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6	Characters from the ''Laura Bow'' games. Beware of spoilers.
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9	!! '''Laura Bow'''
10	The titular main protagonist. An observant and noble hearted young woman with a knack for investigation.
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12	* AmateurSleuth: In the first game, in which she takes it upon herself to investigate the party guests (even ''before'' the murders start).
13	* AudioErotica: The flapper in the speakeasies ladies lounge in the second game says she has a sexy voice.
14	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Laura is a kind, optimistic, if somewhat unassuming and naïve young woman, but she's fully capable taking someone down through the power of her words and observation. This gives her [[ObfuscatingStupidity quite the advantage over people who dismiss her as a dumb southern girl]].
15	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: The aforementioned flapper makes no secret she's hot for Laura.
16	* GuileHeroine: Despite her naivety, Laura can be very cunning, especially in the second game.
17	* IntrepidReporter: In the second game, in which she takes advantage of her press pass to investigate the strange events happening at the museum.
18	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Downplayed, since Laura is shown to be naïve, but other times she uses this to throw people off whenever she gets useful information during her interrogations.
19	* PluckyGirl: Certainly the growing pile of bodies in both games doesn't seem to faze her much. In the first game, she does eventually start talking about how scared for her life she is, though this is only after discovering about six dead bodies.
20	* ThePollyanna: Despite the grisly situations she can find herself in, Laura almost always maintains her sunny disposition.
21	* RedIsHeroic: Like [[Franchise/NancyDrew another American girl detective]], Laura has red hair. This is partly for players' benefit, as it makes her easier to see in dimly lit rooms.
22	* SouthernBelle: Played with if Laura [[spoiler: gets killed by the falling bell.]] Her [[HaveANiceDeath death message]] proclaims she's now a REAL southern belle.
23	* TookALevelInCheerfulness: From the first to second games, Laura goes from modest to a noticeably more sunny person.
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27	[[folder:Cast of ''The Colonel's Bequest'']]
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29	!! '''Lillian Prune'''
30	A close friend of Laura’s and granddaughter of the Colonel. She is seemingly a friendly and carefree girl, but is hiding an inner darkness.
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32	* AttackOnTheHeart: [[spoiler:She either almost pulls it off or does so when she fatally stabs Clarence in his chest with a dagger.]]
33	* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:It comes with being a woman who ''completely loses it'' and tries to [[IfICantHaveYou kill everyone not named Henri Dijon]] in a single night.]]
34	* BigBad: [[spoiler:She's the SpreeKiller Laura's looking for in ''The Colonel's Bequest''.]]
35	* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:Lillian's this to Laura, ''especially'' since she's the BigBad.]]
36	* BludgeonedToDeath: [[spoiler:She kills Wilbur and Ethel by striking them over their heads with a fireplace poker and a rolling pin, respectively.]]
37	* ChokeHolds: [[spoiler:Lillian strangles Gloria to death using her own feather boa.]]
38	* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler: She has a cute little bob and is described as attractive by Laura... but she also murders seven people over the course of one night.]]
39	* DestinationDefenestration: [[spoiler:This is how she murders Gertrude.]]
40	* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Her killer becomes the game's TrueFinalBoss.]]
41	* HiddenVillain: [[spoiler:After all, Lillian ''is'' an AxCrazy SpreeKiller whenever no one's looking.]]
42	* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler: After realizing that Henri plans to share his wealth with ''all'' of his associates, employees, and relatives, Lillian starts up a killing spree in an attempt to make sure no one else earns affection from her surrogate father figure. It's also left unknown if she would have spared Laura.]]
43	* TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: [[spoiler:Lillian's fate courtesy of [[TrueFinalBoss Rudy]] after she tries to fatally shoot him.]]
44	* LonelyDollGirl: On at least two occasions, Laura finds Lillian in a playhouse, playing with and talking to a collection of dolls.
45	* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:In her SecretDiary, she blames everyone else except herself for her mental illness.]]
46	* TheOphelia: [[spoiler:As Laura soon discovers, Lillian had a mental breakdown after the suicide of her father. It's taken even ''further'' when she's unveiled as the game's BigBad.]]
47	* ParentalAbandonment: Her father committed suicide, and she isn't on very good terms with her mother.
