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1	!The Heroes
2
3	[[folder:Ophelia]]
4	!Ophelia [=MacDermoth=]
5	Gregor's daughter, gifted with psychic abilities at birth.
6	[[quoteright:232:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/idophelia.jpg]]
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8	* ActionGirl: Downplayed, since if anyone tends to run into physical threats, it's usually Prescott. But she does manage to incapacitate Brother Barnstable with a sneak attack and she's also the one who both [[spoiler:takes out the Guardian and ensnares Shub-Niggurath]].
9	* BlessedWithSuck: While her psychic sensitivity is certainly useful, they can prove to be rather problematic and overwhelming when she picks up even the faintest vibrations.
10	* CatchPhrase: "I must concentrate."
11	* CoolOldLady: In the present day, she aids Bishop in finding out how the Elder Star was defeated.
12	* DeadpanSnarker: Rarely, but noticeable when she does.
13	-->'''Ophelia:''' (flat monotone, after seeing Alvin Carter's corpse in the wardrobe) [[{{Pun}} There's a skeleton in this closet]].
14	* ItAmusedMe: She [[ObfuscatingInsanity pretends to be senile]] to annoy her nurse.
15	* MissingMom: Her mother was driven mad and institutionalized for the rest of her life. Ophelia never met her, except in a vision.
16	* TheOphelia: Played with. Despite sharing the trope's name and having strong psychic abilities, she's actually quite sane. However, she inherited her powers when her mother was driven insane.
17	* PsychicPowers: She frequently has visions that give her glimpses of the future and aid her in finding clues.
18	[[/folder]]
19
20	[[folder:Gregor]]
21	!Dr. Gregor [=MacDermoth=]
22	[[quoteright:232:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/idgregor.jpg]]
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24	Ophelia's father.
25
26	* BadassBookworm: He's the chairman of the Department of Anthropology at Southwick University, which helps immensely in his pursuit of the knowledge to banish the Great Ancients and stamp out their worshipers.
27	* CatchPhrase: In ''The Miller Estate,'' he uses "Blast my light" and "Hell's bells" on a semi-regular basis.
28	* CoolOldGuy: Out of the trio, he's the most knowledgable on the Great Ancients and their cults. His age hasn't slowed him down in helping to banish their various manifestations. Notably, it's his incantation that [[spoiler:destroys Shub-Niggurath]].
29	* LargeHam: His original voice actor was rather strongly expressive over almost everything, even having an unexplained semi-British accent despite being in New England. In ''The Stone Circle'', he can still be a little dramatic, but is a bit more dry.
30	* OccultDetective: More so than either of his companions, his focus is primarily on finding hidden knowledge and collecting relics to help solve the mystery.
31	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Why he hunts the Great Ancients and their worshipers. His wife was driven insane on an expedition after witnessing a tribe summon Cthulhu.
32	[[/folder]]
33
34	[[folder:Prescott]]
35	!Prescott Bridgeman
36	[[quoteright:232:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/idprescott.jpg]]
37	A brilliant engineer and a paranormal investigator.
38
39	* AgentScully: Despite having worked with Ophelia and Gregor for some time, he remains skeptical about the existence of supernatural manifestations, calling anything to do with them "nonsense" or "preposterous". He seems to have outgrown this mindset somewhat after personally witnessing the Guardian.
40	* BadassLongcoat: In the second season, he wears a gray one.
41	* BadassNormal: Unlike Gregor, who's fluent in occult knowledge, or Ophelia, who is aided by her psychic powers, he's just a normal man. This doesn't stop him from killing or incapacitating several members of the Elder Star.
42	* CatchPhrase: In ''The Miller Estate:'' "My detection equipment is infallible." Though notably, [[InformedAttribute he only says this twice]].
43	* DeadpanSnarker: Given his skepticism on the paranormal in a setting where its existence is well-established, it's only inevitable that he'll make the occasional sarcastic quip.
44	-->'''Prescott:''' (seeing Gregor trapped under a pile of planks) You should have taken the stairs.
