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%%* IllGirl
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* BiggerBad: He's the power behind Horace Guilder.
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!Giles J Babcock

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!Giles J J. Babcock
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* DaughterOfAWhore: Her mother was forced to prostitute herself after her father died and she lost her job.

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* DaughterOfAWhore: [[SonOfAWhore Daughter Of A Whore]]: Her mother was forced to prostitute herself after her father died and she lost her job.
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* {{Badass}}: Amy goes through seven kinds of hell, but still manages to keep it together with her Nerves of Steel. [[spoiler:When she turns into a Viral, she becomes a true badass.]]



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* {{Badass}}: Becomes one by default after being turned into a Viral.

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Lacey kills him with a small nuke in a HeroicSacrifice.]]



* NukeEm: How he's finally destroyed.

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* NukeEm: How he's finally destroyed. [[spoiler:Lacey kills him with a small nuke in a HeroicSacrifice.]]



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.Wolgast with a bomb..]]



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.Wolgast with a bomb.]]



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.Wolgast with a bomb.]]



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.Wolgast with a bomb.]]



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.Wolgast with a bomb.]]



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.Wolgast with a bomb.]]



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.Wolgast with a bomb.]]



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.Wolgast with a bomb.]]



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Martinez is killed by Alicia at the Homeland.]]



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.Wolgast with a bomb.]]
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Amy ages at a much slower rate, and after 100 years she appears to be about 14.

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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Amy ages at a much slower very slow rate, and after 100 years she appears to be about 14.14. [[spoiler:In ''The City of Mirrors'', mostly set 21 years after the end of ''The Twelve'', Amy looks like a young woman in her mid-twenties after returning to human from her viral state. In the first epilogue, set about 350 A.V. (After Virus) she looks about 45, and in the second epilogue, sent in 1003 A.V. she is clearly very old, appearing at least in her 90s, despite being almost 1010 years old, and it is implied she will die naturally within a few days of the book ending.]]

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** LittleMissBadass: Until The Twelve when she ages up.
** BadassAndChildDuo: With Wolgast.

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** LittleMissBadass: Until The Twelve when she ages up.
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* BadassAndChildDuo: With Wolgast.



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%%* TheStoic
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->'''Patient No.''': 0

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->'''Patient No.''': ''' 0



->''"I was called Fanning."''

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->''"I -->''"I was called Fanning."''



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* BigBad: Of the entire series.
** BiggerBad: To Babcock and Guilder.
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* ChickMagnet: In his human life.
* DreamWeaver: As part of his MindRape, Zero can enter the dreams of others to influence them.

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series, being the first Viral and the undoubted leader of the Twelve.
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BiggerBad: To Babcock and He's the power behind Horace Guilder.
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* TheChessmaster: Zero manipulates events from a distance using mostly telepathy. [[spoiler:He may have even arranged the deaths of the Twelve to give himself more absolute power.]]
* ChickMagnet: In his human life.
life, when he progressed through a series of wives.
* DreamWeaver: As part of his MindRape, Zero can enter the dreams of others to influence them. It's most clearly seen with Grey, who becomes confused when his memories and dreams blend with Zero's memories thanks to his influence.



* HiddenVillain: After he and the other virals break out, he isn't seen again for the rest of the first book.

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* HiddenVillain: After he and the other virals Virals break out, he isn't seen again in person for the rest of the first book. next two books. Even in ''The Twelve'', he only appears via telepathy.



* TheManBehindTheMan: Zero is the real power behind the rest of The Twelve.
* MindRape: How he manipulates others.

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* TheManBehindTheMan: Zero is the real power behind the rest of The the Twelve.
* MindRape: How he manipulates His most potent tool in manipulating others.



%%* NighInvulnerability

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%%* NighInvulnerability* NighInvulnerability: Like the other Master Virals, it takes a lot to hurt him even a little. He's also much more powerful than the others.



->'''Patient No.''': 01

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->'''Patient No.''': ''' 01



->''"I am Babcock. One of Twelve."''

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->''"I -->''"I am Babcock. One of Twelve."''



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->'''Patient No.''': 12

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->'''Patient No.''': ''' 12



->''"Man…said I got a job. Said it was important. Said…I special."''

