendedExtra: In ''The Twelve''.

** HandicappedBadass

* MayDecemberRomance: with [[spoiler: April.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran

!April [[spoiler:Donadio]]

A teenage girl who survives the outbreak with her younger brother.

* DeadpanSnarker
* MayDecemberRomance: with [[spoiler: Kittridge]].
* PerkyGoth

!Timothy [[spoiler:Donadio]]

A young boy who survives the outbreak with his teenage sister.

!Danny Chayes

An autistic school bus driver.

!!Tropes:

** BadassNormal
** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* ManChild
* NiceGuy

!Dr Nelson

The Chief Technical Officer for Special Weapons, and the right hand to Horace Guilder.

* MrExposition

!Masterson

A mercenary working for Horace Guilder.

* TheBrute
* FlatCharacter

!President Hughes

The unseen President of the United States, responsible for approving Project Noah and some of the USA's more fascist policies.

* TheManBehindTheMan
* PresidentEvil
* TheUnseen
* SmallRoleBigImpact

[[/folder]]
[[folder: First Colony Apostles]]

!Peter Jaxon

The youngest Jaxon boy and a member of the First Colony, Peter is a good-hearted young man who has lived in his older brother's shadow all his life. He becomes the unofficial leader of the First Colony apostles after Amy approaches the Colony, changing the lives of everyone.

!!Tropes:

* TheDeterminator
* TheHero
* HurtingHero
* NiceGuy
* ObliviousToLove
* TheUnfavourite: Or so he thinks.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
* SurvivorGuilt
* WellDoneSonGuy

!Theo Jaxon

Strong and silent, Theo is the well-respected brother of Peter. He's cynical and burdened following both a confession from Michael and the person he loves marrying someone else.

* AloofBigBrother

** HeartbrokenBadass
* CallingTheOldManOut: Posthumously. He goes on a bitter rant about the Jaxon father.
* TheCynic
* [[spoiler:FightingFromTheInside]]
* HeroicBSOD: Seemed to be progressing through one, starting when Mausami marries Galen and intensified by [[spoiler:Michael telling him about the lights going out.]]
* KnightInSourArmor
* KnightTemplarBigBrother
* [[spoiler:Main/NotQuiteDead]]
* TheUnfavourite: But he doesn’t know it.
* SecretKeeper
* StarCrossedLovers: with Mausami.
* TheStoic

!Alicia Donadio

An orphan of Dark Night, Alicia was adopted by the mysterious 'Colonel' at a young age. Impulsive and reckless, she's nevertheless a good person at heart with a soft spot for Peter.

* ActionGirl
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal --> EmpoweredBadassNormal
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: Towards Caleb, who's an orphan of Dark Night like her.
* BloodKnight
* BoisterousBruiser
* {{Determinator}}
* FearlessFool
* FieryRedhead
* HotBlooded
* JumpedAtTheCall
* TheLadette
* TheLancer: to Peter, for a while.
* MilitaryBrat: was raised by the Colonel.
* [[spoiler: RapeAsDrama]]
* RebelliousSpirit
* VegetarianVampire: After recieving a vile of Amy's blood.

!Michael Fisher

An intelligent and talented technician, Michael is the first to realize the Colony lights will eventually fail. He decodes the radio message from Colorado, thus beginning the long journey to find the source.

* {{Adorkable}}
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Alicia, a little. More pronounced on his end; in his private thoughts, he considers her 'striking'.
* IronButtMonkey: If someone's going to be non-fatally but painfully injured, it's probably going to be Michael.

* GenreSavvy
* InsufferableGenius
* MrFixit
* OnlySaneMan
* SecretKeeper
* TheSmartGuy
* TechnoWizard
* TookALevelInBadass

!Sara Fisher

Michael's older sister, Sara is a kind-hearted nurse with a secret love for Peter. She joins the Colony Apostles.

* {{Adorkable}}
* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* TheHeart
* HospitalHottie
* PairTheSpares
* PromotionToParent
* TheMedic
* TookALevelInBadass

!Hollis Wilson

One of the Wilson Twins, Hollis is a competent and level-headed fighter who leaves with the Apostles.