45	* EmpoweredBadassNormal: When he wears the Amulet of Mnar, which protects him from being brainwashed by Brother Barnstable.
46	* {{Foil}}: To Gregor. Both of them are highly intelligent paranormal investigators dedicated to hunting the Elder Star cult, but whereas Gregor is an old man who has no doubt about the existence of the Great Ancients, Prescott is a younger man who remains a skeptic in the face of the supernatural. And where Gregor's intelligence is more rooted in anthropology and occult knowledge, Prescott is more focused on building mundane gadgets to aid him in finding hidden hidden clues.
47	* GeniusBruiser: He's big and strong, but capable of making his own technology to aid him. He's also debunked many frauds who claim to have witnessed paranormal activity. Though notably, he's more likely to use his wits than his strength to take out various threats he faces, with the one exception of his TraintopBattle with Brother Barnstable.
48	* OccultDetective: A paranormal investigator who makes a career out of debunking frauds.
49	* SkepticNoLonger: As of ''The Stone Circle'', he's outgrown his skepticism and seems to acknowledge that the supernatural exists. Though notably, he still relies more on science than mysticism.
50	* TheWitchHunter: Not one himself, but he's descended from one of the executioners from the Salem Witch Trials.
51	[[/folder]]
52
53	!The Elder Star
54
55	[[folder:The Cardinal]]
56	!The Cardinal
57	[[quoteright:232:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/idcardinal.jpg]]
58	The enigmatic and powerful leader of the Elder Star.
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60
61	* BadassLongrobe: Wouldn't be a Cardinal without one.
62	* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Twice. First when the heroes activate the Duncan Creek node, then the Stonehenge node. However, it's implied that if the series continued, then he would have eventually been beaten at his own game.]]
63	* BigBad: As the leader of the Elder Star, hellbent on world domination, this comes naturally. Though he shares this duty with [[spoiler:Alicia Blackwood]] as of ''The Stone Circle.''
64	* CardCarryingVillain: He knows full well that the Great Ancients are pure evil, and willingly takes their side, believing that there is no real good in the universe.
65	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He's only ever called "the Cardinal". Although a book in the Miller Estate's library on the theory of Leys is written by one Cardinal Kardec, who may or may not be him.
66	* EvilIsHammy: Of the LargeHam variety in the first series, but mellows out (slightly) in the second and becomes more of a ColdHam.
67	-->'''The Cardinal:''' (in Ophelia's first vision of him) [[IncomingHam FOOOOOOL]]! Are you too dumb to understand my intentions? ''EVEN'' if you choose to close your eyes, '''''YOOOOOOOOUUUU will have CHOSEEEEEN'''''!
68	* EvilOldFolks: Around the better part of 700 years old, is immensely powerful, and wants to release the Great Ancients upon the world.
69	* FauxAffablyEvil: He mockingly congratulates the heroes on dispatching [[spoiler:the Guardian]] and [[spoiler:Shub-Niggurath]] and thereby [[spoiler:activating the nodes, calling them "partners" and "friends", thanking them for their unintentional help in restoring the reign of the Great Ancients for his own benefit]]
70	* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Despite having a clear enough personality, there's never any real reason given why he wants to bring the Great Ancients back other than because he's a power-hungry, seemingly insane StrawNihilist.
71	* KnightOfCerebus: The series is already undeniably dark as it is. But whenever he shows up, things get a hell of a lot worse and nightmarish, changing the narrative from the standard LovecraftLite where the good guys seemingly triumph over the Great Ancients and their servants into a CosmicHorrorStory where their efforts only helped hasten the doom of humanity.
72	* ManipulativeBastard: Oh, so much. [[spoiler:Everything the trio — and the gods — did to try and beat him at his own game was all according to his plan.]]
73	* OmnicidalManiac: His goal is to unleash the Great Ancients upon the world.
74	* PunyHumans: "Poor little creatures ..."
75	* Really700YearsOld: At ''least'' 700 years old.
