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!!Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Matheson
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"For so long all I wanted was to get Danny back...[[spoiler:and now I never will.]]"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Tracy Spiridakos, Morgan Hinkleman & Jade Pettyjohn

The eldest child of Ben and Rachel Matheson. She sets out to find her uncle and rescue her brother after the latter is taken captive by the Monroe Republic. She is caring and determined, but her idealism often leads to her clashing with others.

* ActionGirl: Starts out as a FauxActionGirl, but improves as the show progresses.
* ArcherArchetype: With a crossbow.
* {{Badass}}
** TookALevelInBadass
* BathtubScene: In, apropriately enough the episode "Sex and Drugs"
* BreakTheCutie
* TheCaretaker: Of Danny, hence why she's so set on getting him back.
* TheConscience: You can almost see her dancing on Miles' shoulder, telling him to be a good boy.
* CultureBlind: Granted, she's been purposefully kept sheltered for most of her life and their settlement is supposedly out of the way... but how does someone spend 15 years growing up in [[AWorldHalfFull a post-Blackout world]] and ''still'' not fully grasp [[AppealToForce how things work]] there?
* TheHeart
* HopeBringer: Her actions lead to the slaves being freed in Episode 2, and LaResistance getting an advanced weapon. In another episode a ship full of conscripted recruits are freed because of her insistance on helping one of them.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Most of what she does in the hopes of finding Danny.
* IdiotHero: To the point of irritating Miles a ''lot'', though she is slowly getting better.
* InformedAttribute: She's supposedly a hunter but we have yet to see her actually do any.
* InnocentBlueEyes
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In "Chained Heat", she persuades Miles not to kill a bounty hunter that has attacked the group. A few scenes later, said bounty hunter sics the Monroe militia on them.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Also in the episode "Sex and Drugs"
* [[spoiler:TookALevelInJerkass: As of recent episodes, seems to be heading down this road, contrast to Miles [[TookALevelInKindness taking levels in kindness.]]]]
* UselessProtagonist: Oh boy. Just how many times does Miles have to save her...

!!Miles Matheson
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's irritating when a dumb kid tells you what to do, isn't it?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Billy Burke

->''"That uncle you knew when you were little? Not dead. I just, I can't be him right now."''

One of the Matheson brothers and a former US Marine Corps sergeant. He is revealed to be [[spoiler:a founding member of the Monroe Republic, and is now pursued by them after an unsuccessful assassination attempt against General Monroe, his old friend.]] Deadpan and pragmatic, he joins Charlie in her journey to save Danny due to his own sense of familial duty and his hopes for redemption.

* ActuallyIAmHim: In the pilot.
* AntiHero: Type IV post-blackout though he seems to hover closer to Type III especially after [[spoiler:leaving the Monroe Republic]], though he still sometimes gravitates to the former.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Miles did some pretty brutal stuff and was probably more brutal than Monroe at first. He did some very bad things while trying to keep the Monroe Republic going and blames himself for what Monroe and the Republic have become. He also blames himself for not being able to kill Monroe years ago and thus allowing Monroe's reign to continue. He is trying to atone for all of this by helping Charlie rescue Danny and later by leading the rebellion against Monroe.]]
* {{Badass}}
** BadassLongcoat
** PopculturedBadass
* TheBartender: Originally, until Charlie came looking for him.
* BerserkButton: Don't call his brother a coward. Even if you're said brother's daughter.
* BigOlEyebrows
* TheButcher: In a flashback he is referred to as the Butcher of Baltimore.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: For many of the militia soldiers, including Baker and to an extent, Monroe.
* CombatPragmatist: He prefers to just kill his enemies, so they don't bother him later.
* DeadpanSnarker
** SeenItAll: Weary Traveller variety.
* TheDreaded: "I'm Miles Matheson, and yes, all the stories you've heard are true." Cue terrified EyeTake from a {{Mook}}.
* DualWielding: with swords.
* [[spoiler:FourStarBadass]]
* GenreSavvy
* HeroicNeutral
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
** JerkassHasAPoint: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]]. He often calls out Charlie for her attitude problems/questionable decisions. While these are generally accurate assessments from a viewer standpoint, no one in-story seems to agree with them.
* MeaningfulName: 'Miles' is Latin for 'soldier'.
* TheMentor: Was one to Jeremy Baker.
* OnlySaneMan: Listen to any conversation where the group is discussing what to do next and you'll find that he's probably the one making the most sense. Now, if only [[IdiotHero Charlie]] would just listen to him.
* SemperFi: He was a Marine before the Blackout.
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* ThatManIsDead: Says this in one episode in reference to his pre-catastrophe nicer self. Then at the end of the episode admits that he isn't dead, he just can't be him under the present circumstances.
* TokenEvilTeammate: While not evil per se but he certainly is a {{Jerkass}} and an AntiHero.