* AngstySurvivingTwin

* BeardOfSorrow
* TheBigGuy
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheLancer
* PairTheSpares
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic

!Mausami Patal

The daughter of Sanjay Patal, she's in love with Theo but still marries someone else in an unwise attempt to spurn him into action. She later becomes pregnant with his child.

* HotMom
* PregnantBadass
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: In a way. Her father, Sanjay, isn't a scientist or much of a villain, but he's certainly antagonistic toward Peter and absolutely hates Theo.
* TheLoad
* StarCrossedLovers: with Theo.
* SympatheticAdulterer

!Caleb 'Hightop' Jones

A teenage orphan in the Colony, he's blamed for letting Amy past the gate and subsequently joins the First Colony Apostles.

* ButtMonkey
* BreakTheCutie
* ChewToy
* TheDitz
* SkilledButNaive
* TagalongKid

!Major Lucius Greer

An efficient and good-hearted major within the Army of the Republic of Texas. He's close friends with General Vorhees.

* BaldOfAwesome
* CommandingCoolness
* AFatherToHisMen
* FieldPromotion
* KnightTemplar
* NumberTwo: to Vorhees.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* ReligiousBruiser

[[/folder]]

[[folder: First Colony]]

!Sanjay Patel

The overseer of the Colony and father of Mausami, Sanjay is mostly an efficient leader but strongly dislikes the Jaxon family due to their perceived responsibility in his brother's death. He's one of the first to be manipulated by Babcock, having had dreams of him since he was a child.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy
* HearingVoices
* HiddenDepths
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* NotSoImaginaryFriend
* OverprotectiveDad: Although considering Mausami got pregnant with another man's child while married, maybe he should've been a little better at being overprotective.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* UnwittingPawn

* {{Sleepwalking}}
* WastelandElder

!Galen Strauss

Mausami's loyal but not well-respected husband.

* ButtMonkey
* CosmicPlaything: Nothing ever goes right for him.
* DoggedNiceGuy
* HumiliationConga
* LoveMartyr: Kind of. Mausami isn't exactly unlikable or severely disturbed, but Galen is well-aware that she loves Theo instead of him.
* RomanticRunnerUp

!Ida 'Auntie' Jaxon

The oldest member of the Colony, she lives alone and records her memories in books. It's unclear if she's senile or more aware than everyone else.

* DeadpanSnarker
* HermitGuru
* LethalChef
* ObfuscatingInsanity
* OneHundredAndEight
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname

!Old Chou

One of the oldest members of the Colony and a member of the Household. He was once in charge of the Colony, and his word still carries a great deal of weight.

* CoolOldGuy
* HearingVoices
* ThePatriarch
* MayDecemberRomance: with his young wife.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* TeamDad

!Elton

A blind, overweight Colony member who works with Michael.

* DirtyOldMan
* DisabledSnarker
* FatSlob
* NiceGuy
* TricksterMentor: A mild version.

!Colonel Niles Coffee

A mysterious member of the Colony and Alicia's guardian.

* {{Badass}}
** BadassGrandpa: The man had a necklace of vampire teeth.
** BadassNormal
* CoolOldGuy
* DeathSeeker
* DrivenToSuicide
* MysteriousPast
* PromotionToParent: Adopts Alicia, although their relationship is difficult to define.
* ShellShockedVeteran

!Arlo Wilson

Hollis' twin brother.

* {{Badass}}
** BadassBeard
** BadassNormal
* BigBrotherMentor: was this to Hollis.
* NiceGuy

!Walter Fisher

Sara and Michael's uncle and member of the Household. He's a notorious drunk with very little interest in the day-to-day workings of the Colony.

* TheAlcoholic
* FlatCharacter

!Gloria Patel

Sanjay's meek and gossipy wife.

* BewareTheNiceOnes
* CannotKeepASecret
* DrivenToSuicide
* StepfordSmiler

!Soo Ramirez

The stern Captain of the Watch.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited

* TheCaptain: Of the Watch.
* CovertPervert: She loves her trashy romance novels.
* DespairEventHorizon
* HonorBeforeReason: She resigns from the Captain of the Watch, despite nobody blaming her and nobody wanting her to leave. She does so out of personal shame.
* IceQueen
* ItsAllMyFault: She blames herself for the gate being opened.