48	* SecretDiary: [[spoiler:She has one which pretty much exposes her [[AxCrazy true]] [[SpreeKiller colors]].]]
49	-->''[[spoiler:May 27th (that's today!)]]''
50	-->''[[spoiler:Dear Diary,]]''
51	-->''[[spoiler:I'm so terribly upset! I can't believe Uncle Henri would do this to me! I thought I was like a daughter to him and now I find out I'm no more important than any of those other creeps! They can't get away with it, you know... they just can't! [[IfICantHaveYou Between you and me, Diary, you know they have to go because of what they all did to me.]] [[NeverMyFault I KNOW they were all in it together to have me put away in the nuthouse. I was never crazy, they just wanted me out of the picture!]] Now they have to...]]''
52	* SpreeKiller: [[spoiler:Killing seven people in one night certainly earns you this [[SarcasmMode honor]].]]
53	* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[spoiler:Lillian laces some cognac with Dr. Milliken's Miracle-Sleep Powder, resulting in Fifi and Jeeves dying once they drink it.]]
54	* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:All the tropes and the white space should make it clear that Lillian is '''not''' innocent.]]
55
56	!! '''Ethel Prune'''
57	Lillian’s whiney mother who is a severe alcoholic.
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59	* TheAlcoholic: Is mentioned to have problems with alcohol. By Act III, we can see it is absolutely true.
60	* DrowningMySorrows: Celie states that her alcoholism began after her husband's suicide.
61	* LadyDrunk: By Act II she's tipsy at the bar; by Acts III and IV she's staggering around the grounds in a stupor.
62
63	!! '''Colonel Henri Dijon'''
64	The Colonel mentioned in the title. A grumpy veteran who has gathered his family and close associates to hear the reading of his will. The game takes palace in his old mansion.
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66	* BrokenPedestal: Lillian considered him to be her second father, only for him to rather cruelly tell her otherwise.
67	* ColonelBadass: He's a decorated hero of the Spanish-American war.
68	* DirtyOldMan: He's carrying on an affair with Fifi, who is in his employ and at least half his age.
69	* DisabledSnarker: He's definitely very snarky, but as it turns out -- [[spoiler:not quite as disabled as he's led everyone to believe]].
70	* KickTheDog: Tells an obviously upset Lillian that even though she thought of him as a father figure, he just sees her as an "insecure, whiny kid" who is no more important to him than anyone else in his family.
71	* PetTheDog: In the best of the two alternate endings, he'll let you keep the buried treasure as a thank-you for saving his life. Bonus points in a sequence that literally shows him patting his ''real'' dog.
72	* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:To give him credit, Henri has a cane, and when Laura sees him get out of his wheelchair, he is having difficulty. To put it simply, while he has a handicap, he's exaggerating how much it's affecting him.]]
73	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Telling Lillian that she isn't nearly as special to him as she'd assumed [[spoiler:only serves to add more fuel to her murder spree.]]
74
75	!! '''Clarence Sparrow'''
76	The Colonel’s shifty and short-tempered attorney.
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78	* AmoralAttorney: As Laura discovers, he's been embezzling the Colonel's money to stake on race-horses.
79	* KavorkaMan: Despite his age, he maintains an affair with Gloria.
80	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's obviously named off of Clarence Darrow.
81	* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Clarence is the most obvious suspect when the game begins. After the Colonel, he’s the most hostile person Laura can question and has clear motivation for killing the first four victims (and even argues with three of them shortly before their deaths). It isn't until Act V that his more relaxed demeanor, plus Lillian's increasingly AxCrazy behavior, starts to throw everything into question.]]
82
83	!! '''Gertrude Dijon'''
84	Sister-in-law to the Colonel and mother of Rudy and Gloria. A snobbish and arrogant woman.
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86	* GrandeDame: Has the attitude, outfit and snobbery one would expect.
87	* OutdatedOutfit: Laura notes that Gertrude's outfit is straight from TheGayNineties.
88	* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:She's the first murder victim.]]
89
90	!! '''Gloria Swansong'''
91	Daughter of Gertrude and granddaughter of the Colonel. A promiscuous actress suffering from an unknown disease.
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93	* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: It's never stated what sickness Gloria has, only that it has the capability to hurt her career.
94	* FluffyFashionFeathers: Gloria wears a pink feather boa [[spoiler:and ends up dying by being strangled with it.]]
