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!!Shannon Matthews
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/StephanieSheh (first game), E. Reneé Thomas (second game)

A student at Leafmore High, Shannon Matthews stays after school after her brother Kenny goes missing, as it is the first place to look for clues and she suspects (correctly) that that is where he went missing.\\
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In the second game, Shannon has become a student at Fallcreek University, and has taken on a much darker personality. Of the first game's survivors, she is the only one who's been able to adapt to the mortifilia infection, which has driven a wedge between her and Kenny, who needs pills to suppress the infection.
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* ActionGirl: In ''[=ObsCure II=]''.
* BrokenBird: In the second game.
* FinalGirl: In the first game, her personality and appearance are heavily inspired by the "final girl classic" model of [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Laurie Strode]] or [[Film/{{Scream}} Sidney Prescott]], being the more modest and less abrasive of the two female characters. ([[TookALevelInJerkass Not so much in the second game]], though.) [[spoiler:She's also the only female character to survive the events of both games.]]
* GirlNextDoor: In the first game.
* {{Goth}}: Her bonus costume in the first game gives her this look. The second game makes it canon, showing that the traumatic events of the first game made her this.
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: Shannon gains both gothiness and magic powers in the interval between the first and second games.
* HotterAndSexier: In the second game. To a lesser extent, this is also true of her NewGamePlus outfit in the first game, which is a much biggest change from her normal outfit than the other four characters get.
* MagicSkirt: Averted, players can see up her skirt in a few angles.
* TheMedic: One of her skills in the first game is using first aid kits more effectively.
* RedIsHeroic: Her goth outfit sports red and black.
* TheSmartGirl: She was an ace student in high school, and her skills in the first game were offering puzzle tips and knowing first aid.
* StakingTheLovedOne: [[spoiler:Kills her brother Kenny at the end of the second game.]]
* TeamMom: In the first game, thanks to her first aid skills, which mean she's best left at the meeting point unless she's one of the last two standing.
* TookALevelInBadass: Is the only one to successfully adapt to the Mortifilia, and is actually capable of ''inhaling'' the spores without harm.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Shannon in the first game: a kind, sweet, caring GirlNextDoor. Shannon in the sequel: a goth chick who berates her brother's "weakness" in being unable to suppress his infection.
* WeakButSkilled: In the first game, her first aid skills and puzzle hints can both be used at the gathering site, making her a character who's only to be sent out fighting as a last resort. In the sequel, she doesn't have any physical advantages, but her symbiosis with the mortifilia allows her to clear doors and passages that are blocked by spores.

!!Stan Jones
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->'''Voiced by:''' Scott Haze (first game), Joshua Swanson (second game)

A student at Leafmore High, Stan Jones is a layabout slacker who is failing his classes. While he puts on a PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy attitude, he's otherwise fairly mellow, and is friends with Kenny. He gets dragged into the events of the game when the main gang stumble upon him hacking into his school records and offering to do the same for them.\\
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After the first game, Stan dropped out of school and spent some time in jail, and by the second game he's a pizza delivery boy. He needs to take medication to suppress the mortifilia infection.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Shannon develops a crush on him. [[spoiler: They become an OfficialCouple by the end of ''[=ObsCure II=]''.]]
* BookDumb: He never spent much of his time in school studying or attending class, and after getting in and out of jail, he decided to work instead of going to college like Shannon and Kenny. Not that it matters by the sequel, mind you.
-->'''Stan''': "Stan Jones. Average: F"
-->'''Shannon''': "Shannon Matthews. A+" And look where it has gotten us.
* {{Delinquent}}: In the first game, you're introduced to him sneaking in after hours to edit his grades, and offering to do the same for Josh for fifty dollars. His dialogue in the sequel reveals that he did time in prison between the events of the two games.
* {{Expy}}: In the first game, he looks and dresses much like Creator/JoshHartnett's character in ''Film/TheFaculty''. The developers said that this was deliberate, with one of them even saying that if the game were adapted into a movie, he'd want Hartnett to play Stan.
* FinalBoy: [[spoiler:He's the only male character to survive the events of both games.]]
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* MasterOfUnlocking: His skill in the first game is in finding locks that can be picked, as well as picking them much faster than the other characters. In the second game, he's the ''only'' character who can pick locks.
* PhlebotinumMuncher: Becomes addicted to his medication used to keep the Mortifilia dormant.
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: His dialogue in the first game is peppered with liberal use of the words "dawg" and "wack".
* TheStoner: While never outright stated, his overall mannerisms in the first game, as well as the fact that his alternate NewGamePlus outfit is in UsefulNotes/{{Jamaica}}n[=/=]Rasta colors, seem to imply it. It's largely dropped in the sequel, though.
* TookALevelInBadass: He takes the monsters a lot more seriously in the second game and even brings a gun to the action, versus the first where he only joined the party because it sounded fun.
* TookALevelInKindness: Is much more friendly in the second game.
* WeakButSkilled: His talent for finding pickable locks and opening them quickly is most useful for ''after'' you've cleared out a room full of monsters.