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->''"Man…said -->''"Man…said I got a job. Said it was important. Said…I special."''



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A young girl with tragic origins who is abandoned at a Convent, and is soon targeted by the secret government program known as Project Noah. After being subjected to a refined version of the virus, she gains a number of strange powers and quickly becomes instrumental in the ultimate fate of the world.

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A young girl with tragic origins who is abandoned at a Convent, and is soon targeted by the secret government program known as Project Noah. After being subjected to a refined version of the virus, she gains a number of strange powers and quickly becomes instrumental in the ultimate fate of the world. \n



* {{Badass}}

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* {{Badass}}{{Badass}}: Amy goes through seven kinds of hell, but still manages to keep it together with her Nerves of Steel. [[spoiler:When she turns into a Viral, she becomes a true badass.]]



** Her father figure seems to die and leaves her alone in the world.

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** Her father figure seems [[spoiler:seems to die and leaves her alone in the world.]]



* HealingFactor
* IllGirl
* LivingMacGuffin
* LongLived
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld

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* HealingFactor
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HealingFactor: Like everyone infected with TheVirus, Amy has rapid (although not instantaneous) healing.
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* %%* LongLived
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOldNervesOfSteel: When confronting Guilder, she manages to creep him out by how utterly calm she is despite the certain death that awaits her.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Amy ages at a much slower rate, and after 100 years she appears to be about 14.



* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic
* VegetarianVampire
* WaifProphet

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* %%* TheStoic
** %%** NotSoStoic
* VegetarianVampire
VegetarianVampire: [[spoiler:After turning into a Viral.]]
* WaifProphetWaifProphet: Amy seems to have some vague pre-cognitive abilities.



* WiseBeyondTheirYears
* YouALLShareMyStory

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* WiseBeyondTheirYears
WiseBeyondTheirYears: Although she's ReallySevenHundredYearsOld.
* YouALLShareMyStoryYouALLShareMyStory: All the main characters eventually forge a connection to Amy.






* BigBad

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* BigBadBigBad: Of the entire series.



* TheChessmaster

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* %%* TheChessmaster



* DreamWeaver
* EvilOverlord
* AGodAmI

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* DreamWeaver
DreamWeaver: As part of his MindRape, Zero can enter the dreams of others to influence them.
* EvilOverlord
* AGodAmI
EvilOverlord: Of the entire country, perhaps the whole world.



* HorrorHunger

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* %%* HorrorHunger



* TheManBehindTheMan
* ManipulativeBastard
* MindRape
* MonsterProgenitor
* NighInvulnerability

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* TheManBehindTheMan
TheManBehindTheMan: Zero is the real power behind the rest of The Twelve.
* ManipulativeBastard
MindRape: How he manipulates others.
* MindRape
* MonsterProgenitor
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MonsterProgenitor: Zero is quite literally Patient Zero of the Virals.
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* AxCrazy
* {{Badass}}

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* %%* AxCrazy
* %%* {{Badass}}



* CharacterDeath

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* CharacterDeathCharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Lacey kills him with a small nuke in a HeroicSacrifice.]]



* DreamWeaver

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* %%* DreamWeaver



* FromNobodyToNightmare

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* %%* FromNobodyToNightmare



* IAmLegion



* NighInvulnerability

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* %%* NighInvulnerability






* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]






* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]






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* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]






* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]






* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]






* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]






* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]






* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]






* ArchEnemy: To Alicia, who keeps having dreams about his murder of Louise. After Alicia's [[spoiler:rape,]] she sinks all her hatred into him and he becomes her representation of [[spoiler:all rapists.]]

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* ArchEnemy: To Alicia, who keeps having dreams about his murder of Louise. After [[spoiler:After Alicia's [[spoiler:rape,]] rape, she sinks all her hatred into him and he becomes her representation of [[spoiler:all rapists.]]



* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Martinez is killed by Alicia at the Homeland.]]

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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Martinez CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Martinez is killed by Alicia at the Homeland.]]



* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath: Alicia kills him in retribution for Louise, forcing him to say her name one last time.]]

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* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath: Alicia KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Alicia kills him in retribution for Louise, forcing him to say her name one last time.]]






* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]

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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]
CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Wolgast kills him along with the other Master Virals with a bomb.]]
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]



The twelfth and final Death Row convict to be subjected to human tests at the Colorado facility. Unlike the other convicts, he's innocent of his crime and merely lacks the ability to make a coherent defense. Of course, people stop pushing him around when he becomes the twelfth viral...

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The twelfth and final Death Row convict to be subjected to human tests at the Colorado facility. Unlike the other convicts, he's innocent of his crime and merely lacks the ability to make a coherent defense. Of course, people stop pushing him around when he becomes the twelfth viral...
Twelfth Viral...


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* NeverLearnedToRead: Carter isn't entirely illiterate, but he has a low education and can't read very well at all.

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* TheQuietOne

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* TheQuietOneTheQuietOne: She was alone for so long she 'forgot how' to speak, and remains a mute for a long time.



* WalkingTheEarth

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* WalkingTheEarthWalkingTheEarth: What she was doing prior to finding the Colony.



* YoungAndInCharge: Particularly in ''The Twelve'', when she begins to take a more active leadership role.



* OrcusOnHisThrone

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* OrcusOnHisThroneOrcusOnHisThrone: Although he's the BigBad, Zero hasn't been seen in person since the first part of the first book.



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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]CharacterDeath



* FreudianExcuse

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* FreudianExcuseFreudianExcuse: The abuse he endured at his mother's hand.



* MommyIssues

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* MommyIssuesMommyIssues: His issues with his mother are so deep-rooted and define him so utterly that almost 100 years later it's still at the forefront of his mind.



* TragicMonster: Abused severely from a young age, sentenced to be executed despite being clearly mentally incompetent, and then subjected to brutal experiments that turn him into a vicious, uncontrollable beast.

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* TragicMonster: Abused severely from a young age, sentenced to be executed death despite being clearly mentally incompetent, and then subjected to brutal experiments that turn him into a vicious, uncontrollable beast.
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* SerialSpouse: He has three ex-wives, 'each younger than the last'.

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* ChickMagnet In his human life.

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* ChickMagnet ChickMagnet: In his human life.


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* AbusiveParents

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* AbusiveParentsAbusiveParents: His father is a DisappearedDad, but his mother was abusive to the point where he was driven insane.



* DisappearedDad: His father never appears, and isn't even mentioned.



* HorrorHunger

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* HorrorHungerHorrorHunger: Like the rest of the Virals.



* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Martinez is killed by Alicia at the Homeland.]]



* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath: Alicia kills him in retribution for Louise.]]

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* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath: Alicia kills him in retribution for Louise.Louise, forcing him to say her name one last time.]]



* BookDumb: He's fairly naive and not particularly smart.

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* BookDumb: He's fairly naive Carter has a low IQ, is easily tricked and not particularly smart.is barely literate.



* ScaryBlackMan: Somewhat subverted. He’s kind, gentle and the only innocent in the death row inmates. However, he can't [[{{HorrorHunger}} control himself.]]

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* ScaryBlackMan: Somewhat subverted.Subverted. He’s kind, gentle and the only innocent in the death row inmates. However, he can't [[{{HorrorHunger}} control himself.]]The scary aspects of his character come from his transformation and subsequent HorrorHunger.



* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the 12 Virals.



* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds

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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorldsWoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Carter's life has been one long road of tragedy, culminating in his transformation into a monstrous creature that helps bring about the end of the modern world.

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* EnfanteTerrible: As a child, he killed animals.



* ItsAllAboutMe

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* ItsAllAboutMeItsAllAboutMe: His entire schtick. Martinez doesn't have time for anyone who isn't Martinez.



* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil

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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvilRapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Martinez holds a special place in his crusty black heart for rape.



* SmugSnake
* TheSociopath



* AntiVillain
* TheAtoner



* ButtMonkey
* ChewToy
* TheDogBitesBack
* DreamWeaver
* IAmLegion

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* ButtMonkey
ButtMonkey: And how! Carter was homeless to begin with, and things actually seem to look up when a pleasant lady gives him a job mowing lawns in her neighbourhood. Unfortunately, she also has undiagnosed mental issues which ultimately leads to her death and his placement on Death Row. Then he's manipulated, bullied, and [[spoiler:trapped by his own choosing inside a streamliner for 100 years.]]
* ChewToy
TheDogBitesBack: After being injected with TheVirus, he [[spoiler:breaks out of the Colorado facility, killing Richards in the process.]]
* TheDogBitesBack
* DreamWeaver
* IAmLegion
DreamWeaver: Like Babcock and Zero, Carter has the ability to talk to people through their dreams. It's how he [[spoiler:communicates with Wolgast and Amy.]]