!Jimmy Molyneau

A member of the Watch.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* AxCrazy: After being manipulated through dreams by Babcock.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Courtesy of Babcock.
* DrivenToSuicide
* MurderSuicide
* SanitySlippage

!Ian Patel

One of Sanjay's cousins.

* BadBoss
* MoralityPet: Has a child in the Sanctuary.
* StupidBoss
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: He's not exactly a tyrant, but he's completely unable to maintain any control as a leader.

!Demetrius 'Demo' Jaxon

Peter and Theo's father, who disappeared on one of the 'Long Walks'.

* DeadpanSnarker: By all accounts.
* DisappearedDad: to Peter and Theo.
* PosthumousCharacter

[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Haven]]

!Olsen Hand

The leader of the Haven, a mysterious Viral-free community.

* AuthorityInNameOnly: He appears to be the leader at first, but Jude Cripp is the real leader of the Haven. And even he answers to a [[{{BigBad}} higher power]].
* ButtMonkey
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He mentions that Mira wasn't his only child.
* DeathSeeker: Becomes this after Mira dies, just wandering off in the direction of Babcock.
* DespairEventHorizon
* IDidWhatIHadToDo
* RebelLeader
* StepfordSmiler
* WastelandElder

!Mira Hand

The young daughter of Olsen Hand.

* BrokenBird
* FilleFatale: A sympathetic version.
* [[ThePresidentsDaughter The Haven Leader's Daughter]]
* StuffedIntoTheFridge
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!Jude Cripp

A member of the Haven. He's the real power in charge, with a psychic connection to Babcock.

* TheAgeless
* TheDragon: to Babcock.
** DragonInChief: Babcock is far too removed from humanity, too solitary and too batshit insane to do anything that doesn't involve eating everyone. Jude does most of the busywork.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Started off as a referenced-once 'sweep', one of Project Noah's resident lowest-level {{butt monkey}}s. A few hundred years later, he's TheDragon to [[{{BigBad}} Babcock]] who's extremely [[{{NighInvulnerability}} difficult to kill.]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: After being shot in the face by Hollis.
* OlderThanTheyLook
* HannibalLecture: He loves giving these to Theo.
* NighInvulnerability
* RasputinianDeath
* TheRenfield
* SmugSnake

!Billie

A doctor living in the Haven.

!!Tropes:
* DrJerk
* GoodIsNotNice
* {{Jerkass}}
* MauveShirt
* TheMedic

!Gus

A mechanic living in the Haven.

* GoodIsNotNice

* MrFixit: Although he needs Michael's help.
* WeHardlyKnewYe

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Republic of Texas]]

!President Victoria Sanchez

The current President of the Republic of Texas.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!Lore [=DeVeer=]

An 'oiler' who forms a passionate relationship with Michael.

!!Tropes:
* ActionGirl

* {{Tomboy}}
* WrenchWench

!Dan Karlovic

The foreman in charge of the oilers.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* JerkassFacade

!Caleb Jaxon

The child of Theo and Mausami.

* CheerfulChild
* DeadGuyJunior

!Tifty Lamont

An infamous gangster and a one-time member of the Expeditionary.

* AbusiveParents: His father beat him very badly.
* AffablyEvil
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
* DeadpanSnarker
* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight]]
* TheDreaded
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NobleDemon
* UsedToBeASweetKid

!Duncan 'Dunk' Withers

A childhood friend of Tifty Lamont, now a criminal working for him.

* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
* BaldOfAwesome
* TheBigGuy
* BloodKnight: He loves fighting Virals one-on-one.
* {{Jerkass}}
* UsedToBeASweetKid
* TattooedCrook

!Sister Peg

A Nun at the Kerrville Orphanage.

!Sister Catherine

A Nun at the Kerrville Orphanage.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Army of the Republic of Texas]]

!General Abram Fleet

The General in charge of the Army.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!Brigadier General Curtis Vorhees

An intelligent and fair-minded leader within the Army of the Republic of Texas.

