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[[folder: Main ''Amnesia'' characters]]
!!Daniel
--> '''Voiced by:''' Richard Topping

The PlayerCharacter. At the start of the game, he only remembers his name and where he is from (London, Mayfair).

* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Father]]: The [[AllThereInTheManual loading screens]] indicate he was raised by a particularly abusive father who would often kick him in the stomach.
* ActionSurvivor
* [[spoiler:AntiHero[=/=]AntiVillain]] Between the two. [[spoiler:He did terrible things to innocent victims for his own benefit unaware that some of his sacrifices were innocent. When he found himself murdering a young girl who couldn't possibly have deserved to die, he had a HeelRealization and resolved to atone.]]
* AndIMustScream: His worst fear comes true should he fail in the end: [[spoiler:trapped in the darkness he fears most forever.]]
* TheAtoner: His past self.
* CaptainObvious: Often, in flashback dialogue, diaries, and mementos.
* [[spoiler:TheDogBitesBack]]
* DoomMagnet: Literally. [[spoiler:Everywhere he goes, the Shadow of the Orb chases him and gruesomely kills those he comes into contact with.]]
* FamousLastWords: For the Alexander ending. [[spoiler:[[TheScream Aaah!]] [[BigNo NO!]] Arrrghh...AAH!]]
* [[spoiler:HeelRealization]]: [[spoiler:He finally realized he was a monster after murdering a young girl (in his words, killing an innocent to save a murderer - himself - when once he would have killed a murderer to save an innocent), and it tore him up inside. Realizing that Alexander led him down this road filled him with murderous rage, but just knowing what he had done made him wish he had died or allowed the Shadow to take him, leaving him mentally incapable of carrying out his vengeance. Wanting to stop Alexander even so...well, just look at the title for the solution he chose.]]
* HeroicMime: Subverted, Daniel's diary entries are all narrated by himself and the player occasionally hears him mumble and ramble to himself during game play. The subversion comes when [[spoiler:the player first encounters Agrippa, who seems to reply to speech from Daniel, but the player hears not a peep. Possibly explained in that Agrippa seems to possess PsychicPowers, and reads Daniel's mind in lieu of conversation.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]] In the Agrippa ending [[spoiler:he sends Agrippa through the gate to his and Alexander's world, leaving both himself and Alexander at the Shadow's mercy - and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge the Shadow has none.]] However, Agrippa is grateful and draws Daniel through to the other world after him, begging Weyer to help, and the last words of the game are his, reassuring Daniel that it will be all right]].
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:Daniel, after being mentored by Baron Alexander in how to ward off the Shadow of the Orb. The sacrifices Daniel made were criminals at ''first''...]]
--> '''Baron Alexander''': (''While a torture victim pleads innocence and for his life'') Don't pay attention to his lies! We're dealing with monsters here, after all. He set a man on fire.
* IdentityAmnesia: Induced deliberately.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A possible interpretation.
* MadnessMantra: Several! One within a semi-playable cutscene, [[spoiler:"Paint the man, cut the lines!"]] - and the rest whenever his sanity becomes too low, which are usually denials, confusion, echoes from the past or very Lovecraftian ramblings about the progress of the Shadow.
* MoralityPet: Though she never makes any actual appearance (which is probably fortunate), Daniel's chronically ill younger sister Hazel is a hint he had some redeeming features. He read books to her during her worst downturns in the hopes of helping her maintain the will to live, took the brunt of his father's rage to keep her safe, wished her goodbye before he left for Algeria, and [[spoiler:her offscreen fate changes depending on whether the player ticks some invisible markers during the game. If Daniel is compassionate, she lived; if he's selfish, she died. His HeelRealization also hinged upon her - the little girl he murdered just before the game made him break down in regret because she reminded him of Hazel]].
* [[spoiler: MyGodWhatHaveIDone]]: What leads up to him drinking the Amnesia Potion.
* NonActionGuy: He used to be an archaeologist - and not the [[AdventurerArchaeologist adventurer]] sort. The sort that researches things in books and has to carry a parasol in the desert to ward off heatstroke. With no memory and no weapons against a collection of hideously powerful monsters and a formless abomination whose presence tears apart reality, he may as well be a bug against a windshield. All he can do is run, hide and ''sometimes'' trick threats away, never directly attack them.
* PrimalFear: His fear of the dark; if you stand in darkness, his SanityMeter will drain.
** [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding The Shadow]] [[FateWorseThanDeath engulfs him in]] [[AndIMustScream absolute darkness in the Alexander ending...forever.]]]]
* SanitySlippage: It's an actual [[SanityMeter gameplay mechanic]] - Daniel's amnesiac mind is hanging by a thread that frays more and more with every horror he witnesses, and low enough levels see him begin hallucinating (both visually and aurally), losing control over his movements, and even outright collapsing in hysteria for several moments. [[spoiler:But it was also the reason he drank the amnesia potion. He was physically abused as a child, touching the Orb gave him visions and left him with "exhausting nightmares" that plagued him every time he slept, everyone he went to for help was murdered by the Shadow (as he was guilt-stricken to learn), and knowledge of the Shadow itself focusing upon him didn't make his sleep easier. Under Alexander's tutelage, he was at first reluctant to harm a criminal even at Alexander's urging...but little by little gained more enjoyment out of the pain and death he inflicted. He devolved into a brutal sadist, but eventually hit a breaking point that brought some measure of clarity back to his mind and drank the amnesia potion to keep his crimes from tormenting him long enough to revenge himself on Alexander.]]
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn]]: For Alexander.
* [[spoiler:VillainProtagonist]]: [[spoiler:Temporarily and only in the flashbacks. Before the game starts, he has sacrificed many people, many probably innocent, to save his own skin - although he was never told they were. It's clear once you get to the end of the story that he regrets what he has done.]]
* TheWatson: In flashbacks, he's the one asking questions to which Alexander provides answers, for benefit of both his current amnesiac self and the player.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Is It So Dark?]]: After an unexplained incident when he was a child, Daniel has a crippling phobia of darkness that he retains even after his memory loss. A flashback has Daniel-of-the-past very agitated about a dark tunnel even after being allowed to light his lantern, and as player character he will breathe hard, tremble and eventually begin to whimper if made to stand in darkness for too long.

