Line #16 Characters/CleanRoom


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2
3	!!Civilians
4
5	[[folder:Chloe Pierce]]
6	!!Chloe Pierce
7
8	A journalist from Florida whose fiancé committed suicide after coming into contact with the Honest World Foundation, prompting her to investigate them.
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10	* DrivenToSuicide: She attempts to commit suicide in the first issue, but survives.
11	%%* IntrepidReporter: Her job.%%ZCE. Quotes aren't context.
12	%%-->''"Screw ComicBook/{{Superman}}; I wanted to be ComicBook/LoisLane."''
13	* QueerEstablishingMoment: Most of her romantic partners in the comic are men, but she kisses Killian later in the comic.
14	* TheUnfettered: At the start of the series, she has lost just about everything that mattered to her, meaning the Honest World Foundation doesn't have anything to use against her.
15	[[/folder]]
16
17	[[folder:Avil Demakos]]
18	!!Avil Demakos
19
20	A detective from Florida; an ally of Chloe and later her boyfriend.
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22	* FairCop: He is a police detective and a very handsome man.
23	* FriendOnTheForce: He's a detective who's always willing to help Chloe. He even travels all the way to Chicago to help her in the finale.
24	[[/folder]]
25
26	[[folder:The Haverlin Brothers]]
27	!!The Haverlin Brothers
28
29	Chloe's neighbors.
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31	* BewareTheNiceOnes: They're really friendly and caring guys, but not afraid to put up a fight if they or Chloe are seriously threatened.
32	* NiceGuy: As Chloe puts it, their mother raised them well. They saved Chloe when she tried to commit suicide and are always ready to help.
33	* ThoseTwoGuys: They live together and are almost never seen apart.
34	[[/folder]]
35
36	!!The Honest World Foundation
37
38	[[folder:Astrid Mueller]]
39	!!Astrid Mueller
40
41	The founder and leader of the Honest World Foundation; previously a gothic horror novelist.
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43	* CelibateHero: Abstains from romantic attachments and close friendships in order to commit to stopping the entities.
44	* EmotionlessGirl: She rarely displays much emotion.
45	* TheGadfly: She has a habit of getting under people's skin by asking invasive, personal questions.
46	* GoodIsNotNice: She may be humanity's best defense against the Entities, but she isn't above manipulating and blackmailing her followers to do what needs to be done.
47	* GoshDangItToHeck: She doesn't like to swear.
48	* HeroWithBadPublicity: Sort of; while the accusations against her organization of blackmail, manipulation and a cult-like nature are well-founded, the existence of the Entities and her battle against them are unknown to the public.
49	* NervesOfSteel: Frequently stares down demons and mortal danger without so much as batting an eye.
50	* PetTheDog: She is incredibly ruthless, but also capable of genuine kindness if it's for someone who isn't a threat to her and if it doesn't get in the way of her battle with the Entities.
51	** She spares an assassin sent to kill her because [[spoiler:his wife was being held hostage by Wenuka's organization]]; he and [[spoiler:the wife]] are later seen as members of the Honest World Foundation.
52	** During a clean room session with a new recruit, [[spoiler:she lies and tells the recruit that her suicidal husband, who tried to get her to commit double suicide with him but only died himself, is glad that she lived (Astrid had no idea what he really thought, but convinced the recruit that she spoke to the husband from beyond the grave)]].
53	* SmartPeoplePlayChess: She's an avid chess player; even plays a more difficult variant with fairy pieces.[[note]]Regular chess pieces turned upside-down that move differently from regular ones. The comic specifically features wazirs, which are rooks that only move one space at a time[[/note]]
54	[[/folder]]
55
56	[[folder:Killian Reed]]
57	!!Killian Reed
58
59	One of Astrid's closest Rooks and confidantes.
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61	* BadassIsraeli: She's a former Mossad agent.
62	* ButchLesbian: She's gay, has short hair and dresses masculinely.
63	* TheLancer: To Astrid, being her closest confidant and one of her sort of friends.
64	* StatuesqueStunner: She's tall and gorgeous.
65	[[/folder]]
66
67	[[folder:Duncan]]
68	!!Duncan
69
70	Another of Astrid's closest Rooks.
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72	* BadassInANiceSuit: He always dresses in impeccable suits with waistcoats (usually without the jacket).
73	* TheBigGuy: He's by far the most muscular member of Astrid's protective detail.
74	* ManlyGay: He's in a relationship with Raven and one of the most skilled fighters in the comic as well as a former special forces commander.
75	* ManlyFacialHair: Has an impressive beard and is one of the strongest of Astrid's followers.
76	* TheMole: He was an informant to the Entities for a while, when they were threatening his boyfriend, Raven.