* NighInvulnerability

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* NighInvulnerabilityNighInvulnerability: Like the rest of the Virals.



* TragicMonster

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* TragicMonsterTragicMonster: Carter is unable to control himself and is partially responsible for causing the apocalypse, but he was (and is) a good person at heart with a gentle soul who was manipulated by others into joining Project Noah.

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* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability

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* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
[[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
FromNobodyToNightmare: Just a Death Row convict before Project Noah turned him into an immortal monster responsible for genocide.
* NighInvulnerabilityNighInvulnerability: One of his powers as a Viral.



* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability

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* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
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* FromNobodyToNightmare
FromNobodyToNightmare: Just a Death Row convict before Project Noah turned him into an immortal monster responsible for genocide.
* NighInvulnerabilityNighInvulnerability: One of his powers as a Viral.



* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability

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* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
[[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
FromNobodyToNightmare: Just a Death Row convict before Project Noah turned him into an immortal monster responsible for genocide.
* NighInvulnerabilityNighInvulnerability: One of his powers as a Viral.



* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability

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* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
[[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
FromNobodyToNightmare: Just a Death Row convict before Project Noah turned him into an immortal monster responsible for genocide.
* NighInvulnerabilityNighInvulnerability: One of his powers as a Viral.



* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability

to:

* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
[[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
FromNobodyToNightmare: Just a Death Row convict before Project Noah turned him into an immortal monster responsible for genocide.
* NighInvulnerabilityNighInvulnerability: One of his powers as a Viral.



* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability

to:

* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
[[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
FromNobodyToNightmare: Just a Death Row convict before Project Noah turned him into an immortal monster responsible for genocide.
* NighInvulnerabilityNighInvulnerability: One of his powers as a Viral.



* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability

to:

* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
[[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
FromNobodyToNightmare: Just a Death Row convict before Project Noah turned him into an immortal monster responsible for genocide.
* NighInvulnerabilityNighInvulnerability: One of his powers as a Viral.



* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability

to:

* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
[[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
FromNobodyToNightmare: Just a Death Row convict before Project Noah turned him into an immortal monster responsible for genocide.
* NighInvulnerabilityNighInvulnerability: One of his powers as a Viral.



* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability

to:

* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
[[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Killed along with the other Virals by Amy and Wolgast.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
FromNobodyToNightmare: Just a Death Row convict before Project Noah turned him into an immortal monster responsible for genocide.
* NighInvulnerabilityNighInvulnerability: One of his powers as a Viral.



* {{Badass}}

to:

* {{Badass}}{{Badass}}: Becomes one by default after being turned into a Viral.



* BookDumb

to:

* BookDumbBookDumb: He's fairly naive and not particularly smart.



* FromNobodyToNightmare

to:

* FromNobodyToNightmareFromNobodyToNightmare: He was just a BookDumb little guy who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and got steamrolled by the legal system.
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[[foldercontrol]]

!Amy & The Twelve

[[folder:Amy]]
!Amy Harper Bellafonte

A young girl with tragic origins who is abandoned at a Convent, and is soon targeted by the secret government program known as Project Noah. After being subjected to a refined version of the virus, she gains a number of strange powers and quickly becomes instrumental in the ultimate fate of the world.