!!Rachel Matheson
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Well, I haven't really kept in touch. I've been out of the loop for some reason."'']]
->'''Played by:''' ElizabethMitchell

The Matheson family matriarch presumed dead by her husband and children. She's actually been held captive by General Monroe for many years, who hopes she'll eventually break and tell him why the lights went out. [[spoiler: When Charlie rescues Danny, Rachel is found and finally freed.]]

* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler:When she stabs Jaffe to save herself and Danny from being killed.]]
-->'''Rachel''': I'm sorry.
* {{Badass}}: In the present day, she's withstanding torture and being snarky with the BigBad.
** TookALevelInBadass: At the start of the blackout, when she [[spoiler:shoots a man who tries to steal food and threatens Charlie]]. Later on, she [[spoiler:murders Jaffe to save her own skin]]. In the midseason finale, she [[spoiler:stabs Strausser through the heart!]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* BrokenBird
* CombatPragmatist: You don't want to leave ''anything'' within her reach that might be usable as a weapon.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DealWithTheDevil: She bargains with Flynn. [[spoiler:And finds out she's getting into one with Bass as he starts to deduce that she's been purposely stalling him.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: She points out to Aaron she is ''not'' turning the power back on to help people. She's doing it so the other republics will kill Monroe.
* HotMom
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Both for her own survival and Danny's. See YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness for a prime example.
* [[spoiler:LegallyDead: And in Monroe's custody.]]
* MamaBear: Seems more willing to kill than Ben from an earlier time post-Blackout.
* MissingMom
* TheLostLenore
* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness]]: [[spoiler:Defied. When Jaffe proves more useful and more cooperative than her, Monroe decides to use him instead, and have Rachel and Danny killed. She responds by killing Jaffe]].
-->'''Rachel:''' Now you need me.

!!Maj. [[note]]formerly Captain[[/note]] Tom Neville
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Well, sir, trade secret. I do have a few cards up my sleeve."'']]
->'''Played by:''' GiancarloEsposito

->''"Me? I was an insurance adjuster. Most of my job was figuring out whether the things people said lined up with the truth. Lucky for me it's a skill that never goes out of style."''

A high-ranking and feared member of the Monroe Republic, he is tasked with bringing Ben Matheson to General Monroe. When his mission goes awry, he settles for Danny instead, hoping to appease Monroe and continue climbing the ranks. He is revealed to be [[spoiler:the father of Jason, with whom he has a strained relationship.]]

* AffablyEvil
* {{Badass}}
** BadassLongcoat
* BecauseImGoodAtIt: Implied to be the reason why he was personally assigned by Monroe to find the Matheson brothers.
* BreakTheCutie: "Soul Train" reveals Neville's origins as a kindly, mild-mannered family man who would go the extra mile for one of his clients. Then the blackout happens...
* CoolShades
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheDragon: To Monroe.
** [[spoiler: Not anymore as of "The Song Remains the Same".]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He adores his wife and son.
* EvilIsHammy: At times. The ability to engage in HamToHamCombat appears to be a prerequisite for any leadership position in the Monroe Republic.
* AFatherToHisMen: Is very kind to one of his dying men, offering to give him a MercyKill and then giving him a solemn funeral.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was fired from his job on the day of blackout. While that wasn't the only thing that set him off, it was just the first spark.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He takes care of and defends Jason who has [[spoiler: been injured, remarking that he draws the line at leaving his only son to die helpless and alone.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: His justification for his actions concerning the Matheson family.
* [[spoiler:IHaveNoSon: His response after Jason refuses to cooperate in calling in the airstrike on the rebel headquarters.]]
* LivingLieDetector
* NiceGuy: Believe or not, he was this before the blackout. Sadly, 6 weeks afterwards, BewareTheNiceOnes kicked in when he had to make an AssholeVictim out of his neighbour, and he dropped this trope.
* NobleDemon
* PapaWolf: He takes out at least ''four'' soldiers who had the drop on him and comes away with nothing more than a wound to the shoulder. The reason? He was defending his [[spoiler: badly-injured]] son.
* [[PetTheDog Pet The Horse]]
* PunchClockVillain
* ReligiousBruiser
** KnightTemplar: Played with; Neville is very religious (possibly to the point of being TheFundamentalist) and sees his work for the Monroe Republic as part of a holy mission. Only his penchant for PragmaticVillainy keeps him from landing completely in this trope.
* SharpDressedMan: When he meets with [[spoiler:Kelly Foster.]]
* SmugSnake
* StartOfDarkness: Actually occurred a few hours before the blackout, when Tom's BadBoss terminated him for actually trying to help one of his clients.
* [[spoiler:TokenEvilTeammate]]
* TookALevelInJerkass
* WildCard

