Characters / Blake Skye Private Eye

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Blake Skye: Private Eye Characters

Recurring Characters

Blake Skye

First Appearance: Episode 1, The Professor's Wife

Portrayed by: SJ Ryker

The protagonist of the podcast. Blake is a hard-boiled private eye who will stop at nothing to find what he needs to crack the case.

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• Battle of Wits: Blake engages in this with August in Episode 5, to protect Daphne from her husband's potential retribution for hiring Blake.
• Born Unlucky: From the sinking of the USS Bagley, crossing the O'Shae gang, having to vacate his apartment because he can't pay rent, to taking the worst infidelity case filled with more than he ever bargained for, Blake seems to have the worst luck.
• Defective Detective: Blake's idea of a social life is talking to Webster for the most part, and he has had a hard time maintaining relationships.
• Distinguishing Mark: The Rites of Baran-Mah tattooed on his hand after dying a fourteenth time in captivity. It seems to be V'rothi words inked into his skin.
• Elemental Absorption: What Blake's new Rites allow him to do. Unfortunately, the water he absorbs from the people he uses it on fills his lungs.
• Enemy Mine: In Episode 6, Blake and Mickey - the person whose men broke his ribs and put him out of work for a while - grudgingly join forces to disrupt the organization August belongs to.
• Hardboiled Detective: Blake is a tough, hard-drinking detective, with plenty of street smarts.
• Heartbroken Badass: Blake's boyfriend Gordon breaks up with him before the podcast starts because their lifestyles differ too much - Blake feels the desire to do good things for people as a detective, which is a dangerous job, while Gordon wants to settle down and have a quiet life. Blake finds himself at Gordon's bar, drinking away his sorrows in Episode 2.
• I Need a Freaking Drink: Blake says this almost word for word in Episode 3, in the middle of recounting the strange happenings after Elenore read from the strange book in the previous episode.
• Laughing Mad: What Blake sounds like when he comes back from his fourteenth death, gaining a more sinister personality, which is pretty uncharacteristic for him. While laughing maniacally, he dispatches both famuli guarding him and rounds on August, intent on killing him too.
• Love Cannot Overcome: Subverted. While Blake and Gordon start the series broken up, the circumstances surrounding them push them back together. The two get back together, deciding their love is worth braving the dangers ahead.
• Past-Life Memories: Blake seems to remember things from another Blake after his death, such as marrying a woman and having a family.
• Power Tattoo: Gains the Rites of Baran-Mah after his fourteenth death, giving him new abilities to exploit against August and his famuli.
• Private Detective: Blake takes on cases from private citizens, investigating such things as workplace theft and infidelity, but eventually finds himself embroiled in more than just that.
• Sole Survivor: The ship Blake was assigned to in the Great War was hit by torpedoes and taken off course during a storm and sank. Because of the bar fight he was in on shore leave, he was the only crew member of the USS Bagley to survive.
• Sorry That I'm Dying: To Gordon in Episode 5 after August fatally wounds him, and he dies shortly after.
• Surrogate Soliloquy: Often talks at length to his Companion Cube, Webster - a Webster-Chicago Wire Recorder.
• Survivor Guilt: Revealed in Episode 11, after the tragedy of the USS Bagley.
  Blake Skye: Every man on that ship died. I’m the only member of the crew left alive.
  Mickey O'Shae: And that means… you killed them?
  Blake Skye: Y-yes! Yes, I was the lookout! I could’ve spotted the U-boat! Or the torpedoes in the water! If I was there, I could’ve done something! But I wasn’t, and they’re all dead because of me!
• Talks Like a Simile: Blake employs a lot of simile and metaphor during his monologues to Webster. It's so apparent that even other characters comment on it.

Elenore Kostanski

First Appearance: Episode 1, The Professor's Wife

Portrayed by: Gabi B.

A young student at Deacon University in The City, and Professor August Howard's assistant. That is, until everything goes sideways...

