History Characters / AmericanHorrorStoryHotel

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** They also [[TheBadGuyWins succeeded in getting what they want]] in the pre-ultimate episode, but they handled things quite differently in the finale. Dandy decides to BadBoss to his newly found employees, [[spoiler:and later killing them off. However, a few survived and decide to give Dandy the [[KarmicDeath Karmic justice]] he deserves and Dandy ends up losing everything.]] March on the other hand decides to be [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] and [[spoiler:agrees with his employees to ban killing from the hotel so that it won't be demolished and he and the other ghosts will continue to survive. In the end this works in his favor and [[KarmaHoudini forever escapes Karmic Retribution]], all while keeping everything he has.]]

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[[folder:Detective John Lowe]]
!!Detective John Lowe
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/WesBentley

-->'''Liz Taylor:''' ''[to John]'' I can see the pain in your eyes. It's very familiar. Oh, you've lost something. And now you're frozen in time. Can't move forward. Can't go back.

A detective investigating the Ten Commandments Killer, his investigation has led him directly to the mysterious Hotel Cortez.

[[folder:The Addiction Demon]]
!!The Addiction Demon
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/AlexanderWard
A demon who rapes its victims with a drill dildo.

* AdvertisedExtra: He was promoted pretty heavily before the season began and had a minor role in the premiere, but afterwards his total screentime amounts to less than a minute.
* AndIMustScream: This is what you're in for if he gets you.
* {{Curse}}: He is a direct manifestation of the evil that exists within the Hotel Cortez.
* TheDragon: Initially he appears to work for, or be an extension of, Hypodermic Sally. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he is actually James March's Dragon, since he refers to it as "his" demon. Still, the episode also makes it clear that the demon is drawn to Sally in particular, perhaps sensing a kindred spirit.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: Addiction is ''Hotel's'' prime theme. It is brought up in every episode, whether the Demon makes an actual appearance or not. So he's always there, even when you don't see him.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: It's a frenzied humanoid with large taloned hands and a drill-bit dildo as a weapon. As can be seen in the image above, there are no human features in the grotesque fleshiness of his entire body. Not something you normally imagine.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He delivers this 'punishment' upon his victims. With a drill-bit dildo.
* {{Sadist}}: The Addiction Demon prefers his victims to scream.
* YourSoulIsMine: In "The Ten Commandments Killer", it is revealed that the Addiction Demon must be appeased by feeding upon the darkness of those who enter the hotel, drawing power from his victims. [[spoiler: March later mentions that, if Sally can't keep the Demon under control, this will be her fate.]]

[[folder:Gordon Northcott]]
!!Gordon Northcott
->'''Played by:''' Creator/LukeBayback
A serial killer that abducted and murdered little boys.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Gordon Stewart Northcott abducted and molested at a chicken farm at Wineville, California. He murdered at least four of them. He was ultimately caught and executed.
* CharacterDeath: He is dead in real life, and probably in the show too.
* WouldHurtAChild: He abducted and murdered a number of kids, including [[spoiler:Miss Evers' little boy]].
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A serial killer.

* TheSeventies: Of all the eras through which she's lived, this one was her favorite.

* DiscoDan: Tristan's hair and clothes are straight out of TheEighties.

* TheSeventies: The era she lived in. She was even an actress starring in {{Blaxploitation}} films.

* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: In reality, Wuornos was an unfortunate-looking woman. Here, she's played by the gorgeous Lily Rabe. All the make-up can't quite disguise Rabe's beauty.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/MädchenAmick

A vampire who gave Rudolph Valentino the blood virus.

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%% Doesn't epxlain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Any type of drug. Her dislike seems to stem from the fact she lost her son, Donovan, who overdosed on heroin which was given to him by Sally.

* BloodCountess: She's a vampire and the current owner of Hotel Cortez, which is filled with demons and ghosts. She can only sustain herself on blood, and uses a clawed glove to cut her victims' throats. She's also a self-widow, which is mostly how she gained so much money. She has also kidnapped some children and raised them as her own little vampires, playing into the trope's matriarchal angle.

* EntitledBitch: She askes Liz to help her with her wedding with Drake after [[spoiler: killing Tristan]]. When Liz refuses, she comments that [[NeverMyFault the people she trusts]] [[MoralMyopia repay her with ingratitude]].

* IfICantHaveYou: She definitely has a problem being cheated on and will makes sure the cheater and their lover pay both emotionally and physically. Though it should be noted she always kill the person she's least close too such as sparing Ramona and [[spoiler: Liz Taylor]] who she knew for years when she killed [[spoiler: Tristan, who she made her lover for a couple weeks]]. Ironically, she has no problem with cheating and dumping others if she feels like they get too boring or unsatisfying.

A drug addict and thorn in the side of her landlord at the Hotel Cortez.