!!Aaron Pittman
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"80 million dollars in the bank and I would trade it all, right now, for a roll of Charmin."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Zak Orth

->''"And the punchline was the Blackout. When the world went back to being one giant schoolyard, and the [[TheBully Billy Underwood]]’s are in charge and I am weak and afraid."''

Formerly a rich executive at Google, Aaron is a teacher in a small post-blackout village and friend of Ben Matheson. When Ben entrusts him with certain knowledge, Aaron sets out with Charlie and Maggie to rescue Danny.

* TheChick
* CowardlyLion
* DeadpanSnarker
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: He is fully prepared to make one to save Nora in "Sex and Drugs", but he doesn't die. See PocketProtector below.]]
** [[spoiler: He makes one to protect his wife in a flashback from the same episode.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Why he leaves his wife. He feels she'll be better off without him]]
* TheLostLenore: His wife
* NonActionGuy: [[spoiler: Until he TookALevelInBadass]]
* NotWithThemForTheMoney: His wife stayed with him after the Blackout, even though he was next to useless in this new world.
* OnlySaneMan: Attempts to talk Charlie out of cooperating with Drexel.
* PluckyComicRelief
* [[spoiler: PocketProtector]]: [[spoiler: He pulls this with an alcohol canister in "Sex and Drugs", after the villain of the episode forces him to duel with Nora.]]
* RichesToRags
* SicklyNeuroticGeek
* TheSmartGuy: [[spoiler: Especially now that Maggie is dead.]]
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Remarkably undamaged after fifteen years, too. In the "Sex and Drugs" flashbacks he is mostly without them so it's possible he got another pair later perhaps after he met Ben.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: He shoots Drexel in the chest after he forces him to duel with Nora.]]
** In the subsequent episode, he effortlessly takes out two militia soldiers by whacking them with a pipe.
** [[spoiler: In the midseason finale, ''finally'' succeeds in using a flint and steel to set a fire, using it to light a fuse for a bomb to breach a fortified compound, allowing the rest of the group to escape.]]
* UglyGuyHotWife: He's overweight and his beard looks like a wild bush, but his wife was very slender and attractive.

!!Gen. Sebastian 'Bass' Monroe
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sebastian_Monroe_8475.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"By the time we're done here, North America's ours."'']]
->'''Played by:''' DavidLyons

An old friend of Miles and the current leader of the Monroe Republic. He's grown steadily insane over the years, and is determined to bring back the power and keep it for himself.