!!Tropes:
* {{Badass}}
** LittleMissBadass: Until The Twelve when she ages up.
** BadassAndChildDuo: With Wolgast.
* BreakTheCutie: Hoo, boy. Let's see...
** Her mother is forced to abandon her at a Convent.
** She gets kidnapped from the zoo by Wolgast and Doyle.
** She sees Richards kill numerous people right in front of her.
** Sykes and Lear test the new viral strain on her, putting her into a coma.
** Her father figure seems to die and leaves her alone in the world.
** Spends almost 100 years wandering the post-apocalyptic wasteland, forgetting how to speak in the process.
** Shot with an arrow.
** [[spoiler:Turns into a Viral herself.]]
* BrokenBird: See 'BreakTheCutie'. She ends up very broken.
* AChildShallLeadThem: When she appears at the Colony, Amy ends up driving the plot and leading the First Colony Apostles to Colorado.
* CuteMute: Until she gets over it.
* CreepyChild: At first, after the Colony takes her in.
* DamselInDistress: After being taken by Jude for the Ring.
* DaughterOfAWhore: Her mother was forced to prostitute herself after her father died and she lost her job.
* HealingFactor
* IllGirl
* TheMessiah
* LivingMacGuffin
* LongLived
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* TheQuietOne
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic
* VegetarianVampire
* WaifProphet
* WalkingTheEarth
* WiseBeyondTheirYears
* YouALLShareMyStory
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Zero]]
!Prof. Tim Fanning AKA "The Zero"
->'''Patient No.''': 0
->'''Sentence''': N/A
->'''Crime(s)''': N/A
->'''Location''': N/A

->''"I was called Fanning."''

A renowned scientist with a string of younger ex-wives, Tim Fanning joined Jonas Lear's expedition to Bolivia, but was infected with a raw version of the virus directly from a group of viral bats. Fanning becomes the first and most dangerous of the twelve virals.

!!Tropes:
* BigBad
** BiggerBad: To Babcock and Guilder.
* TheChessmaster
* ChickMagnet In his human life.
* DreamWeaver
* AGodAmI
* HiddenVillain: After he and the other virals break out, he isn't seen again for the rest of the first book.
* HorrorHunger
* MadnessMantra: "I was called Fanning."
* TheManBehindTheMan
* ManipulativeBastard
* MindRape
* MonsterProgenitor
* NighInvulnerability
* OrcusOnHisThrone
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Babcock]]
!Giles J Babcock
->'''Patient No.''': 01
->'''Sentence''': Death
->'''Crime(s)''': One count of capital murder
->'''Location''': Nye County, Nevada

->''"I am Babcock. One of Twelve."''

An insane, talkative Death Row inmate convicted of murdering his abusive mother. Babcock is given the chance to join Project Noah, and becomes one of The Twelve. He is able to influence the minds of others and creates a community of survivors called 'The Haven' that makes routine sacrifices to him.

!!Tropes
* AbusiveParents
* AxCrazy
* {{Badass}}
* BigBad: Of the first book.
* DreamWeaver
* FreudianExcuse
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* HorrorHunger
* IAmLegion
* InformedAttribute: He's frequently described as not being able to shut up, and is always doing his little vampire clicking noises. But he never utters a single coherent sentence in the entire book.
* MadnessMantra: In the form of a memory of something his mother said. "That boy isn't just dumb. He's been [[{{AbusiveParents}} struck]] dumb."
* MommyIssues
* NighInvulnerability
* NukeEm: How he's finally destroyed.
* TalkativeLoon: See InformedAttribute.
* TragicMonster: Abused severely from a young age, sentenced to be executed despite being clearly mentally incompetent, and then subjected to brutal experiments that turn him into a vicious, uncontrollable beast.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Morrison]]
!Joseph Morrison
->'''Patient No.''': 02
->'''Sentence''': Death
->'''Crime(s)''': One count of capital murder
->'''Location''': Lewis County, Nevada

One of the Death Row convicts selected for Project Noah, who later become The Twelve.

!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Chavez]]
!Victor Chavez
->'''Patient No.''': 03
->'''Sentence''': Death
->'''Crime(s)''': One count of capital murder; two counts of aggravated sexual assault with a minor
->'''Location''': Elko County, Nevada

One of the Death Row convicts selected for Project Noah, who later become The Twelve.

!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Baffes]]
!John Baffes
->'''Patient No.''': 04
->'''Sentence''': Death
->'''Crime(s)''': One count of capital murder; one count of second-degree murder with depraved indifference
->'''Location''': Pasco County, Florida

One of the Death Row convicts selected for Project Noah, who later become The Twelve.

!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Turrell]]
!Thaddeus Turrell
->'''Patient No.''': 05
->'''Sentence''': Death
->'''Crime(s)''': One count of capital murder of a Homeland Security officer
->'''Location''': New Orleans Feeral Housing District

One of the Death Row convicts selected for Project Noah, who later become The Twelve.