!!Kenny Matthews
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LiamOBrien (first game), Buster Cox (second game)

A student at Leafmore High, Kenny Matthews is a player on the school's basketball team. One day after practice, he is kidnapped by Principal Herbert Friedman to use as a test subject for experiments with the mortifilia plant, later to be rescued by his sister Shannon, his girlfriend Ashley, and his friends Stan and Josh.\\
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In the second game, Kenny has become a student at Fallcreek University. He needs medication to suppress the mortifilia infection, which drives a wedge between him and his sister Shannon, who has learned to suppress the infection without medication and frequently urges him to do the same.
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* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:Part of ''[=ObsCure II=]''[='=]s, alongside Leonard and Jedidiah.]]
* TheBigGuy: Downplayed in the first game, where he gets extra speed as opposed to strength, but in the second game, his special ability is increased strength to move heavy objects. [[spoiler:Then, after his FaceMonsterTurn, he gets [[{{Pun}} really big]].]]
* ControllableHelplessness: During the first game's prologue, which ends with him getting captured no matter what.
* DecoyProtagonist: You play the prologue as him, only for him to get captured and locked up in a cell, leading to you spending the first half of the game searching for him. [[SubvertedTrope However, you're reunited with him eventually, at which point you can play as him again.]] [[spoiler: He also pulls a FaceMonsterTurn early in the second game and becomes the BigBad.]]
* DistressedDude: His disappearance sets off the first game's plot.
* DumbJock: The events of the series are kicked off by him making a classic horror movie mistake, investigating a strange noise.
* FaceMonsterTurn: [[spoiler:After sniffing a drug made out mortifilia, his infection started to kick in a lot sooner that it should, and unfortunately for him, he couldn't find his pills in time. After various screams in the hospital, the whole gang has to face the mutated Monster Kenny.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Kills Mei and Corey in the second game after his transformation.]]
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: [[spoiler:Abducts, rapes, and impregnates Amy after his transformation.]]
* IKnowMaddenKombat: His agility from playing basketball serves him well in combat.
* JerkJock: At times, mostly in the sequel.
* LightningBruiser: In the first game, his special ability allowed him to sprint faster than the other characters.
* PhlebotinumMuncher: In the second game, he is heavily dependent on medication to deal with his infection, which becomes a ''serious'' problem when he no longer has access to any.
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:If only he'd listened to Shannon...]]
* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Of the second game, where, after you defeat Leonard and Jedidiah, he finally caps off the adventure.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: In both games, his special ability (speed in the first, strength in the second) is derived from his physical fitness.
* WalkingSpoiler: His true role in the second game is the subject of the big twist halfway in.

!!Josh Carter
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SamRiegel

A student at Leafmore High, Josh Carter is a school newspaper reporter who offers to help Shannon and Ashley search the school for evidence of Kenny's location after hours.
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* BusCrash: [[spoiler:He and Ashley are attacked and presumably killed by Jedidiah when they return to investigate the Leafmore ruins.]]
* CameraFiend: He's a photographer for the school paper.
* GoingForTheBigScoop: Part of the reason he helps Shannon and Ashley on their investigation. [[spoiler:The sequel reveals that he tried to do it again by going back to the ruins of Leafmore, a move that got him and Ashley killed by Jedidiah, leaving behind only an ApocalypticLog.]]
* IntrepidReporter: [[spoiler:So intrepid he leaves behind an ApocalypticLog in the sequel.]]
* NoticeThis: His special ability in the first game is being able to detect whether a particular room has any useful items or puzzles that need to be solved.
* SchoolNewspaperNewshound: What got him into this mess in the first place.
* TheSmartGuy: Not only is he written as a nerd, his special ability is rooted in his intelligence and observational skills.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:After getting all the secret weapons in the second game, you are treated to a cutscene of him and Ashley investigating the Leafmore ruins. It doesn't end well for them.]]
* WeakButSkilled: He's the guy you bring to comb an area for items.