!!Baron Alexander
--> '''Voiced by:''' Sam A. Mowry

The main antagonist. Daniel gave himself the mission of murdering him, for good reason. Unfortunately, it's not as simple as he believes.

* AffablyEvil: It is worth noting that Alexander isn't simply evil. He's not insane, he's not sadistic, and he takes no joy in his tasks. In his notes he expresses remorse for Daniel's corruption and the things he's done; he even seems a little shocked by Daniel's brutality.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: In the Agrippa or Revenge endings.]]
* AristocratsAreEvil: Played mostly straight -- while the Baron does evil deeds, the why of it might gain him sympathy points. As revealed in a handful of notes, he's [[spoiler:simply trying to get back home to his family]].
* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins: In the "Alexander" ending.]]
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:The reason that Daniel became a monster was because Alexander manipulated his desperation and fear.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes [[spoiler:His motivation for all the things he's done is to get back to his family.]]
* EvilOldFolks: And he ''is'' old. Much older than he looks.
* EvilSoundsDeep: His voice is noticeably deeper than Daniel's, whose speech is more nervous and breathy.
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:No, you fool! You've ruined us! You've killed us ''both''!]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Alexander just wants to return to his homeworld and reunite with his beloved wife. And if the energy needed to do this can only be obtained [[PoweredByAForsakenChild through torturing people]], then so be it.]]
* HaveANiceDeath: [[spoiler:Thank you, my friend. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten. You will be celebrated, forever!]]
* [[spoiler:HumanoidAbomination: Possibly. He's been around for a few centuries and comes from a different world. Examining at his portraits with low sanity reveals how he might really look.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: [[FateWorseThanDeath He gets screwed over]] ''[[KarmicDeath royally]]'' in the Agrippa/Revenge endings [[SpannerInTheWorks by the man]] [[UnwittingPawn he thought to]] [[TheDogBitesBack use and throw away.]]]]
* ManipulativeBastard
* NeverMyFault: Yes, Alexander, only Daniel deserves to be consumed by the Shadow. You didn't do a thing [[spoiler: except make him willing to torture and kill people, telling him it was to protect himself, to get your hands on a magic orb so you can return home and the alchemical fuel to perform the ritual. ''Daniel'' needs to be punished, but ''you're'' innocent as the sunrise.]]
* NonActionBigBad
* [[spoiler:Really700YearsOld: He's existed in this world for centuries and says outright that it isn't time that ages him.]]
* SoftspokenSadist: He's not a sadist, but he inflicts pain with meticulous care and a soothing voice.
* [[spoiler:SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: One who complains at length about being forced to make do with clunky 19th Century technology using steam and water instead of the "harnessed lightning" and graceful mechanisms that exist in his own world.]]
* TortureTechnician: His approach to torture is methodical and calculated, done with deliberate intent to cause maximum pain over time so he can extract more energy, and without a trace of sadistic pleasure.