95	* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler: Her stage name is Swansong, which means last performance. She dies in Act III.]]
96	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A takeoff of silent screen actress Creator/GloriaSwanson.
97	* PetTheDog: If questioned, she'll admit she's too hard on Lillian and wants to do better by her. [[spoiler:Not that it stops Lillian from killing her.]]
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100	!! '''Rudy Dijon'''
101	Son of Gertrude and only grandson of the Colonel. An extremely unpleasant and arrogant womanizer.
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103	* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Rudy's not the game's BigBad, but he ''is'' the TrueFinalBoss, so if Henri dies, victory is his.]]
104	* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:He posthumously frames Henri for Lillian's KillingSpree if he manages to kill him during their final confrontation.]]
105	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: If you tell him about [[spoiler:Gertie's death (or Gloria's, for that matter)]], he will get very upset and go to check. [[spoiler:Of course, as Lillian cleans up the bodies, he'll never find them.]] For the other characters, he won't care.
106	* FalseInnocenceTrick: [[spoiler:If Henri does not survive, Rudy claims he was the aggressor [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit and blames him for all the murders]].]]
107	* ForcefulKiss: He tries this not once but ''twice'' with Fifi, first in his bedroom and then in hers. She struggles and then slaps him both times.
108	* InheritanceMurder: [[spoiler:Not initially, but after stopping [[DiscOneFinalBoss Lillian]], [[TrueFinalBoss he decides to finish the job]].]]
109	* KillingInSelfDefense: [[spoiler:[[TheKillerBecomesTheKilled Rudy only kills Lillian because she tried to shoot him dead]]. He also falsely claims this regarding his attempt on Henri's life.]]
110	* PetTheDog: Literally, as in Act VI, Rudy can be seen on the back porch petting Beauregard.
111	* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:He's the final threat Laura faces in ''The Colonel's Bequest''.]]
112	* UpperClassTwit: He does nothing other than flirt with women and rack up gambling debts. (Though Laura does admit he's handsome.)
113
114	!! '''Dr. Wilbur C. Feels'''
115	The Colonel’s perverted doctor who really isn’t a very good doctor.
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117	* DirtyOldMan: Referred to as one verbatim by Laura.
118	* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: It's rumored he 'samples' his own medicine.
119	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A takeoff of Creator/WCFields.
120
121	!! '''Fifi'''
122	The Colonel’s voluptuous maid who is quite popular with all the men in the mansion.
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124	* FrenchMaid: Is French, is a maid, and wears a classic French Maid's outfit. There couldn't be a more quintessential example of this trope.
125	* GoldDigger: Heavily implied to be this. The rest of the cast remarks (accurately) that for being a maid, Fifi doesn't do a lot of cleaning.
126	** Though she can be seen dusting in the study and parlor, so it might be just them thinking she is. Also she's flirting with the butler, something one thinks a gold digger wouldn't do. Then again, she could be plotting to marry Henri to get his money and then, after he dies, remarry Jeeves.
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128	!! '''Jeeves'''
129	The Colonel’s grim butler who keeps to himself.
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131	* TheJeeves: He's a butler, and his name is Jeeves. Played completely straight.
132	* TheQuietOne: Rarely speaks, and if Laura tries to speak with him in private, he just asks her to leave him alone, being the only character who never answers any of Laura’s questions. [[spoiler:Though he is having an affair with Fifi.]]
133	* ShirtlessScene: In Act V, Laura can find him in his room shirtless, getting ready for his date with [[spoiler:Fifi]].
134	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He cleans up (destroys) the evidence at the scene of at least two murders without a thought.
135
136	!! '''Celie'''
137	The Colonel’s cook and alongside Laura is the only other morally sound person in the mansion.
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139	* ArbitrarySkepticism: Throughout the game she'll share all sorts of portentous words about how there's a "bad moon" and that she can feel "evil in the air." But try to tell her that Laura is continually stumbling across dead bodies, and she'll brush it away as just seeing things in the swamp mists.
140	* BlackGuyDiesFirst: Totally {{averted}}: she's the only character to survive the ordeal in ''both'' alternative endings, apart from [[spoiler:Rudy]].