76	* SinisterMinister: He may or may not have been a cardinal from the Vatican.
77	* StrawNihilist: His speeches to the heroes have give this impression. He scoffs at the notion of free will and sees the universe as little more than a playground for the Great Ancients.
78	* ThirdEye: Has one painted on his forehead in the first season, and in a couple episodes of the second. It's strangely absent in the final episode, though.
79	* TouchedByVorlons: He is thought to have tapped into the Great Ancients' power to some extent, which would explain his own power and his advanced age.
80	* XanatosGambit: It doesn't matter what course of action the heroes take, or if the [[BigGood new gods]] are assisting them. Thus far, [[spoiler:he's beaten the heroes both times, although his winning streak apparently didn't last forever.]]
81	[[/folder]]
82
83	[[folder:Alicia Blackwood]]
84	!Alicia Blackwood, aka [[spoiler:Baroness Alicia Vonaburg]]
85	[[quoteright:232:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baroness.jpg]]
86	A mysterious woman who wants to usurp the Cardinal as the leader of the Elder Star. She conspired with Alvin Carter to destroy the Guardian in ''The Miller Estate.''
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88	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:She's been playing with the heroes throughout the whole story, and is hellbent on world domination. One can be forgiven for thinking that she deserved to die gruesomely.]]
89	* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:She is kind and hospitable to her guests, even looking after Ophelia while she recovers from her journey through time. This, of course, is all a ruse.]]
90	* BigBad: [[spoiler:Of ''The Stone Circle,'' although she shares this duty with the Cardinal.]]
91	** BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: She sets the events of the Stone Circle in motion by inviting Ophelia to perform at a concert in London and hosts and assists the protagonists throughout their stay.]]
92	** BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:In the end, she just isn't savvy enough to be the true BigBad, and dies gruesomely for her efforts to be one.]]
93	* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Under the guise of Baroness Alicia Vonarburg, she invited Ophelia, Gregor, and Prescott to London for Ophelia to play at the London Philharmonic Society, leading them to find the remains of Shub-Niggurath scattered across England. This was all part of her plan to awaken and enslave the demon and assume the mantle of the master of the Elder Star.]]
94	* DidNotThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Apparently, she didn't take into account that awakening Shub-Niggurath would require a blood sacrifice, so she ends up serving as one.]]
95	* TheGhost: We only get to read her letters and hear her voice on a phonograph. [[spoiler:That is, until she's revealed to be Baroness Vonaburg.]]
96	* HeelFaceDoorSlam: In ''The Stone Circle,'' she turns against the Elder Star and asks Prescott and his companions to find the relics, and dies shortly afterwards. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Or so]] [[TheChessmaster we're lead to believe]].]]
97	* ImMelting: [[spoiler:How she dies.]]
98	* {{Ouroboros}}: [[spoiler:It's on her tiara.]]
99	* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:After awakening and trying to enslave Shub-Niggurath, she melts and her blood feeds the beast.]]
100	* RichBitch: Comes with being [[spoiler:a baroness and]] a member of the Elder Star.
101	* ShoutOut: Her surname is likely one to Creator/AlgernonBlackwood, who served as a major inspiration to Lovecraft's works.
102	* TheStarscream: She wants to overthrow the Cardinal.
103	* WalkingSpoiler: It's telling that almost everything relating to her is marked as a spoiler. [[spoiler:After all, she's hiding in plain sight throughout season 2.]]
104	[[/folder]]
105
106	[[folder:Henchmen]]
107	!The Henchmen
108	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/558187_arcane_online_mystery_serial_the_stone_circle_episode_3_browser.jpg]]
109	The Cardinal's {{Mook}}s, dressed in black hats and trench coats.
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111	* BadassLongcoat: Black trench coats.
112	* BrownNote: Simply revealing the Elder Sign in their hand will instantly drive someone irrevocably insane.
113	* DarkIsEvil: They wear black trench coats and hats, with most of their facial features obscured. And they're members of the dangerous [[ReligionOfEvil Elder Star]] cult.