!!Tropes:
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** ColonelBadass
* BaldOfAwesome: Like all other members of the Expeditionary.
* CommandingCoolness
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: After some set-up, he dies off-page against the Virals.
* AFatherToHisMen

* HonorBeforeReason
* KnightInSourArmour
* TheMourningAfter: He's still motivated by the loss of his wife and children, and even earlier than that, his brother.
* PosthumousCharacter: In ''The Twelve''.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!Colonel Gunnar Apgar

An Officer of the Expeditionary.

* DeadpanSnarker
* HiddenDepths
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!Major Alexander Henneman

An Officer of the Expeditionary.

* PerpetualFrowner

!Satch Dodd

* MauveShirt
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]]

!Muncey

The cocky, jokey radio technician for the Army of the Republic of Texas.

!!Tropes:

** BadassNormal
** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* BaldOfAwesome
* ClassClown
* CommunicationsOfficer

* DyingAsYourself
* FaceDeathWithDignity
* GoOutWithASmile
* MercyKill: From Alicia.

[[folder: Homeland]]

!Horace Guilder

Originally the Deputy Director of Special Weapons, Guilder creates a society called 'Homeland' after the outbreak.

* TheAgeless
* AxCrazy: Ends up as this due to his VillainousBreakdown, when he begins executing people left and right for spurious reasons.
* BigBad: Of ''The Twelve''.
* {{Determinator}}
* EvilIsPetty
* FauxAffablyEvil
* FreudianExcuse
* HumiliationConga
* [[spoiler:HoistByHisOwnPetard]]
* ImmortalitySeeker
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath]]
* LesCollaborateurs
* MercyKill: Does this to [[spoiler:his father.]]
* LargeHam: Becomes this as part of his SanitySlippage.
* LifeDrinker
* OlderThanTheyLook
* SanitySlippage: He's practically a different person from who he was pre-apocalypse. He's paranoid, delusional, impulsive and violent.
* VillainousBreakdown
* WellDoneSonGuy: He didn't have a good relationship with his father, who was never impressed or interested in Guilder's many impressive achievements.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds

!Fred Wilkes

An older man who eventually meets up with Horace Guilder, creating and governing the Homeland.

!!Tropes:
* TheAgeless
* [[spoiler:BoomHeadshot: Guilder kills him like this.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's barely 'evil', but is willing to do plenty of terrible things for the Homeland. However, he draws the line at [[spoiler:pointlessly murdering innocent civilians.]]
* HonestAdvisor: Part of what makes him so valuable to Guilder, and also [[spoiler:what kills him.]]
* JustFollowingOrders
* LesCollaborateurs
* LifeDrinker
* OlderThanTheyLook

!Vikram Suresh

A scientist who works for Horace Guilder and the Homeland.

!!Tropes:
* TheDragon: Ends up being an ineffective one to Guilder.
* TheEvilGenius
* LesCollaborateurs
* LifeDrinker
* OlderThanTheyLook
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It isn't entirely clear what happened to him following [[spoiler:the destruction of the Homeland and the Twelve. It's likely he died in the same manner as Guilder.]]

!Aidan Hoppel

A former advertising executive now working as Minister of Propaganda for Horace Guilder and the Homeland.

!!Tropes:
* FlatCharacter
* LesCollaborateurs
* LifeDrinker
* OlderThanTheyLook

!Vale

A 'human resources officer' working for the Homeland. [[spoiler:He is later revealed to be TheMole for the Insurgency.]]

!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]
* HiddenDepths
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]
* [[spoiler:SuicideAttack]]
* WalkingSpoiler

!Sod

A viciously sadistic 'human resources officer' with a penchant for rape.

!!Tropes:
* TheBrute: What Guilder considers him to be.
* LesCollaborateurs: He's a 'col', a step below Red Eyes.
* [[spoiler:NeckSnap: At the hands of Alicia.]]
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He's widely known for his love of rape, be it man, woman or child.
* {{Slimeball}}: He's a crass, vulgar rapist.
* TortureTechnician: What he is when it comes to [[spoiler:interrogating Alicia.]]