!!Ashley Thompson
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaraPlatt

A student at Leafmore High, Ashley Thompson is a cheerleader who is dating Kenny Matthews. After Kenny goes missing, Ashley is initially annoyed, but begins to worry for his safety after Shannon tells her that she hasn't seen him either, and so she helps to search for him at school after hours.
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* ActionGirl: Her special ability is a rapid-fire attack that allowed her to get off two shots or swings at once.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her race is never specified, but her skin is darker and her hair more African-textured than the other members of the party.
* TheBigGirl: As befitting a physically fit cheerleader. A rare example of the hot chick playing this role in the party.
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:She and Josh are attacked and presumably killed by Jedidiah when they return to investigate the Leafmore ruins.]]
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:She and Josh are killed offscreen before the events of the sequel.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: Her special ability only really boosts her fighting ability, but when tackling a horde of monsters, she can easily kick their ass.

!!Dan
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A student at Leafmore High, Dan was kidnapped by Principal Friedman before the events of the game. He offers to help Kenny escape from Friedman's clutches, but is killed in the process.
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: He gets killed off in the prologue, serving only to introduce the co-op mechanics and to show that AnyoneCanDie.
* PlayingWithSyringes: He had been experimented on for an unspecified amount of time, leaving him emaciated.
* RedShirt: Barely gets any development at all before he dies.
* SacrificialLamb: The only PlotlineDeath, showing players how the game keeps going even if your character dies.

!!Herbert Friedman

The principal of Leafmore High, Herbert Friedman is also kidnapping and carrying out grotesque experiments on his students. He and his brother Leonard went on an expedition to Africa to discover the secret to immortality, and discovered the mortifilia plant, which seemed to have such properties. While the plant worked on Herbert and his wife, Elisabeth Lucy Wickson, it had disastrous effects on Leonard, turning him into a monster. Distraught, Herbert founded Leafmore High as a cover for his experiments and to have a steady stream of test subjects, hoping to find a way to save Leonard.
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* BigBad: He's kidnapping students for medical experiments and responsible for the events of the game.
* DeanBitterman: Even before the extent of his villainy is revealed, he's still a dick to the main characters.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's doing it all to save his brother from his mutation.
* EvilTeacher: Or principal, in his case.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:He ultimately gets killed by somebody infected with the mortifilia plant he was experimenting on.]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: His love for his brother Leonard pushed him over the edge into kidnapping and experimenting on students in order to find a cure for Leonard's mutation.
* MadScientist: He's been kidnapping and experimenting on students in his lab beneath the school. A letter from a friend of his that's discovered in the library reveals that he was exiled from the scientific community after his peers declared his work to be immoral, hence why (as revealed in the sequel) he later [[spoiler:started taking funding from a secret society]].
* ObviouslyEvil: No bones are made about the fact that he's up to his nose in what's going on at the school, even if the game takes some time to spell out exactly what that is.
* Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler:He's well over a hundred years old, but due to his experiments, he hasn't aged since the early 1900s.]]
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Mr. Walden kills him in a cutscene, not any of the player characters.]]

!!Leonard Friedman

Herbert Friedman's brother. He and Herbert discovered the mortifilia plant while on an expedition to Africa to find the secret to immortality, and while it worked on Herbert and his wife, it turned Leonard into a monster. He now lives in the school's basement, having grown into a giant PlantPerson whose roots stretch across the campus.
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* BigBad: [[spoiler: Of ''[=ObsCure II=]'', having survived the final battle at Leafmore and using his son Jedidiah to take care of him and spread the mortifilia plant around Fallcreek University.]]
* FinalBoss: Of the first game.
* LoadBearingBoss: The final boss fight ends with him accidentally causing the roof to cave in on his head.
* MadwomanInTheAttic: Leafmore High's dirty little, grotesquely mutated secret is hidden in the school basement.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:He survives the final battle and goes on to become one of the main villains of the second game.]]
* PlantPerson: His mortifilia infection has turned him into a giant mutant tree.
* WeakenedByTheLight: Like all mortifilia monsters, the sunlight kills him, and when he accidentally punches a hole in the ceiling of the boss arena and causes it to collapse, the morning sun comes pouring in.