!!Wilhelm of Gerich
--> '''Voiced by:''' Dan Zullo

A member of the Order of the Black Eagle. Became Alexander's servant in exchange for political power.

* AristocratsAreEvil: Agreed to kidnap countless men, women, and children for political advancement.
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:He realized as he died that he was a monster and deserved his fate.]]
* KarmicTransformation: It is heavily implied that Wilhelm and his men became the Gatherers.
* NoodleImplements: Wilhelm wrote that Alexander hired him because of the "follies of his past" instead of his competence as a soldier.
* PosthumousCharacter
* TalkingToHimself: Dan Zullo, who voiced Wilhelm, also voices his men in the flashbacks.
* VillainousBSOD: As he and his men are succumbing to the poisoned wine, he simply states (in an empty, emotionless voice) that they're doomed.
--> '''Wilhelm''': Accept it. We're not getting out of here alive.

!!Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
--> '''Voiced by:''' Bill Corkery

The famed alchemist himself, friend of Daniel. [[spoiler:Found in the castle as some sort of corpse-like body.]]

* [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Agrippa Was an Alien Alchemist]]
* AndIMustScream: His body can't move at all, and he has been there for a long time.
* BigGood: The only one Daniel can really count on.
* MotorMouth: [[FacialHorror Ironically.]] He seems very glad to have somebody to talk to at all, so he overdoes it a bit.
* PsychicPowers: It's implied that whatever the gas-emitting device is that the player can choose to activate upon first encountering him allows him to read the minds of others and psychically project his voice.

!!Johann Weyer

Agrippa's greatest pupil, who eventually went on to become an even greater alchemist. [[spoiler:He was able to master the power of the Orb, and used it to travel to the other world.]]

* [[spoiler:AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Accomplished this long before the game even began. He seems to be very powerful now; making use of many Orbs without incurring the wrath of their guardians, and capable of freely transporting objects, messages and creatures to (and possibly from) our world.]]
* TheGhost: We never see or even hear him, but he plays a pretty big part in the {{Backstory}}. [[spoiler:And he's present, though still unseen and unheard, in the ending where Daniel tosses Agrippa's head into the portal.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To his mentor, Agrippa. [[spoiler:He refused to have any dealings with Alexander until the latter freed Agrippa, and the same seems to apply to Daniel - for helping Agrippa (and at his stern insistence), Weyer is willing to help Daniel.]]
* [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Weyer Was an Alien Alchemist]]

!!The Shadow of the Orb

A mysterious, eldritch entity that chases Daniel throughout the game, seeking to punish him for defiling an ancient artifact.

* BiggerBad: Though it is the catalyst for Daniel's involvement in the plot and unquestionably a thing of terror and destruction (even Alexander fears it and finds it repulsive), there are no means of communicating with it and it lacks any discernible character aside from indiscriminate wrath.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: There are hints that the Shadow is not actively malicious, only fulfilling its function. [[spoiler:In the revenge ending, it decides that Alexander's death has "redeemed" Daniel and leaves him unharmed, wrath appeased.]]
* EldritchAbomination: Shapeless and alien, it bends reality around itself and cannot be stopped by any normal means whatsoever. It will tear apart whatever it has to in order to reach its target and those marked by it tend to go insane before they die.
* MeatMoss: How it makes its presence known.
* SternChase: Daniel-of-the-past was willing to do ''anything'' to avert its wrath, but ultimately found no way to truly stop it.
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[[folder: ''Justine'' characters]]
!! The nameless protagonist of ''Justine''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Emily Corkery

The PlayerCharacter of ''Justine''. A girl given an amnesia potion like Daniel and forced to escape Justine's trap-ridden dungeon for Justine's entertainment.