* {{Badass}}
** FourStarBadass
* BeingEvilSucks
* BigBad
* CreepyMonotone
* CryForTheDevil: It's not hard to sympathize with the backstory of someone who [[spoiler: lost his entire family, clung to his best friend because he was the only person he had left in the world, got betrayed by him, and then clung to the hope of reuniting with him so that things could go back to the way they were. When Miles tells him they are not family and he means nothing to him, the anguish on Monroe's face is heartrending.]]
* DrowningMySorrows: At the graves of [[spoiler: his family.]]
* DualWielding: With his swords.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: His blue eyes tend to dim and become hooded when he's more upset than usual.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Miles used to, and still does fulfill this role, to an extent. Emma as well.
* EvilOverlord: Of the Monroe Republic and Militia.
* EvilFormerFriend: Was once a friend of Miles, he now wants to hunt down Miles and Ben to find answers to the cause of the blackout.
* FakeAmerican: David Lyons is a native Australian.
* FallenHero: He used to be more moral than Miles.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was, at one point, a 'womanizing drunk'.
-->'''Rachel:''' I liked you better back then.
-->'''Bass:''' Yeah...I think maybe I did too.
* FrozenFace: In the present, as the General, his expression rarely changes, creating an eerie, dull-eyed murderous mask. Flashbacks show he wasn't always this way.
* GenreSavvy. In the second half of season 1 he tells Neville to kill Miles if he gets the chance knowing that having him brought in alive is a fools errand.
* UnstoppableRage: When [[spoiler:Emma is killed.]]
* SanitySlippage: While he seems to have it together for the early episodes, after Miles declares they are no longer family, the cracks really begin to show. It comes to a head when he executes [[spoiler: Jeremy, one of the oldest (and only) friends he had left.]]
* SemperFi: He was a Marine sergeant before the Blackout.
* SlasherSmile
* SoftSpokenSadist
* SurvivorGuilt: After his [[spoiler: family is wiped out by a drunk driver.]]
* StartOfDarkness: Set on the path by Miles, no less.
* VillainousBreakdown: Gets one in "Kashmir" when he learns [[spoiler:that the "amplifier" Rachel was making is really a TimeBomb to make an assassination attempt against him]]. This marks the first time that he screams at someone on screen.
** When Miles confronts him, and basically disowns ever being "family" to him, his debatable grip on sanity seems to snap for good.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler: With Miles, before Miles tried to assassinate him for JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope.]]
* WhenHeSmiles: He may be a villain and rarely change expression, but as flashbacks and Miles' hallucination show, he can look absolutely radiant when he dares to be happy.

!!Nate Walker/[[spoiler: Lt. Jason Neville]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"What'd I do wrong? I did everything you asked me too. I hurt people. Killed people. For you."'']]
->'''Played by:''' JD Pardo

A soldier of the Monroe Republic, he first attempts to infiltrate Charlie's group but is quickly discovered by Miles. From then on, he pursues them with little success. He is later revealed to be [[spoiler: Jason, the son of Tom and Julia Neville.]] He has a soft spot for Charlie and lacks the ruthless efficiency of his comrades.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: [[spoiler: He's later revealed to have a black father and a white mother.]]
* {{Badass}}
* DesignatedLoveInterest
* GenreSavvy: He knows not to fall for [[spoiler:his father's tricks.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Multiple times in the first episode alone. [[spoiler:He eventually quits the Republic officially and is reported dead by his father, but Charlie refuses to take him]].
** [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: For good, it seems.]]
* KnifeNut
* TheMole: Follows Charlie's group to find Miles before being outed as Militia.
* [[spoiler: TheReveal: Revealed to be Neville's son in "Soul Train"]]
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler: Refuses to cooperate with his father in calling in the airstrike on the rebel base in Annapolis. Although Tom claims that Jason is only doing so because he's smitten with Charlie, this is only part of the reason why Jason was reluctant: he was seen earlier showing extreme reluctance to attack noncombatants with overwhelming firepower.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler: His relationship with Neville appears to be along these lines (especially after he disobeys orders with regard to Charlie).]]
* WhereDidWeGoWrong: With his father.

!!Nora Clayton
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Nora_Clayton_7653.JPG]]
->'''Played by:''' Daniella Alonso

An old flame of Miles and current member of the rebellion against the Monroe Republic. Miles convinces her to join Charlie's group, but her desire to strike at the Monroe Republic sometimes conflicts with the main goal of saving Danny.

* ActionGirl
* AmbiguouslyBrown
** Several people in "Sex and Drugs" refer to her as Latina, but those are probably all just educated guesses, as none of them know her personally. Alonso herself is of mixed Hispanic[=/=]Asian heritage.
*** Bass Monroe appears to have a dossier on her given that she's a known member of the resistance, so her ethnic background may be part of that. And Miles ''was'' in a relationship with her at one point, so of course he'd know. The others, not so much...
* AntiHero: Type IV.
* {{Badass}}
* TheBigGuy
* BigSisterInstinct
* DemolitionsExpert
* DisappearedDad
* MsFanservice: She sure likes her low-cut, thin tops (and is seen removing them at least twice so far).
* LaResistance
* WorkingWithTheEx: Miles.