114	* TheFaceless: Their facial features aren't discernible, except their eyes.
115	* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: One of them is encountered smoking a cigarette on the boat.
116	* ProphetEyes: White sclera with no pupils or irises.
117	* PutOnABus: After two episodes of confronting them, they are never seen again. However, since one is last seen being knocked overboard into the River Thames by Prescott and the other is left stranded and unconscious on a decoupled train car somewhere in the countryside, it's very easy to excuse ''why'' they aren't seen again.
118	* WakeUpCallBoss: Maybe not really bosses, but in case you were getting used to just avoiding aimless clicking, they came in and became the first physical threat you have to face.
119	[[/folder]]
120
121	!The Great Ancients and servants
122
123	[[folder:Great Ancients]]
124	A primordial race of evil beings.
125
126	!The Great Ancients in general:
127	* AdaptationalVillainy: Creator/HPLovecraft portrayed the Great Old Ones as not so much evil as they are beyond simple morality as we know it. Here, they are stated to be truly malevolent, and their only goal is to “restore their reign of chaos, and of terror.”
128	* AdaptationalWimp: The Book of Yhe says that the Talisman can be used to enslave or kill them, whereas they are usually portrayed as either being NighInvulnerable or having CompleteImmortality.
129	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Quite literally. They reigned over the PrimordialChaos prior to their banishment. Their sole purpose is to bring about destruction and chaos.
130	* DevilButNoGod: The new gods that had defeated the Great Ancients don't have as much earthly influence as them.
131	* EldritchAbomination: It goes without saying. After all, they’re an interpretation of the {{Trope Codifier}}s.
132	* EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily: Averted. They seem to have no qualms with sending their own out to Earth if it means a hastening of their return.
133	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: What else would happen if a vengeful race of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s were unleashed upon the earth?
134	* GreaterScopeVillain: None of the series' events would have happened if it weren't for them.
135	* PrimordialChaos: “In the beginning, only chaos existed …”
136	* SealedEvilInACan: Most of them are trapped somewhere outside time and space as we know it, while Cthulhu slumbers in the city of R’lyeh and Shub-Niggurath had his dismembered remains scattered across England.
137
138	!Shub-Niggurath:
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141	* AdaptationalWimp: Unlike the cloudlike abomination s/he is often portrayed as that can spawn an endless number of its horrible Thousand Young at will, this interpretation of Shub-Niggurath is limited to swatting and headbutting, and is subservient to (and can be destroyed by) the Talisman of Yhe, and an incantation. Not to mention that he's [[AntiClimaxBoss painfully easy to beat]].
142	* ArtifactOfDoom: His dismembered body parts. When the monks tried to bury them on holy grounds, they were almost always met with a catastrophe of some sort.
143	* GenderFlip: Many authors after Lovecraft’s time depict Shub as female. That’s not the case here.
144	* GoodWingsEvilWings: Evil, of course.
145	[[/folder]]
146
147	[[folder:The Guardian]]
148	!The Guardian of the Stone
149	A servant of the Great Ancients, responsible for the disappearance of many of Duncan Creek’s denizens.
150
151	* BlobMonster: Although it sometimes assumes a more humanoid shape.
152	* EldritchAbomination: Like its masters, albeit a lesser one.
153	* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Not much is really known about it other than that it's a powerful and dangerous monster that's responsible for a rash disappearances in Duncan Creek.
154	* TheHeavy: It's responsible for the events of ''The Miller Estate,'' and is more of an immediate threat than the real BigBad of the series, the Cardinal.
155	* HumanoidAbomination: It sometimes looks roughly human in appearance, although it's still really obvious that it's not.
156	* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: If the game over screens for ''The Miller Estate'' episode 4 are anything to go by, it has rows upon rows of sharp teeth.
157	[[/folder]]
158
159	[[folder:The Shadow]]
160	!The Shadow
161	An unnamed creature that assumes a shadowy form. It appears in a few episodes with every other pointless click of the mouse, and will either drive the player character insane or kill them if they click in the wrong place too many times.