!!Denny Walden

A biology teacher at Leafmore High, Denny Walden learned about Friedman's experiments, and attempted to investigate for himself. He escaped, but accidentally released the mutated test subjects onto the campus, and now tries to help the main characters.
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* BadassTeacher: The only one shown putting up much of a fight against the monsters, [[spoiler:even killing Herbert Friedman. Not that it saves him from infection.]]
* MeaningfulName: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden Walden]] is a rather appropriate name for a biology teacher studying a mysterious plant.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:He gets killed by Leonard just after shooting Herbert Friedman.]]
* TheSmartGuy: In between teaching biology classes, he also figured out how the Mortifilia plant works.
* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler:He was infected early on, causing him to behave more erratically as the game progresses. He kills Friedman to get the antidote, but by that point he is too far gone to safely use it -- not like it would've saved him from getting killed by Leonard anyway.]]

!!Elisabeth Wickson

The nurse at Leafmore High, Elisabeth Lucy Wickson is also Leonard Friedman's wife. Like Herbert, she was granted immortality by the mortifilia plant.
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* DamselInDistress: The cafeteria level involves racing to get the lights back on while she's locked in her office. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, an infected Mr. Walden beats her to death trying to get information about the antidote.]]
* Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler:Like her husband, Wickson is over a hundred years old but hasn't aged due to the Mortifilia plant.]]
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:While the group felt awful over not being able to save her, Stan was the most affected as at that moment he felt defeated. He had thought the whole event as an adventure, but when Wickson died, he finally realized the danger and horror of the situation they were in, and the mortality of the infection that flooded their veins.]]
%%* SchoolNurse

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!!Corey Wilde
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->'''Voiced by:''' Buster Cox

A student at Fallcreek University, Corey Wilde is a daredevil skater whose first and second love are his girlfriend Mei Wang and his muscle car. Corey and Mei try to sneak into a Delta Theta Gamma party just as it was being overrun by mortifilia monsters, and they must fight their way out and try to survive and stop the outbreak.
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* ActionSurvivor: He's just a normal student, yet he decides to fight through a town full of monsters. [[spoiler:Plus, he fights and defeats a now very powerful mutated Kenny, by his choice. And quite a bit of bosses.]]
* BattleCouple: With Mei. [[spoiler:Sadly, it doesn't last for long.]]
* BerserkButton: The thought of anything bad happening to his car. Or Mei, but don't tell her he said it in that order.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:He shoots himself rather become a monster like Kenny.]]
* ButtMonkey: Goes through quite a lot in the game.
* ChainsawGood: Somewhat subverted, as the chainsaw is mostly a tool in the game, but he makes use of it [[spoiler:in a chainsaw duel with Jedidiah worthy of ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974'']]. Hence the above image.
* DecoyProtagonist: There's quite a bit of focus on him, [[spoiler: with him even killing Jedidiah and Friedman. Sadly, he gets infected by Kenny and kills himself before he turns into a monster.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:At the end of the game. To be fair, it was probably a better choice than [[FaceMonsterTurn transforming into the same kind of monster as the man who had killed his beloved]], though the taunting he receives from said monster of a man probably did a lot to twist the knife.]]
* HeroicBSOD: After [[spoiler:Kenny kills Mei in front of him.]]
* HotBlooded: He can get... heated.
* MadeOfIron: One of his special abilities is that he's capable of taking some pretty nasty falls and blows without serious injury. [[spoiler:He took a rebar or pipe to the stomach, yet he still was capable of fighting to end the nightmare.]]
* ThePrecariousLedge: He can climb along narrow ledges without falling.
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: He drives a lovingly-preserved classic muscle car, which he calls the "quintessential automobile". It gets stolen and crashed in the aftermath of the frat party, and it takes him the entire level to get over it.
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:He is infected by the Mortifilia, his car is destroyed, and his girlfriend is murdered right in front of him. He ends up shooting himself in the head at the end, to stop himself from becoming a monster like Kenny.]]
* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler:He is infected at the climax of the story by Kenny, but he didn't infect him to become another senseless monster, Kenny was going to make him a sentient monster, just like him. To avoid this, he decides to end his life, so he won't hurt his remaining friends.]]