141	* HollywoodVoodoo: Celie is a practitioner (though she insists for good intentions). Unlike the hoodoo description, Celie is shown to be a devout Catholic and prays in a church. Given the first ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight'', this could be a case of ShownTheirWork.
142	* {{Mammy}}: Has many characteristics of a classic, stereotypical mammy.
143	* SassyBlackWoman: Will often have something snarky to say when Laura or someone else does something foolish.
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147	[[folder:Cast of ''The Dagger of Amon Ra'']]
148
149	!! '''Dr. Archibald Carrington III'''
150	The newly elected president of the Leyendecker Museum.
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152	* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Watney murdered Dr. Carrington during his steamship journey to New York, the one in the prologue. Watney then [[HideTheEvidence dumped Carrington's body into a trunk]] and [[DeadPersonImpersonation disguised himself as Carrington]].]]
153	* PlotTriggeringDeath: [[spoiler:His murder begins the plot of the game's story.]]
154	* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He is strangled to death by Watney during the game's story introduction.]]
155
156	!! '''Yvette Delacroix'''
157	A flirtatious secretary of Dr. Carrington.
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159	* GreenEyedMonster: She invokes this in both the Countess and Laura. Justified in the former's case: Yvette was with her husband.
160	* GoodBadGirl: Despite her lustful behavior, Yvette cares for those she is close to. Examples of this include her concern about Lavinia's [[GoldDigger legal battle for Sterling's wealth]] and her warning to Ernie about the dangers of gambling.
161	* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Her French accent is intriguing to many.
162	* HighClassCallGirl: Before working as a secretary for the Leyendecker Museum, Yvette worked as a call girl. However, she is privately ashamed of this and quietly tries to distance herself from her past. Ziggy apparently knew her as a call girl but she distances herself from him at the museum party.
163	* ReallyGetsAround: Years ago, she had a [[IntroductionByHookup one-night stand]] with Crodfoller before his marriage. Yvette currently maintains relationships with several men at the same time, most notably Ernie and Detective O'Riley. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this is the reason why [[GreenEyedMonster the culprit]] eventually kills her.]]
164	* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:When her body is discovered, Yvette is found clutching [[DyingClue a pair of bifocal glasses and a few strands of red human hair]].]]
165	* TheTease: She enjoys flirting with strong, handsome men.
166	* WaxMuseumMorgue: [[spoiler:After the culprit strangled Yvette to death with her own stockings, he covered her body with plaster and posed the body as an upright statue as the plaster hardened. He then placed the plastered body [[HiddenInPlainSight in the museum's Old Masters Gallery]].]]
167
168	!! '''Dr. Pippin Carter'''
169	A proud Englishman who is the curator of Egyptology for the the museum.
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171	* CondescendingCompassion: When asked by Laura about whether the Tutankhamun exhibit will appear at the Leyendecker Museum in the future, Dr. Carter stated that he would rather not embarrass his cousin by letting his Dagger exhibit outshine the latter's accomplishment.
172	* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:O'Reilly kills him because Pippin has meeting scheduled with Carrington, AKA Watney Little, and is determined to find the dagger.]]
173	* InsufferableGenius: He is particularly enthusiastic when talking about himself or his archeological accomplishments, especially his discovery of the Dagger of Amon Ra. He also likes to emphasize how lucky the Leyendecker Museum is to have a curator of his caliber and he has eyes set on the museum presidency.
174	* {{Jerkass}}: He is rude and dismissive to those he doesn't like or who offend him.
175	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: He is named for Howard Carter, the discoverer of Tutankhamen's tomb. In-universe, Pippin remarks that Dr. Carter's is some kind of relative.
176	* PlotTriggeringDeath: [[spoiler:The discovery of Dr. Carter's dead body, stabbed in the chest with a souvenir Dagger, inside a sarcophagus truly begins the story's mystery.]]
177
178	!! '''Wolf Heimlich'''
179	The dim-witted Chief of Security for the museum. Don't expect him to be actually useful.
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181	* AffectionateNickname: Myklos likes to call Heimlich "Wolfie".
182	* AllGermansAreNazis: Heimlich's appearance is that of a stereotypical German Nazi soldier and he habitually walks in a goose step.
183	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:In the good ending, Heimlich and Myklos get married two months after the story ends. Two years later, they have a daughter whom they name Morgana Wolf Heimlich.]]