!!Danny Matheson
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Danny_Matheson_4577.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Graham Rogers, Cameron Morrison & [=McEwen Morrison=]

The asthmatic son of Ben and Rachel Matheson. He is captured by the Monroe Republic at the beginning of the series, prompting the events of the series. [[spoiler:He dies in Episode 11.]]

* {{Badass}}: Strong, though he's not exactly the best combatant in general.
** More like a HandicappedBadass.
** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's easily the frontrunner for TheScrappy, but in "No Quarter" he [[spoiler:one-ups a vengeful militia soldier and almost kills him]].
** TookALevelInBadass: And how! See below.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DistressedDude: In Militia custody since the pilot.
* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: When Miles is knocked out during the chopper attack on the rebel HQ, Danny picks up the rocket launcher and takes out the helo with the power amplifier - but is accidentally killed when enemy fire from a falling chopper nearly cuts him in half.]]
* IllBoy: Having asthma in the post-apocalypse ''sucks''.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Attacking the Militia members who came to take his father ended up with [[spoiler:said father's DeathByOriginStory and his capture]].
* ShutUpHannibal: Gives a great one to Tom Neville in 'Soul Train'.
* TooDumbToLive: Because obviously it's a good idea to point a crossbow at a large group of militia men armed with rifles, especially when you're a teenage boy with little or no fighting experience.
** Even if the other villagers do back you up, it's not like any of them will die because of your stupidity, am I right?

!!Ben Matheson
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Matheson_Benjamin_7685.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Tim Guinee

The father of Charlie and Danny, husband of Rachel and boyfriend of Maggie Foster. He was part of the initial development team for the technology that caused the blackout. In the first episode, he is [[spoiler: killed during a stand-off with the Monroe Republic.]]

* [[spoiler:DeathByOriginStory: For Charlie and Danny.]]
* [[spoiler:ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacguffin: The pendant that he gives to Aaron.]]
* PapaWolf
* ParentWithNewParamour: Maggie, sort of.
* [[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter]]
* NiceGuy
* WastelandElder

!!Maggie Foster
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Maggie_Foster_6653.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Anna Lise Phillips

Ben Matheson's girlfriend, an English doctor seperated by an ocean from her children. She joins Charlie and Aaron when they leave to rescue Danny.

* [[spoiler: ADeathInTheLimelight]]
* {{Badass}}
* CrazyPrepared: Had [[spoiler: poisoned whiskey]] in her backpack, in case of robber-rapists.
* DeadpanSnarker
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHer]]
* [[spoiler: FaceDeathWithDignity]]
* FakeBrit: Anna Lise Phillips is a native Australian.
* FrontierDoctor
* HospitalHottie
* PromotionToParent
* TheMedic: Knows herb-lore well enough to be the town doctor.
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion]]
* TheSmartGuy

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Monroe Republic]]

!!Sgt. Will Strausser
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Will_Strausser_4550.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Did you ever consider that maybe society was sick, not me?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' DavidMeunier

->'''Miles''': ''"Corporal."''
->'''Strausser''': ''"I'm a sergeant now."''
->'''Miles''': ''"Well, let's be honest, you're a sociopath, is what you are. Before the blackout, you'd have been locked in a rubber room."''

The son of a butcher whose penchant for violence was already present before the blackout. Since then, he's found an outlet for his sadistic urges as a widely-feared Sergeant in the Monroe Republic.

* {{Badass}}
* BeardOfEvil
* TheDreaded: Jason reacts badly to his name, noting that he never leaves survivors.
** Miles says that, in all the time that he was in The Militia, Strausser was the only man who he ever feared.
** Anyone who knows him is afraid of him.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He apologises to Rachel before [[spoiler: beginning the torture.]]
* HeyItsThatGuy: Hey, it's Johnny from {{Series/Justified}}!
* KnifeNut: He even eats apples off his knives.
* PsychoForHire
* SadisticChoice
-->''"Mrs Matheson, I'm sorry, but you need to choose which one of your children I'm going to kill."''
* SoftSpokenSadist: Extremely polite and courteous to Rachel even as he goes about his business. His fatherly speech to the stable boy in "Sex and Drugs" (given while sharpening his knife) is one of the creepiest things seen in the series so far.
* TheSociopath
* TortureTechnician
* YouHaveFailedMe: Does this rather brutally to a subordinate.