!!Mei Wang
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->'''Voiced by:''' Alicia [=LaForce=]

A student at Fallcreek University, Mei Wang is a computer whiz and gamer who is dating Corey Wilde and whose roommate is her beloved sister Jun. While Mei and Corey are sneaking into a Delta Theta Gamma party, it is overrun by mortifilia monsters, and they must fight their way out and try to survive and stop the outbreak.
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%%* AsianAndNerdy: The hacker of the group.
* BattleCouple: With Corey.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Not only does Kenny stomp her head flat, he does it while her boyfriend Corey watches on helplessly.]]
%%* GamerChick: Both she and her sister.
* HollywoodHacking: Her PDA is able to give her all of the letters of the door's password, but she has to guess the order. It's easy to hack when everybody knows that your locks use historical figures as passwords, though.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:She's the first of the six main characters to die.]]
* TheSmartGirl: Her special ability is using her PDA to hack electronic locks.
* ThemeTwinNaming: With Jun.
* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler:She is killed by getting her head crushed under mutant Kenny's foot, all while her boyfriend is ForcedToWatch.]]

!!Sven Hansen
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->'''Voiced by:''' Larry Bailey

A student at Fallcreek University, Sven Hansen is a Norwegian exchange student who plays on the school hockey team and dates Amy Brookes. He and Amy were at the Delta Theta Gamma party when people started mutating, and had to fight their way out.
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* TheBigGuy: Able to push heavy objects that the other characters can't.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:One worthy of [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre1974 Leatherface]].]]
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: He ships his Norwegian heritage throughout the game. Amy mostly rolls her eyes at his forced Viking references.
* FunnyForeigner: He's easily the most outwardly jovial of the main cast. He was only born in Norway, but he ships his heritage for the entire game.
* HornyVikings: He frequently references Norse legends and myths in his dialogue.
* UsefulNotes/IceHockey: He's on the school's team, and you can make the hockey stick his weapon if you so desire.
* LovableJock: Probably the most chill character in the game.
* MrFanservice: The hunky Nordic athlete dating the hot blonde.
* UsefulNotes/{{Norway}}: Loves talking about his homeland, despite spending nearly his whole life in America, as Amy points out.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Is killed by Jedidiah immediately before the final act.]]
* SexyScandinavian: He's every chiseled Nordic stereotype rolled into one, and the girls love him for it.

!!Amy Brookes
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->'''Voiced by:''' Ayme Sanchez

A student at Fallcreek University, Amy Brookes is a bubbly, yet intelligent, girl who is dating Sven Hansen. The two of them were at the Delta Theta Gamma party when people started mutating, and had to fight their way out.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Getting raped by a monster, then getting killed by the equally monstrous offspring he impregnated her with.]]
* DumbBlonde: While she sometimes exhibits mannerisms in line with this trope, she's otherwise a subversion. Her unique skill is decrypting, which allows her to solve puzzles that the other characters can't.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Both Kenny and Sven are competing for her.
* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: [[spoiler:She's impregnated by Kenny after he had already turned into a monster. Naturally, the "child" is also a monster that killed Amy in the end.]]
* GeniusDitz: As noted above, she's the stereotypical DumbBlonde sorority sister on the surface, but she's also one of the brains of the group.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: [[spoiler:A mutated Kenny rapes and impregnates her with his monstrous spawn.]]
* MsFanservice: While Shannon, Mei, and Jun are all plenty good-looking, none of them show it off like Amy does.
* ShortLivedAerialEscape: [[spoiler:Her ExpressDelivery of Kenny's spawn ensures that Delta Theta Gamma's captivity of her doesn't last long.]]
* TheSmartGirl: She can decrypt puzzle clues that the others can't.