184	* GoodCopBadCop: He plays the role of bad cop when Laura [[spoiler:finds Ziggy's head.]]
185	* IdiotHoudini: [[spoiler:Thanks to Laura's success in solving the mystery, Heimlich remains as the museum's Chief of Security despite his incompetence.]]
186	* InspectorLestrade: [[spoiler:He accused Laura of being the murderer simply because she was always the first to discover the victims.]]
187	* PoliceAreUseless: [[spoiler:Despite being the Chief of Security at the Leyendecker Museum, six murders occurred at the museum during his watch. This could also have something to do with O'Reilly keeping him off the scent.]]
188	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:[[AvertedTrope Averted]]. He keeps [[WallOfWeapons a collection of various medieval weapons]] in his office. An improperly tied claymore [[HaveANiceDeath could kill Laura if she fiddled with it]]. The culprit takes a spiked mace from the office when he finally decides to kill Laura.]]
189
190	!! '''Dr. Olympia Myklos'''
191	An eccentric woman with an intense love of paleontology, giving her a rather unnerving fascination with death.
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193	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:In the good ending, Heimlich and Myklos get married two months after the story ends. Two years later, they have a daughter whom they name Morgana Wolf Heimlich.]]
194	* GeniusDitz: She knows a lot about paleontology, but her strange and detached nature causes her to be very oblivious when the Countess [[spoiler:spills the beans on who tried to kill her.]]
195	* NightmareFetishist: She has a morbid fascination with death and the dead. In fact, one reason why Myklos is a paleontologist is that she enjoys being surrounded by dead things. For example, she has looked over both Heimlich and Steve for their scars and considers the Amon Ra artifacts brought by Dr. Carter to be a tribute to the wonders of death. [[spoiler:When Myklos discovered the dying Countess in her museum office, her first comment was on the attractiveness of Lavinia's now-pale face.]]
196	* SkewedPriorities: Several weeks before the story began, Myklos carelessly lost several Egyptian cobras in the museum basement. She seemed more concerned about the cobras' welfare rather than about the potential danger they could pose to human life.
197	* TheStoic: She remains rather calm and unperturbed as the story's mystery unfolds. [[spoiler:This was taken to an ridiculous level when Myklos remained disturbingly calm and fascinated when she discovered the Countess dying in her office from a cobra bite. It is likely that her personal fascination with death helped her remain calm despite the increasing number of violent murders around her.]]
198	* UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople: Myklos has a pet ferret named Daisy and a pet Egyptian cobra named Barney, the latter of whom she keeps in her museum office.
199	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:[[AvertedTrope Averted]]. While being chased by the culprit, Laura and Steve encounter Myklos' lost cobras in an underground tunnel. The cobras [[HaveANiceDeath would have killed them]], had Laura not been carrying some [[EncounterRepellant snake oil]].]]
200
201	!! '''Ernie Leach'''
202	A rather sketchy but nice guy who is the janitor of the museum.
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204	* HandyMan: He is the caretaker and handyman of the Leyendecker Museum. [[spoiler:Ernie also moonlights as a fence installer, which he describes during the story as a [[ThatCameOutWrong fencing job]].]]
205	* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Ernie is in charge of the alcohol vats in the preservation lab. Because that was where the Dagger of Amon Ra was stashed after Laura found it in the gift shoppe, O'Reilly overheard a message from Olympia telling Ernie to check the vat it was stashed in. As such, O'Reilly murdered him by drowning him there, leaving [[DyingClue warthog hairs]] on his shirt.]]
206	* TokenMinority: He is the only African-American in the game's story.
207	* TrappedByGamblingDebts: According to Yvette, Ernie has a gambling habit and is now in debt to a loan shark known as the Icepick.
208	* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: He is one of many men in a relationship with Yvette.
209
210	!! '''Detective Ryan Hanrahan O'Riley'''
211	The Irish American detective who is looking into the theft of the Dagger of Amon Ra. There is more to him than meets the eye.
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213	* BigBad: [[spoiler:He is the one who planned the Dagger's theft and he is personally responsible for all of the museum murders.]]
214	* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:In his attempt to steal the Dagger of Amon Ra, O'Riley has cruelly murdered at least six people with the goal of [[LeaveNoWitnesses eliminating anyone who can trace the Dagger's theft to him]]... and he wouldn't have stopped there.]]