!!Julia Neville
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Neville_Julia_2128.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm not the 'beg for your life' type."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Kim Raver

Tom Neville's beloved wife, Julia has stayed by her husband's side all the way through the post-blackout world. She now enjoys a position of some importance as the wife of a respected military man. However, she also harbours secret ambitions to elevate herself and her family further.

* [[spoiler: AmbitionIsEvil]]
* {{Badass}}
* [[spoiler: BlondesAreEvil]]
* [[spoiler: EvenEvilHasLovedOnes]]
* HotMom
* [[spoiler: LadyMacbeth]]
* MamaBear
* MoralityPet: For Tom Neville.
* [[spoiler: StartOfDarkness]]: At the same time as her husband.

!!Cpt. Jeremy Baker
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baker_jeremy_2057.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"This is so dramatic. You guys remember OneLifeToLive?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' MarkPellegrino

One of the first recruits of the Monroe Republic and personal friend of [[spoiler:Miles]] and Monroe.

* [[spoiler:AlasPoorVillain: He might be a sadistic jerk, but he was loyal up to the very end.]]
* BadBoss[=/=]TheNeidermeyer: He sends his men into the field for the sole purpose of forcing the enemy to waste bullets cutting them down, and fails to anticipate an ambush...not once, but ''twice''.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassLongcoat
** PopculturedBadass
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheDragon: For Monroe. [[spoiler: Until a fit of paranoia causes Monroe to excute him.]]
* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity]]
* FauxAffablyEvil
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* HonestAdvisor: [[spoiler: Even up to the very end, he's completely honest with Monroe about both his loyalty and Monroe's questionable sanity.]]
* [[spoiler: NeverFoundTheBody: He's killed off-screen by a single gunshot in a room full of Mooks. On a show like this, that makes his death questionable.]]
* SmugSnake
* [[spoiler: TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives an absolutely beautiful one to Monroe about the paranoia and madness that caused him to push all his friends away. It doesn't end well for him, but he's right.]]
* WeHaveReserves: His attitude during the siege of the rebel hideout.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Miles, during the founding of the Republic.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Rebels]]

!!Nicholas
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Nicholas_9534.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Christ forgives. I'm not Christ."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Derek Webster

A former priest, Nicholas is now one of the rebel leaders fighting against Monroe. He is also good friends with Nora Clayton.

* {{Badass}}
** BadassPreacher
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy
* BaldOfAwesome
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* {{Hypocrite}}
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By Neville in episode 13.]]
* LaResistance
* RebelLeader

!!Wayne Ramsey
->'''Played by:''' Patrick St. Esprit

A rebel leader and superior to Nicholas.

* RebelLeader

!!Jim Hudson
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Hudson_James_2333.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Malik Yoba

A former member of the Monroe Militia who helped Miles in his attempt to assassinate Monroe. He joins the rebels after his past is revealed to his new wife.

* TheAtoner
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBookworm
* DefectorFromDecadence
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn:And a quick death after he's found out, courtesy of Jason.]]
* GeniusBruiser: Runs the library in Culpepper when he's first encountered and apparently established the settlement. Miles considers Jim his superior in planning ability.
* ScaryBlackMan

!!Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Hutchison_Kenneth_4204.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Jeff Fahey

A bookshop keeper and secret member of the rebellion. More comfortable with passing information than actually fighting, he's still in mourning for his wife.

* CoolOldGuy
* FreudianExcuse
* NonActionGuy: According to him, this was what he was before [[spoiler:his ActionGirl wife died.]]
* TheMourningAfter
* LaResistance
* RevengeBeforeReason
* WellIntentionedExtremist

[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Blackout Team]]

!!Randall Flynn
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Flynn_Randall_2749.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Lighten up."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Colm Feore

->''"I just want us to be friends."''