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163	* AmbiguousSituation: Whether there is one shadow throughout the entire series or multiple, and what their nature is. It is implied, but never confirmed, that the shadow encountered in the first episode is a manifestation of the Guardian, as are the other threats faced throughout season one. The shadows encountered in season two on the other hand are never given any context- it is unknown whether they are connected to Shub Niggarath, or even to one another.
164	* EldritchAbomination: Assuming that it doesn't devour you outright, it's too horrific to be comprehended, as it can drive Prescott mad with a single glance at what's likely its true form in episode 1 of ''The Miller Estate.'' It also appears to have some sort of RealityWarper abilities.
165	* NothingIsScarier: You never see its true form, though one can assume from their reactions that the protagonists do.
166	* UnseenEvil: All that can ever be seen of it is its shadow.
167	* TheUnfought: It cannot be fought or killed. You just have to be cautious about clicking aimlessly.
168	[[/folder]]
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171
172	!Other Characters
173
174	[[folder:Bishop]]
175	!Steven Bishop
176
177	A young man who comes to visit Ophelia for guidance in the nursing home where she resides.
178
179	* MeaningfulName: WordOfGod says that had the series continued, [[spoiler:he would have been revealed to be the Cardinal in disguise, coming to finish Ophelia off and bring the Great Ancients back to earth]].
180	[[/folder]]
181
182	[[folder:Smith]]
183	!Ebenezer Smith
184
185	An elderly museum curator and an old friend of Gregor.
186
187	* DrivenToMadness: He’s so unsettled by Gregor revealing the hand to him that this apparently happens to him.
188	* WeHardlyKnewYe: We only get to see him once in the entire season, and one can only assume things didn’t end well for him.
189	[[/folder]]
190
191	[[folder:Mrs. MacDermoth]]
192	!Mrs. [=MacDermoth=]
193
194	Ophelia’s mother and Gregor’s widow.
195
196	* GoMadFromTheRevelation: She witnessed an African tribe summon what is implied to be Cthulhu, and was so traumatized that she lived the rest of her days out in a mental hospital.
197	* TheLostLenore: To Gregor.
198	* TheOphelia: Ironically, more so than her daughter.
199	[[/folder]]
200
201	[[folder:Janet]]
202	!Janet
203
204	Ophelia's ornery nurse.
205
206	* FieryRedhead: Has red hair and a bad temper.
207	* {{Jerkass}}: She's incredibly rude and easily annoyed by Ophelia's (supposed) insanity.
208	* LackOfEmpathy: Regardless of Ophelia's ObfuscatingInsanity, you'd think someone of Janet's profession would be a bit more sensitive to people suffering from mental illness.
209	[[/folder]]
210
211	[[folder:Alvin Carter]]
212	!Alvin Carter
213
214	The Miller villa's last tenant and a penpal of Alicia Blackwood.
215
216	* PosthumousCharacter: All that's shown of him outside of flashbacks and journal entries is his near-skeletal corpse in a closet. It's implied that he was murdered by the Cardinal.
217	* UnwittingPawn: To Alicia Blackwood.
218	[[/folder]]
219
220	[[folder:The New Gods]]
221	!The New Gods/The Elder Gods
222
223	Benevolent deities who fought the Great Ancients and banished them beyond the frontiers of the universe.
224
225	* AdaptationalHeroism: The Elder Gods, according to Lovecraft, were more of a neutral force that fought the Great Old Ones out of territorial obligation. But here, they're allies to the human race, and want to save them. Justified, because that's Creator/{{August Derleth}}'s vision of them, and his interpretation of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos is especially prominent in this series.
226	* BigGood: They leave artifacts scattered throughout time to help humanity to defeat the Great Ancients.
227	* TheGhost: They're never encountered in-game, and are only spoken of or represented by idols.
228	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: As with just about everyone in the game's universe, [[spoiler:the aid they offer is completely compatible with the Cardinal's schemes.]]

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