* ActingForTwo: Emily Corkery voices Justine and provides the grunts for the girl, when the game doesn't reuse Daniel's old sound effects. Also counts as [[spoiler:SignificantDoubleCasting]].
* HeroicMime: Even more so than Daniel. The girl just grunts and screams.
* NoNameGiven: Her name is not mentioned until the very end, [[spoiler:unless you count all the times Justine talks about herself.]]
* [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Girl]]
* OneHitPointWonder: Very annoying, given that you cannot save your game.
* SupportingProtagonist: The DLC is really more about Justine. The PlayerCharacter is there so the player can solve the puzzles and learn about Justine.
** FlatCharacter
* TenderTears: The only time she displays any feeling [[spoiler:other than being a sadistic monster]] is in the [[RoomFullOfCrazy winding halls with the blood messages.]] She won't stop crying till you escape the hallways.
** She cries if you save the hostages. If you didn't save anyone, she snaps [[GoMadFromTheRevelation realizing she's no better than Justine]] for sacrificing three innocents to save her own life and [[LaughingMad giggles softly all the way to the exit]]. [[spoiler:Justine doesn't want to lose her humanity, thus goes insane if she fails her own test]].

!!Justine
--> '''Voiced by:''' Emily Corkery

The main antagonist of the DLC of the same name. Trying to escape from her dungeon slowly reveals the details of Justine's life and how she set up her torture dungeon. [[spoiler:She is revealed to be the PlayerCharacter.]]

* AboveGoodAndEvil: "Laws are made for cretins! The aristocracy doesn't need to know right from wrong. We are always right."
* ActingForTwo: Emily Corkery voices both Justine and the PlayerCharacter.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: [[CantCatchUp Her feelings about her mother's "blinding beauty" and her growing desire to become more beautiful than her mother.]]
* AristocratsAreEvil
* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]]:
** [[spoiler:[[KarmicDeath Unless you run headlong into a suitor and let him kill you...]]]]
* TheBaroness: She seems obsessed with controlling situations, even as a child. [[GoMadFromTheIsolation Maybe it's payback for not being able to]] [[LonelyRichKid play with other children.]]
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini]]
* LonelyRichKid: [[TheWoobie Was one]] long before becoming what she is now.
** The memory of being one is still with her. One of the blood messages in her cabinet is "Lonely".
* MissionControlIsOffItsMeds: Justine explains upcoming traps, puzzles, and monsters to the protagonist through left-behind phonographs, but she's clearly not trying to help the girl as much as she is rubbing her evil in the girl's face.
* RichBitch: Oh, ''yes''.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: "Cabinet of perturbation" is an odd way to describe a torture dungeon/lab maze.
* SmugSnake: "Are you enjoying my quips? ''I'' think they are quite clever."
* TheSociopath
* [[spoiler:SelfMadeOrphan: That's just the tip of the iceberg and her StartOfDarkness.]]
* [[spoiler:VillainProtagonist]]
* TheVoice: [[spoiler:Until it's revealed that she's the player character]].

!!Aloïs Racine
--> '''Voiced by:''' Scotty Campbell

The first of the three suitors encountered in ''Justine''. He was one of three men Justine was romantically involved with. Over time she [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] them all and [[EyeScream blinded]] one of them, and warped them into insane shells of their former selves. He was (if the sounds in his cell are to be believed) a racquet-ball player. Once a very soft-spoken person, he now attacks in the same way. He is the first man you must escape from/avoid in the trial, found in the first area of the cells.