215	* EvilRedhead: [[spoiler:He has red hair and is the most evil person in this story.]]
216	* EvilWearsBlack:[[spoiler: When he finally goes after Laura, O'Riley is dressed in a black hooded robe that completely conceals his features except for his hands.]]
217	* {{Greed}}: [[spoiler: You can claim O'Reilly committed the murders except for Yvette as financial gain, and it's considered correct.]]
218	* InspectorLestrade: When investigating the Dagger's theft [[spoiler:and the museum murders]], O'Riley always goes for the most obvious suspects. For example, he considers Dr. Tut Smith to be the prime suspect for stealing the Dagger of Amon Ra because the latter's arguments with Dr. Carter are well-known. [[spoiler:When trying to deduce Dr. Carter's murderer, O'Riley's first idea is someone who didn't like him, which could be a lot of people considering that Dr. Carter is an InsufferableGenius.]]
219	* KillerCop: [[spoiler:He is a police detective and a ruthless murderer who won't hesitate to kill those who stand in his way.]]
220	* LeaveNoWitnesses: [[spoiler:This is his motive for most of the museum murders. Pippin was determined to find the dagger and had meetings with co-conspirator Watney Little lined up, Watney himself actually committed the theft, while Ziggy and the Countess were Watney's partners in crime. Averted with Yvette, Ryan's motivation there was because she was with other men.]]
221	* LoveHurts: He is a divorced man and he [[NeverBeHurtAgain hates the idea of being heartbroken again]]. O'Riley once told his current lover, Yvette, that he would kill her if he found her to be unfaithful. [[spoiler: [[GreenEyedMonster He]] eventually carried out his threat in a violent struggle.]]
222	* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:After learning about Watney's true identity, O'Riley made a deal with the English con man. In exchange for Scotland Yard's police file on himself, Watney would help O'Riley steal the Dagger of Amon Ra. After Watney is successful in doing so, O'Riley [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness murders him]] to cover up the crime.]]
223	* OfficerOHara: He is a police detective and he has an Irish name and accent.
224	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Table grapes are O'Riley's favorite food.
225	* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:He is the main culprit of the Leyendecker Museum mystery.]]
226	* WeWillMeetAgain: [[spoiler:After he is sentenced to 60 years in a state penitentiary for his crimes, he is seen swearing revenge against Laura in a prison yard.]]
227
228	!! '''Steve Dorian'''
229	A reserved and kindly man who does a lot of manual labor around the museum.
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231	* DentedIron: Apparently, his job left his body covered in scars. To Olympia's delight.
232	* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:Is badly injured by Ryan when Ryan killed Yvette. He was dumped in a coal chute and left for dead. Laura must save him.]]
233	* LoveAtFirstSight: He falls for Laura immediately, the feeling is mutual.
234	* HiddenDepths: He's an art student in addition to being a stevedore.
235	* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:He and Laura start dating in the best ending.]]
236	* PunnyName: His name is a pun for stevedore, which is his job.
237
238	!! '''Dr. Ptahsheptut "Tut" Smith'''
239	A dignified though fussy representative of the Museum of Cairo who wants the Dagger returned to its home of Egypt.
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241	* {{Jerkass}}: An arrogant and long-winded man who constantly speaks down to everyone. Laura and everyone else in the museum understandably don't like being around him, even Tut's own friend Rameses can't seem to stand him.
242	* RedHerring: [[spoiler:He's set up as Pippin's murderer. He then vanishes from the story before Ziggy's murderer, and he's not seen again unless you get the good ending]] or randomly see him around the museum.
243
244	!! '''Lawrence "Ziggy" Ziegfield'''
245	An extremely nervous man who owns a speakeasy.
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247	* FriendInTheBlackMarket: [[spoiler:For his part in an art burglary scheme with the Countess and Watney, Ziggy acted as the middleman and provided forged paintings to switch with the real ones at the museum. He then sold the real paintings to private collectors and split the profits with his conspirators.]]
248	* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:The culprit killed Ziggy because the latter's underworld connections would allow him to eventually deduce the culprit's identity. And that assumes he didn't already know since the actual thief Watney Little was the conspirator.]]