** [[spoiler: In her backstory she was friends/lovers with two musicians whom she sewed to herself in a drug fueled threeway. She states the she did it out of fear that they would abandon her. The Countess openly states the Sally has issues.]]
* DiscoDan: Her entire wardrobe is reminiscent of the 90s. [[spoiler: Of course this is [[EnforcedTrope due to her dying in 1994]] and there for stuck in that time period.]]

* IDieFree: Iris and Liz honour his request to be carried outside the hotel after he's been badly shot, so he won't be stuck inside for all eternity.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When she was human, she was deeply afraid of growing up and becoming prey to her father's lust; she was spared this fate from the Countess... but after twenty-five years feeding on blood and existing as a living doll to the Countess, Wren realizes that it wasn't much of an improvement, and secretly wishes she'd grown up after all.

* {{Jerkass}}: Tristan is self-absorbed, aggressive, and essentially just downright vile. Yet understandably so, as he is implied to have grown up in the cut-throat modeling industry and having everyone either afraid of him or handing him things on a silver platter.
* LackOfEmpathy: Didn't seem to care when [[spoiler:Mr. March]] shoots a tied up guest from the party going down on the ground floor. Only the fact blood splattered all over his designer clothes. [[spoiler: Also inverted, as he is clearly shown to love Liz Taylor. Even when Liz had him meet her and the Countess to tell her the truth of their relationship which had been going on for weeks; he didn't lie.]]

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* FemmeFatale: [[spoiler: She and Vendela take up this role following their death, seducing Mr Wu so they can murder him, then luring John into a threesome so they can mess with his head. However, they have appeared to have given up this following the time skip in the final episode and have settled down full-time with Mr Wu's ghost.]]

* FemmeFatale: [[spoiler: She and Vendela take up this role following their death, seducing Mr Wu so they can murder him, then luring John into a threesome so they can mess with his head. However, they have appeared to have given up this following the time skip in the final episode and have settled down full-time with Mr Wu's ghost.]]

** They also [[TheBadGuyWins succeeded in getting what they want]] in the pre-ultimate episode, but they handled things quite differently in the finale. Dandy decides to BadBoss to his newly found employees, [[spoiler:and later killing them off. However a few survived and decide to give Dandy the [[KarmicDeath Karmic justice]] he deserves and Dandy ends up losing everything.]] March on the other hand decides to be [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] and [[spoiler:agrees with his employees to ban killing from the hotel so that it won't be demolished and he and the other ghosts will continue to survive. In the end this works in his favor and [[KarmaHoudini forever escapes Karmic Retribution]], all while keeping everything he has.]]

* IdenticalStranger: Subverted. Although he is played by Finn Wittrock, who played Tristan Duffy in earlier episodes of the season, neither the Countess nor March mention or react to Tristan's uncanny resemblance to Valentino when they meet him. Though granted, the Countess ''does'' soon take a shine to Tristan and turn him into her latest lover, so she probably recognized the resemblance to Valentino.

* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: She kidnaps and tries to ally with Donovan to get vengeance on the Countess, her ex-lover, for killing the love of Ramona's life. She promptly dumps him though when he tells her Elizabeth ended their relationship. Her long term plan is to destroy Elizabeth's little vampire children.]]

* FootDraggingDivorcee: She wants to divorce because she feels that her and John can't overcome the loss of Holden together, and that now their issues are beginning too hurt their daughter Scarlett as well.

* HeelRealization: When she finally confesses to John everything that happens the two of them have a moment in which they agree that they are the "worst parents ever". However Alex does seem to be aware of her favoritism towards Holden even before that.

** It's been subtly implied that Alex herself unknowingly did this to Scarlett due to her favoritism towards Holden. The Countess directly calls her out on it. Though it's debatable whether or not this is actually considering the Countess is not the most well intentioned.

* WouldHurtAChild: Well, [[spoiler: vampire children. She works with John to lure Max and the other infected children into the sealed off hotel wing with a starving Ramona Royale. Though, she is technically responsible for their pain and all of the pain that they cause in turn.]]
* YouAreWhatYouHate: At the beginning of the season, she is vocal about her passionate hatred for those responsible for taking her son. [[spoiler: This gets turned on its head when she finds Holden with The Countess, and quickly becomes her willing servant just to be with him again. Meaning, Alex is actively helping the person who took her son.]]

* ChildrensCovertCoterie: [[spoiler: After being vampirized by Alex Lowe in a desperate attempt to cure his terminal measles, Max forms his own secret pack of young vampires by spreading the virus to his entire middle school class. Under his leadership, the pack kill their way through the rest of the school, successfully feign innocence when the police investigate, and then begin covertly preying on adults throughout the neighborhood - including their own parents.]]

* CoolOldGuy: A good father to Ramona and still doing his best to look after her mental wellbeing despite his advancing senility. [[spoiler: It ultimately makes his fate all the more tragic.]]

* {{Yandere}}: She's later revealed to have [[spoiler: call the cops on March but then Subverts it by telling March off and leaving his presence as he demands.]]