!Dr Verlyn

A Homeland doctor responsible for processing new arrivals.

!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* DeadlyDoctor
* FauxAffablyEvil: He acts like a kindly grandfather, but is still fine with putting people through hell.
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* LesCollaborateurs
* TortureTechnician
[[/folder]]

!Insurgency/Sergio
[[folder:Eustace]]
!Eustace

An ex-member of the expeditionary and eventual leader of the Insurgency.

!!Tropes:

** BadassNormal: He stood up to the Red Eyes, even as they kept beating him and even survived to form and lead the Insurgency.

* HappilyMarried: To [[spoiler:Nina.]]
* LaResistance: He even created LaResistance.
* RebelLeader: He's the leader of the Insurgency within the Homeland.
* ScarsAreForever: His face is horribly scarred and deformed from a brutal beating.
* [[spoiler:SuicideAttack: Attempted.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's very willing to organise [[spoiler:suicide bombings and even kill himself to take down the Homeland.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nina]]
!Nina[[spoiler:/Nitia Vorhees]]

A member of the Insurgency and Eustace's NumberTwo.

!!Tropes:
* ActionGirl
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
* DeadpanSnarker

[[folder: Project Noah - Overseers]]

!Mark Cole

A government official who lays the initial groundwork for Project Noah.

* AssholeVictim
* {{Jerkass}}
* PosthumousCharacter
* SmallRoleBigImpact
* SmugSnake: At least, how Richards viewed him.
* {{Slimeball}}
* WellIntentionedExtremist

!Colonel Sykes

->''"Everybody's on the side of the angels here."''

A military colonel who oversees Project Noah (at first) and initially recruits Wolgast.

* AuthorityInNameOnly
* ButtMonkey
* GeneralRipper: Implied than averted.
* HiddenDepths
* MotiveRant: Gives an impressive one to Wolgast when recruiting him.
* MrExposition
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* WellIntentionedExtremist

!Richards

->''"This is very touching, but if we don't leave now, I'm going to be shooting a lot more people, and I feel like I've had a very full morning already."''

One of the Project Noah overseers, Richards is technically a subordinate to Colonel Sykes. In reality, he's the one in charge.

!!Tropes:
* AssholeVictim

* DeadpanSnarker: Second only to Michael in the first book in terms of snarkiness.
* TheDragon: To Sykes, but only on the surface.
** DragonInChief: Sykes runs the Noah Project, but everyone is aware that Richards is the one with the real power.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Very, very, very, very low standards. The extent of which is to briefly hesitate and feel almost-but-not-quite remorse following his murder of freakin' nuns.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe
* LastStand
* PsychoForHire
* ManipulativeBastard
* TheRival: to Babcock. Averted in that they don't get their final battle. Instead, [[spoiler: he's ripped in two by Anthony Carter.]]
* {{Omniglot}}
* VillainousValour: When [[spoiler: the virals get loose, he doesn't even try to escape. He just wants 'a clean exit, with a good showing at the last.' In other words, he wants to kill as many virals as he can before being taken down.]]
* SmugSnake

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Project Noah - Scientists]]

!Dr Jonas Lear

->''"What strange places our lives can carry us to, what dark passages."''

A renowned scientist, he leads an expedition to solve 'the mystery of death itself'. Instead he discovers TheVirus and is manipulated into adapting it.

* ButtMonkey
* DespairEventHorizon
* HeroicBSOD
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone
* ReluctantMadScientist
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: By trying to 'solve' death and prevent loss...he creates a virus which ends the world.

!Dr James B Fortes

A member of Dr Lear's original expedition, he ends up working for Project Noah.

* ForScience
* MadScientist
* MauveShirt
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Project Noah - Sweeps]]

!Lawrence Grey

->''"I said to myself, Grey, you are having the worst dream in the world."''

A convicted paedophile who works as a 'sweep' in the Colorado facility, he slowly becomes subject to manipulations by Subject Zero.