!!Jun Wang
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->'''Voiced by:''' Nikki Rapp

A student at Fallcreek University, Jun Wang is Mei's sister and roommate. She helps get Sven and Amy into the Delta Theta Gamma party, and is later trapped in her dorm when monsters attack.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Is discovered badly mutilated by one of the monsters.]]
* TheCutie: Especially compared to her more outgoing and flirtatious sister.
* DamselInDistress: Her main role. [[spoiler:She doesn't make it no matter what you do.]]
%%* GamerChick
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler:The game gets a lot darker after her death.]]
* MortonsFork: One level midway through the game has Sven and Mei racing to save her. [[spoiler:She dies whether or not you get to her in time; they'll find her dead if you don't, and if you do, they'll get separated from her and find her dead soon after.]]
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Her death is when things get real.]]
%%* ThemeTwinNaming: With Mei.

!!Professor Richard James
->'''Voiced by:''' Buster Cox

A professor of biology at Fallcreek University, Richard James assists the students in their quest to end the outbreak, supplying them with upgrades to their batteries and healing items.
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%%* BadassTeacher
* GadgeteerGenius: He provides upgrades for the battery life of the taser and chainsaw, as well as for the syringe used to extract health serum from fallen enemies.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:He's secretly working for the GreaterScopeVillain Delta Theta Gamma, and helps them kidnap the survivors after Leonard and Jedidiah are defeated.]]
* ShortLivedAerialEscape: [[spoiler:He is presumably killed when Amy gives birth, her mutant offspring destroying the helicopter they were in.]]
* TeamDad: [[spoiler:[[TheMole Subverted.]]]]

!!Jedidiah [[spoiler:Friedman]]

Jedidiah is a mad, mentally damaged man who lives in an empty, decaying mansion in the woods, occasionally venturing out to kidnap and murder people.
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* ChainsawGood: Uses one to [[spoiler:murder Sven and try to kill Corey and Stan. Later turned back around when Corey uses a chainsaw of his own to kill him.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:After he is killed, the credits begin to roll but the game is far from over.]]
* TheDragon: To [[spoiler:his father Leonard]], caring for him and helping him spread the mortifilia plant around the Fallcreek campus.
* {{Expy}}: Hold much in common with [[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 Leatherface]], between his weapon, his [[HillbillyHorrors overall appearance]], the state of his house, and his hanging victims on meathooks.
* TheGrotesque: As befitting a backwoods slasher.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Tortures and kills Sven, and likely killed Josh and Ashley prior to the start of the second game.]]
* HillbillyHorrors: A direct homage to one of the archetypal examples.

!!Delta Theta Gamma (ΔΘГ)

Delta Theta Gamma is a fraternity operating on the campus of Fallcreek University. The mortifilia outbreak started at a party they were holding. They're basically your typical [[WackyFratboyHijinx hard-partying]] [[Film/AnimalHouse Delta House]] wannabes... or so they seem.
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* AncientConspiracy: [[spoiler:They're basically a fictional version of Skull & Bones, with members highly placed in the US government.]]
* BallroomBlitz: Everything started at a particularly out-of-control fraternity party.
* {{Fratbro}}: What we see of their members [[spoiler:until the secret comes out]].
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Herbert and Leonard Friedman were both members of the organization, which sponsored their African expedition and later supported and covered up Herbert's experiments at Leafmore High School, as it views the mortifilia plant as the key to immortality. They also have a behind-the-scenes hand in the events of the second game, with Professor James being TheMole for them.]]
* PlayingWithSyringes: It's implied that they were going to do this to [[spoiler:Amy after Kenny impregnated her. Her ExpressDelivery, however, killed the agents who had been sent to capture her (along with Amy herself).]]
* SecretCircleOfSecrets: Hints of this are dropped when the characters explore their frat house early in the game, [[spoiler:but it's only at the end when we see how far it goes]].
* ShortLivedAerialEscape: [[spoiler:The agents transporting Amy didn't realize just how dangerous their "cargo" really was.]]
* WackyFratboyHijinx: Their stock in trade seems to be this. [[spoiler:The key phrase being "seems to be".]]
* WalkingSpoiler: It's only at the very end when their role in the plot becomes apparent.

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