* AndIMustScream: He and the others have been [[EyeScream abacinated]], [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]], [[BodyHorror had metal devices such as cart wheels or chains surgically attached to their bodies]] [[ForTheEvulz and all done just for the giggles]].
* AntiVillain
* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Oh dear ''lord'', yes. He's just as capable of killing you as Basile or Malo.
* DissonantSerenity: Attacking. [[IfICantHaveYou "No, stay!"]] Searching. [[CrazyJealousGuy "Is that you, my love...?"]] Standing still. "Why did this happen...?"
* TheDragon: [[UndyingLoyalty To Justine, before she tortured him and the other suitors.]]
* HaveANiceDeath: "Hush now...it's alright..."
* IfICantHaveYou
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: He still has some sanity, but judging by the fact Justine left him down in the cells, he's at his breaking point.
* HopelessSuitor: He is, and always will be, hopelessly in love with Justine.
* LoveMartyr: He'll do ''anything'' for Justine.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: It's the only way Justine will stay with him.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Well obviously, he ''is'' an enemy in game, however [[spoiler:[[SpannerInTheWorks it's implied in the note found within his cell that he's the one who knocked out Basile with bromide.]]]]
* SlaveCollar: Each of the suitors is sporting an extremely tight cart wheel around their necks [[HellIsThatNoise causing them to wheeze and gasp for air while trying to find you.]]
* TragicVillain
* {{Yandere}}: No points for guessing who for.

!!Basile Giroux
--> '''Voiced by:''' Jon St. John

The second of the three suitors. Basile is very different from Alois and Malo. He is angry, violent, [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking and swears like a sailor.]] He is, bizarrely, the OnlySaneMan of the three men, having kept one thing in mind after this ordeal - revenge - and thereby kept his mind. Possibly was a carpenter before being mutilated by Justine. He is found in the underground storage area beneath the library.

* AndIMustScream: Same with Alois and Malo, but you hear Justine [[EyeScream commiting the act]] [[EvilLaugh and laughing about it]].
* AntiVillain
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:Seeing Justine.]]
** [[EyeScream Interesting choice of words...]]
* TheBigGuy: Said to be very strong. Possibly a carpenter.
* TheDeterminator: He won't give up until he has [[spoiler:[[BestServedCold killed Justine for what she has done to him.]]]]
* DomesticAbuse: The main reason Alois drugged him for Justine.
* HaveANiceDeath: [[spoiler:"You thought you'd get away, didn't you?!"]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He's just an [[DomesticAbuse abusive prick]].
* OnlySaneMan: He is the only suitor to completely hold on to his mind. Alois is [[HopelessSuitor Love]][[AllLoveIsUnrequited sick]], and Malo...[[ToThePain has nothing left at all.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Directed at Justine, but he will take it out on you [[spoiler:because you are Justine]].
* SlaveCollar
* TragicVillain
* UnstoppableRage
* WouldHitAGirl: It's what got him in such deep trouble.

!!Malo De Vigny
--> '''Voiced by:''' Jeff Buchanan

The third and final of the suitors. Malo is unique among the suitors; he is [[CaptainObvious totally insane]]. He was a violinist before the cabinet was created. He is also much [[TheBrute stronger]] than he looks; capable of tearing down doors with ease and {{One Hit Kill}}ing you in a flash. He is located in the flooded basement, which makes evading him difficult. He can hear you even if he can't [[EyeScream see you]]...[[ParanoiaFuel though he claims he can]].

* AndIMustScream: Same reason as the others.
* AntiVillain: Seriously.
* AxCrazy
* TheAlcoholic: Implied in the note in his cell.
* BlatantLies: [[IAmAHumanitarian "Come out. You'll like what I've got planned."]]
* [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil Being Tortured Makes You A Laughing Mad Cannibal]]
* TheBrute: He is the most savage and vicious of the suitors, even more so than Basile.
* CreepyMonotone: He usually speaks in this manner.
* FreudianExcuse: A non-evil variety. [[ImAHumanitarian He developed his taste for flesh after being left to starve in his cell and forced to eat his own flesh to survive.]]
* HaveANiceDeath: He doesn't actually say anything. He just eats your flesh...and makes loud gnawing/chewing/giggling sounds.
* IAmAHumanitarian
* LaughingMad
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: He wants to eat someone else's flesh, after all.
* PowerBornOfMadness: He probably does not have his bearings together when he smashes through iron doors.
* SanitySlippage[=/=]DrivenToMadness: After the torture and starvation.
* SlaveCollar
* TalkativeLoon
* TragicVillain: At least Basile and Alois have their heads together (mostly Basile, but Alois is still in there too). Malo? We will never know what he was like before.
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