* TheAtoner: Kind of. It doesn’t work.
* ButtMonkey
* BrainwashedAndCrazy
* FatSlob
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]
* [[spoiler:IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream]]
* PunchClockVillain: Literally.
* MindRape
* RapeAsBackstory
* [[spoiler:DeathEqualsRedemption]]
* UnwittingPawn
* TraumaCongaLine: His entire backstory.

!Ignacio

Another 'sweep' in the Colorado facility. He later becomes the much-abused 'familar' for Julio Martinez.

* ButtMonkey
* FateWorseThanDeath
* NeverMyFault: He has shades of this, saying that what he did (an unknown sex crime) wasn't nearly as bad as what the other sweeps did.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Project Noah - Other Employees]]

!Bradford J Wolgast

A recently divorced and highly efficient FBI agent, Wolgast is recruited by Colonel Sykes for Project Noah. He is charged with procuring Death Row criminals as test subjects, but things change when he's instructed to retrieve Amy for the Project.

!!Tropes:

** BadassInANiceSuit

** [[spoiler: EmpoweredBadassNormal]]
** HeartbrokenBadass
* TheDeterminator
* GuileHero
* KnightTemplarParent
* PapaWolf
* PromotionToParent: He's not related to Amy at all, but ends up being a father to her.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[PunchClockVillain He was never really an outright bad guy]], but he was doing some very immoral things before [[spoiler:running away with Amy.]]
* HeroicBSOD: After his [[spoiler:daughter's death.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]
* HurtingHero
* NobleFugitive
* [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead]]
* ManipulativeBastard
* TheMenInBlack
* TheMourningAfter

* PapaWolf
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Doyle's Red.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
* WouldntHurtAChild

!Agent Phillip Doyle

->''"Look, I'm not made of stone. You think I don't know how fucked up this is?"''

A young FBI agent partnered with Wolgast. He's younger and much more gung-ho than his partner.

** BadassInANiceSuit
** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
** TookALevelInBadass
* TheCasanova
* ChickMagnet
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]
* JustFollowingOrders
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Wolgast's Blue.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight

!Pvt. Derrick Paulson

->''"[[SanitySlippage I am dreaming some crazy shit.]]"''

One of the soldiers stationed at the Colorado facility, his sanity begins to slowly unravel.

* AxCrazy
* TheBully
* BrilliantButLazy
* DeadpanSnarker
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]
* HannibalLecture: Delivers one to a stunned Grey.

* KickTheDog: Every one of his appearances is a KickTheDog, whether it's taunting Carter or scaring the shit out of Grey.

* SociopathicSoldier

[[/folder]]

[[folder: First Colony Apostles]]

!Peter Jaxon

The youngest Jaxon boy and a member of the First Colony, Peter is a good-hearted young man who has lived in his older brother's shadow all his life. He becomes the unofficial leader of the First Colony apostles after Amy approaches the Colony, changing the lives of everyone.

* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
* TheDeterminator
* TheHero
* HurtingHero
* NiceGuy
* ObliviousToLove
* TheUnfavourite: Or so he thinks.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
* SurvivorGuilt
* WellDoneSonGuy

!Theo Jaxon

Strong and silent, Theo is the well-respected brother of Peter. He's cynical and burdened following both a confession from Michael and the person he loves marrying someone else.

* AloofBigBrother
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** HeartbrokenBadass
* CallingTheOldManOut: Posthumously. He goes on a bitter rant about the Jaxon father.
* TheCynic
* [[spoiler:FightingFromTheInside]]
* HeroicBSOD: Seemed to be progressing through one, starting when Mausami marries Galen and intensified by [[spoiler:Michael telling him about the lights going out.]]
* KnightInSourArmor
* KnightTemplarBigBrother
* [[spoiler:Main/NotQuiteDead]]
* TheUnfavourite: But he doesn’t know it.
* SecretKeeper
* StarCrossedLovers: with Mausami.
* TheStoic

!Alicia Donadio

An orphan of Dark Night, Alicia was adopted by the mysterious 'Colonel' at a young age. Impulsive and reckless, she's nevertheless a good person at heart with a soft spot for Peter.