!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Winston]]
!David Winston
->'''Patient No.''': 06
->'''Sentence''': Death
->'''Crime(s)''': One count of capital murder; three counts of aggravated sexual assault
->'''Location''': New Castle County, Delaware

One of the Death Row convicts selected for Project Noah, who later become The Twelve.

!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sosa]]
!Rupert Sosa
->'''Patient No.''': 07
->'''Sentence''': Death
->'''Crime(s)''': One count of vehicular homicide with depraved indifference
->'''Location''': Lake County, Indiana

One of the Death Row convicts selected for Project Noah, who later become The Twelve.

!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Echols]]
!Martin Echols
->'''Patient No.''': 08
->'''Sentence''': Death
->'''Crime(s)''': One count of capital murder; one county of armed robbery
->'''Location''': Cameron Parish, Louisiana

One of the Death Row convicts selected for Project Noah, who later become The Twelve.

!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lambright]]
!Horace Lambright
->'''Patient No.''': 09
->'''Sentence''': Death
->'''Crime(s)''': Two counts of capital murder; two counts of aggravated sexual assault
->'''Location''': Maricopa County, Arizona

One of the Death Row convicts selected for Project Noah, who later become The Twelve.

!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Martinez]]
!Julio Martinez
->'''Patient No.''': 10
->'''Sentence''': Death
->'''Crime(s)''': One count of capital murder of a peace officer
->'''Location''': Laramie County, Wyoming

The tenth Death Row convict and a former attorney. He was sentenced for the seemingly unprovoked murder of a police officer, but during his life it was never discovered that he was actually a serial killer/rapist.

!!Tropes:
* AmoralAttorney: In life, he was a lawyer famous for taking on high-publicity cases that would bring him fame.
* ArchEnemy: To Alicia, who keeps having dreams about his murder of Louise. After Alicia's [[spoiler:rape,]] she sinks all her hatred into him and he becomes her representation of [[spoiler:all rapists.]]
* AttentionWhore: He didn't much care if he won or lost his cases, he just wanted the fame that came with the high publicity.
* ForTheEvulz: Martinez does just about anything for the sheer joy of it, be it murder, rape, torture or genocide.
* ItsAllAboutMe
* {{Jerkass}}: Martinez was always a smug jerk, and doesn't even share the same sense of brotherhood the rest of the Twelve have. He dislikes them strongly, considering them to be poor company.
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath: Alicia kills him in retribution for Louise.]]
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil
* SerialKiller: He raped and murdered women, but was never found out in his human life.
* SmugSnake
* TheSociopath
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Reinhardt]]
!William Reinhardt
->'''Patient No.''': 11
->'''Sentence''': Death
->'''Crime(s)''': Three counts of capital murder; three counts of aggravated sexual assault
->'''Location''': Miami-Dade County, Florida

One of the Death Row convicts selected for Project Noah, who later become The Twelve.

!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Carter]]
!Anthony Lloyd Carter
->'''Patient No.''': 12
->'''Sentence''': Death
->'''Crime(s)''': One count of capital murder
->'''Location''': Harris County, Texas

->''"Man…said I got a job. Said it was important. Said…I special."''

The twelfth and final Death Row convict to be subjected to human tests at the Colorado facility. Unlike the other convicts, he's innocent of his crime and merely lacks the ability to make a coherent defense. Of course, people stop pushing him around when he becomes the twelfth viral...

!!Tropes:
* AntiVillain
* TheAtoner
* {{Badass}}
* BewareTheNiceOnes: It isn't the batshit insane Babcock or manipulative Fanning who [[spoiler:kills Richards.]]
* BookDumb
* ButtMonkey
* ChewToy
* TheDogBitesBack
* DreamWeaver
* IAmLegion
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* NighInvulnerability
* ScaryBlackMan: Somewhat subverted. He’s kind, gentle and the only innocent in the death row inmates. However, he can't [[{{HorrorHunger}} control himself.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Self-inflicted. Carter knows he can't control his hunger, so he [[spoiler:has Wolgast seal him up in an old streamliner.]]
* TragicMonster
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
[[/folder]]

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