77	[[/folder]]
78
79	[[folder:Capone]]
80	!!Capone
81
82	One of Astrid's Rooks.
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84	* BadassInANiceSuit: She always wears a pantsuit.
85	* HairyGirl: She doesn't bother to shave her armpits.
86	* HighHeelPower: Badass, and usually wears heels; she seems to hate wearing flats.
87	* IntimateMarks: She has a cat-shaped tattoo on one of her breasts.
88	* RuggedScar: She has scars from what seems to be bullet wounds in her right shoulder and a smaller scar on her left hip.
89	* TwoferTokenMinority: She's half-Mexican and half-Singaporean.
90	[[/folder]]
91
92	[[folder:Anika Wells]]
93	!!Anika Wells
94
95	One of Astrid's earliest allies who was abducted and experimented on by the Entities.
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97	* BodyHorror: Because of what the Entities did to her, the right half of her body ages normally, but the left half ages much faster and now looks like an old crone.
98	* ICannotSelfTerminate: She begs Astrid to end her life, but Astrid can't bring herself to do it.
99	* MoralityPet: She is one of the few people to whom Astrid is consistently nice and caring without any intimidation or expecting anything in return.
100	* RapidAging: Half her body ages much slowly than the other.
101	[[/folder]]
102
103	[[folder:Raven]]
104	!!Raven
105
106	The team leader of the clean room control staff.
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108	* MissionControl: He and his team oversee the clean room's functioning while it is being used and act as a connection between the room and the outside world.
109	* StraightGay: He's gay and in a relationship with Duncan.
110	[[/folder]]
111
112	[[folder:Dr. Hagen]]
113	!!Dr. Hagen
114
115	A sex-obsessed scientist whose services Astrid retains to build a weapon against the Entities.
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117	* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's described as one of the horniest people on the planet, but also an engineering genius.
118	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: At one point, he shows up to a meeting and doesn't realize that he's not wearing pants until someone points it out to him.
119	* LovableSexManiac: Constantly horny but is not a bad guy.
120	[[/folder]]
121
122	!!Entities
123
124	[[folder:In General]]
125	!!In General
126	* {{Biomanipulation}}: They can manipulate the flesh of humans, even living ones, and twist it into horrific forms.
127	* KillAndReplace: They have been doing this for years, discreetly replacing people throughout the world.
128	* KryptoniteFactor: An expensive perfume called "White Mist" smells terrible for them and apparently burns them like acid to the touch; because of this, Astrid always wears lots of it.
129	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: They can disguise themselves as humans.
130	[[/folder]]
131
132	[[folder:SPOILER VILLAIN]]
133	!!Derica Mueller
134
135	Astrid's niece by her brother; also a member of the Entitites.
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137	* BrainyBaby: At least presents as a baby, but can speak like an adult and lead the Entities.
138	%%* DarkMessiah: For the Entities.
139	* EvilNephew: Astrid's niece and is a nasty being who wants to make all of humanity suffer, especially her aunt.
140	[[/folder]]
141
142	[[folder:The Surgeon]]
143	!!The Surgeon
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146	* EvilOldFolks: While his actual age is unknown, he appears as an old man and is one of the nastier Entities.
147	* HumanoidAbomination: Unlike most seen Entities (except for ones posing as humans), he is usually only kind of human-like, but his face is twisted and his skin is a sickly shade of grey.
148	[[/folder]]
149
150	%%[[folder:Spark]]
151	%%!!Spark
152	%%
153	%%A benign Entity who becomes an ally of Chloe.
154	%%----
155	%%* DefectorFromDecadence
156	%%* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor
157	%%[[/folder]]
158
159	!!Other
160
161	[[folder:Reston Wenuka]]
162	!!Reston Wenuka
163
164	The leader of a Christian(-ish) self help organization in Texas.
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166	* {{Foil}}: To Astrid; both are leaders of manipulative self-help movements similar to cults, but unlike Astrid, he has no good intentions or redeeming qualities; he is just a greedy, amoral con man.
167	* SnakeOilSalesman: His organization sells bottled water which, he admits in private, is 99% tap water from one of the most polluted water sheds in Colorado.
168	* WrongGenreSavvy: He thinks his whole competition with Astrid is just a matter of two cults trying to scam as much money as possible out of as many people as possible; little does he know that Astrid is waging a war against an infiltrating alien race.
169	[[/folder]]
170
171	[[folder:Artus Greenhand]]
172	!!Artus Greenhand
173
174	An obsessive fan of Astrid.
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176	* EvilRedhead: His hair is red like Astrid's and is a deranged bastard.
177	* HeManWomanHater: He refers to women as "critters" and genuinely doesn't see anything wrong with killing them.
178	* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:He has been abducting women, dressing them and even stapling wigs to their scalps to make them look like Astrid and torturing them to death]].
179	[[/folder]]

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