249	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:He is killed when he is pierced by the beak of a life-sized pterodactyl model. The culprit cut the wires suspending the pterodactyl model from the ceiling just as Ziggy passed underneath. The culprit then [[ForTheEvulz cruelly]] [[OffWithHisHead cut off Ziggy's head]]and placed the head in the museum's Life Mask Exhibit.]]
250	* TheInformant: He has many underworld connections and resources. In addition to being Crodfoller's contact in New York's criminal underworld, Ziggy also acts as a [[TheStoolPigeon snitch]] to the New York police in exchange for leniency.
251	* TheParanoiac: Because he is a [[TheStoolPigeon stool pigeon]], Ziggy is distrusted by criminals and police officers alike. He is extremely paranoid as a result.
252	* TwitchyEye: Ziggy's trademark [[CharacterTics facial tic]] due to constant paranoia. (Note that this only applies to the CD-ROM version. His eyes don't twitch and look far less creepy in his floppy disk portrait.)
253
254	!!'''Rameses Najeer'''
255	A bespectacled man who seems nice enough, but holds some dark secrets.
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257	* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:After finding out that Laura is being chased by the killer, he gives her directions to escape and swears the killer won't leave the room alive.]]
258	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Surprisingly, he and his corrupt cult are allowed to continue their meetings in the museum in secret. Granted, they seem to have stopped utilizing HumanSacrifice in their rituals, but Laura was still in sincere danger among them at first.]]
259	* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:He may be the head of the sinister cult of Amon Ra, but he nonetheless has some standards. When Laura reveals the killer is after her, Rameses shows sincere concern for her (despite being quite eager to sacrifice her earlier) and gives her vital information to help save her and solve the mystery.]]
260	* ReligionOfEvil: [[spoiler:Part of a cult dedicated to Amon Ra, which involves HumanSacrifice.]]
261
262	!!'''Countess Lavinia Waldorf-Carlton'''
263	An elderly rich woman with a flamboyant personality.
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265	* AccentSlipUp: Though she usually speaks in an IAmVeryBritish manner, if Laura asks probing questions or presents her with shocking information, her natural Cockney accent comes out quite abruptly.
266	* AlmostDeadGuy: She [[spoiler:lives long enough to tell Dr. Myklos that O'Reily was the one who attacked her.]]
267	* GoldDigger: Sterling, her late husband, believed this of her. She denies it [[spoiler: but it is clear money is her prime motivator, considering her art burglary scheme.]]
268	* GrandeDame: Her behavior in polite society is very flamboyant, but [[spoiler: this facade breaks easily when she gets flustered.]]
269	* SheKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:The Countess was partners with Watney Little. In fact, she brought him over from England to run her art burglary scheme. Because of this, O'Reilly kills her so she doesn't blab about the dagger.]]
270
271	!!'''Watney Little'''
272	A weaselly thief who plays a major role in one of the games biggest twists.
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274	* ConMan: [[spoiler:He is a notorious career criminal and most of his crimes involve fraud and larceny.]]
275	* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:After murdering Dr. Carrington, Watney disguised himself as Carrington with no one being the wiser...until O’Riley found out. The Countess was the only one aware of the plan from the beginning.]]
276	* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:He is known to Ziggy as an dangerous, internationally wanted criminal.]]
277	* HumanPincushion: [[spoiler:The culprit [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kills Watney]] by pushing him onto the quills of a preserved porcupine on an office desk.]]
278	* MoleInCharge: [[spoiler:By posing as the museum president Dr. Carrington, Watney was in a unique position for committing crimes at the Leyendecker Museum. For his part in an art burglary scheme with Lavinia and Ziggy, Watney ensured that forged paintings were switched for the museum's real ones and stopped anyone from investigating the thefts if they were discovered. He also had no problem with stealing the Dagger of Amon Ra during a routine walk through the museum.]]
279	* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:As he dies, Watney manages to [[DyingClue write the letters "CP" in his own blood]] on an office desk. "CP" refers to the novel "Crime and Punishment" in the office bookcase, where Watney's police file is hidden. This file provides an important clue to solving the mystery.]] He's also the victim of one if his schemes gets exposed: [[spoiler:Steve points out that he and the Countess are in cahoots, while Olympia will notice he walks through the museum at night.]]
280	* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Knowledge of his existence alone is considered a spoiler.]]
281
282	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / LauraBow