* ActionGirl

** BadassNormal --> EmpoweredBadassNormal
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: Towards Caleb, who's an orphan of Dark Night like her.
* BloodKnight
* BoisterousBruiser
* {{Determinator}}
* FearlessFool
* FieryRedhead
* HotBlooded
* JumpedAtTheCall
* TheLadette
* TheLancer: to Peter, for a while.
* MilitaryBrat: was raised by the Colonel.
* [[spoiler: RapeAsDrama]]
* RebelliousSpirit
* VegetarianVampire: After recieving a vile of Amy's blood.

!Michael Fisher

An intelligent and talented technician, Michael is the first to realize the Colony lights will eventually fail. He decodes the radio message from Colorado, thus beginning the long journey to find the source.

* {{Adorkable}}
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Alicia, a little. More pronounced on his end; in his private thoughts, he considers her 'striking'.
* IronButtMonkey: If someone's going to be non-fatally but painfully injured, it's probably going to be Michael.
* DeadpanSnarker
* GenreSavvy
* InsufferableGenius
* MrFixit
* OnlySaneMan
* SecretKeeper
* TheSmartGuy
* TechnoWizard
* TookALevelInBadass

!Sara Fisher

Michael's older sister, Sara is a kind-hearted nurse with a secret love for Peter. She joins the Colony Apostles.

* {{Adorkable}}

* TheHeart
* HospitalHottie
* PairTheSpares
* PromotionToParent
* TheMedic
* TookALevelInBadass

!Hollis Wilson

One of the Wilson Twins, Hollis is a competent and level-headed fighter who leaves with the Apostles.

!!Tropes:
* AngstySurvivingTwin

** BadassBeard
* BeardOfSorrow
* TheBigGuy
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheLancer
* PairTheSpares
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic

!Mausami Patal

The daughter of Sanjay Patal, she's in love with Theo but still marries someone else in an unwise attempt to spurn him into action. She later becomes pregnant with his child.

* HotMom
* PregnantBadass
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: In a way. Her father, Sanjay, isn't a scientist or much of a villain, but he's certainly antagonistic toward Peter and absolutely hates Theo.
* TheLoad
* StarCrossedLovers: with Theo.
* SympatheticAdulterer

!Caleb 'Hightop' Jones

A teenage orphan in the Colony, he's blamed for letting Amy past the gate and subsequently joins the First Colony Apostles.

* ButtMonkey
* BreakTheCutie
* ChewToy
* TheDitz
* SkilledButNaive
* TagalongKid

!Major Lucius Greer

An efficient and good-hearted major within the Army of the Republic of Texas. He's close friends with General Vorhees.

* BaldOfAwesome
* CommandingCoolness
* AFatherToHisMen
* FieldPromotion
* KnightTemplar
* NumberTwo: to Vorhees.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* ReligiousBruiser

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!Sanjay Patel

The overseer of the Colony and father of Mausami, Sanjay is mostly an efficient leader but strongly dislikes the Jaxon family due to their perceived responsibility in his brother's death. He's one of the first to be manipulated by Babcock, having had dreams of him since he was a child.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy
* HearingVoices
* HiddenDepths
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* NotSoImaginaryFriend
* OverprotectiveDad: Although considering Mausami got pregnant with another man's child while married, maybe he should've been a little better at being overprotective.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* UnwittingPawn
* SanitySlippage
* {{Sleepwalking}}
* WastelandElder

!Galen Strauss

Mausami's loyal but not well-respected husband.

!!Tropes:

* CosmicPlaything: Nothing ever goes right for him.
* DoggedNiceGuy
* HumiliationConga
* LoveMartyr: Kind of. Mausami isn't exactly unlikable or severely disturbed, but Galen is well-aware that she loves Theo instead of him.
* RomanticRunnerUp

!Ida 'Auntie' Jaxon

The oldest member of the Colony, she lives alone and records her memories in books. It's unclear if she's senile or more aware than everyone else.

* DeadpanSnarker
* HermitGuru
* LethalChef
* ObfuscatingInsanity
* OneHundredAndEight
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname

!Old Chou

One of the oldest members of the Colony and a member of the Household. He was once in charge of the Colony, and his word still carries a great deal of weight.