The Assistant Secretary of the Department of Defense, he was the employer of Ben Matheson and his team. Since the blackout, he has kidnapped Grace Beaumont for an unknown purpose. He also has one of the pendants.

* BaldOfEvil
* BigBadDuumvirate
* BiggerBad: May be this relative to Bass Monroe.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* ChessMaster: Possibly
* DealWithTheDevil: He's the devil in his bargin with Rachel.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He [[spoiler:had a son who died in Afghanistan.]]
* {{Expy}}: Coming across as one for [[Literature/TheStand Randall Flagg]]. Note the similar names.
* TheFaceless: In his first appearance.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: [[spoiler: Didn't take his sons death in Afghanistan too well.]]
* SharpDressedMan: Before the blackout.
* SmugSnake
* SlasherSmile: A specialty of Colm Feore.
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:His son's dog tags.]]
* VillainTeamUp: with [[spoiler: Monroe.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Wants to build a "better world" because he thought mankind abused power in the last one.]]

!!Grace Beaumont
->'''Played by:''' Maria Howell

A member of Ben Matheson's original science team responsible for creating the technology that started the Blackout. She is found living alone and in hiding by Danny, before later being kidnapped by her old boss Randall Flynn. She has one of the pendants.

* ReluctantMadScientist
* SecretKeeper: Has her own copy of the MacGuffin.

!!Dr Bradley Jaffe
->'''Played by:''' Conor O'Farrell

One of the scientists who worked with Ben Matheson and Grace Beaumont.

* ButtMonkey
* ColdBloodedTorture: Has it done to him by the Monroe Republic.
* [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch]]
* [[spoiler:MauveShirt]]
* ReluctantMadScientist
* [[spoiler:ShootTheDog]]

!!John Sanborn
->'''Played by:''' Leland Orser

One of the scientists who worked with Ben Matheson and Grace Beaumont.

* BunnyEarsLawyer
* DirtyCoward
* MadScientist: Seems to be developing new weapons just for the fun of it, such as the [[ChekovsGun Chekov's Sonic Gun]] [[spoiler: he uses to incapacitate Miles and Rachel]].
* NervousWreck

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[[folder: Other Recurring Characters]]

!!Priscilla Pittman
->'''Played by:''' Maureen Sebastian

Aaron Pittman's wife, whom he abandoned after the blackout.

* [[spoiler:MamaBear]]
* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]
* PutOnABus
* UglyGuyHotWife

!!President Kelly Foster
->'''Played by:''' Leslie Hope

The President of the Georgia Federation.

* GoodIsNotNice
* IronLady
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: They're women who are presidents of a single state/'federation'.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Minor Characters]]

!!Ray Kinsey
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Kinsey_Raymond_9565.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Michael Bowen

A crazed survivor living with his pack of feral dogs in an amusement park.

* AxCrazy
* {{Badass}}
* BerserkButton: Messing with his dogs.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DeathTrap: Puts Charlie in one.
* FreudianExcuse
* ReplacementGoldfish: Briefly considers making Charlie one for his [[spoiler:dead daughter.]]
* SanitySlippage
* SurvivorGuilt
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]]

!!Drexel
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Come on, it's just fun and games."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Todd Stashwick

A violent and sadistic crime lord at war with a nearby family.

* AmbiguouslyBrown
* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim: Seen as one in-universe by his own henchmen, who don't apparently care when he is shot by Aaron.]]
* AxCrazy
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Fun and games".
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Plays like a post-apocalyptic version of ''{{Scarface}}''.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DrugsAreBad
* FauxAffablyEvil
* HairTriggerTemper
* {{Jerkass}}
* SadisticChoice: Likes forcing people to make these.
* SmugSnake
* {{Slimeball}}
* TheSociopath
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]]
* WouldHitAGirl

!!Emma
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emmarev_5460.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Annie Wersching

Miles' High School girlfriend [[spoiler:and secret mother of Sebastian Monroe's son.]]

* FieryRedhead
* HeroesWantRedheads
* [[spoiler:HotMom]]
* [[InnocentBlueEyes Innocent Blue-Green Eyes]]
* MoralityPet: For [[spoiler:Monroe.]]
* [[spoiler:StuffedIntoTheFridge]]
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]]
* [[spoiler:YourCheatingHeart: With Monroe.]]

[[/folder]]

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