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• Affectionate Nickname: Is called "Elle" by Mickey.
• Attack on the Heart: Elenore kills August in Episode 1 with the sacrificial knife he brings to the Exham Arms by stabbing him right in the heart.
• Badass Bookworm: The linguistics major really comes in handy when you need to speak a dead, ancient language.
• Companion Cube: Elenore begins to emulate Blake when talking to Not-Webster in Episode 14.
• Dramatic Ammo Depletion: In Episode 13, right when she needed it most, followed by a breakdown.
• Fingore: Something of value was needed to cast the spell needed to bind The Rat-King in Mickey's construction site, and Elenore had to choose between her research notes or a finger. She cut her pinky off with Mickey's lucky knife.
• Girl Friday: The optimist and bright spot to Blake's pessimism and gloom.
• Hearing Voices: It's unclear whether she actually hears the voices of her friends in Episode 14, or whether she's hallucinating.
• Kid Sidekick: To Blake. She is much younger than him, and often acts as his conduit to academic information that he wouldn't have normally had access to.
• Killing in Self-Defense: Elenore has killed once, in Episode 1. After being brought to the Exham Arms to be sacrificed by August Howard, she takes his knife and kills him instead.
• The Not-Love Interest: Due to Elenore's position as a Kid Sidekick, her relationship with Blake is purely platonic.
• Plucky Girl: Elenore is often the optimist of the group and always looking for solutions to problems.
• Replacement Goldfish: August seems to see Elenore almost like his sister, Lydia.
• Say Your Prayers: In Polish, after narrowly escaping death in Episode 1.
• Take Me Instead: Elenore offers herself up to August in Episode 13, in exchange for the safety and escape of Blake and Mickey.
• Terms of Endangerment: She is called The Underwhelming Assistant by Desmond, who is the right hand man of the person who has captured her and was instrumental in August's attempt to kill her.
• Thinking Out Loud: Any time she does research, she speaks out loud. Whether that's something she picked up from Blake or something she did before she met him is unclear.
• Will Not Be a Victim: The very first interaction Blake has with Elenore is distracting August enough for her to get away, but she instead stabs him straight in the heart.

Mickey O'Shae

First Mentioned: Episode 1, The Professor's Wife

First Appearance: Episode 6, Crime's Own Rockefeller

Portrayed by: Kale B.

Crime's own Rockefeller, the head of the City's Mob. Mickey O'Shae is charismatic, clever, and most of all - a good leader to their men.

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• Affectionate Nickname: Called "Mick" occasionally
• Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster!: Mickey is a street smart, fashionable, self-made person, who clawed their way to the successful gang-boss life they now lead. And they *love* it.
• The Dead Have Names: Mickey is sure to mention the names of the men they lost to The Rat-King in the raid on the Elephant's Heart.
• Enemy Mine: In Episode 6, Mickey and Blake - the nosy detective that just wouldn't stay out of their business - grudgingly join forces to disrupt the organization August belongs to.
• A Father to His Men: Mickey is extremely good to their people, as shown by their attendance at all their funerals, taking care of their family members, and their community outreach.
• Hero with an F in Good: While Mickey has good intentions, they're still a Jerk with a Heart of Gold and also a crime boss.
• Honor Among Thieves: Seen in Episode 19, when Mickey organizes the surviving crime bosses of the city. Mickey explains to Blake that even crime bosses have some faint loyalty to one another despite their tendency to clash.
• Indy Ploy: Mickey's favored method of planning (which is none). Mickey can be heard planning on the fly in a few episodes, but one stand-out is in Episode 13, when Blake and the others take on the Rat-King to bind him in place.
• King of Thieves: Mickey is the leader and founder of the O'Shae Gang.
• Lovable Rogue: Mickey is a crime boss who routinely injures and even murders people to keep their gang going, and yet they are overwhelmingly an audience favorite.
• Never Bring a Gun to a Knife Fight: Mickey is hardly ever seen with a firearm in the series, instead preferring to use knives, especially their lucky knife.
• The Nicknamer: A sampling of some of their many nicknames for people include...
  • Librarian and Elle for Elenore
  • Flatfoot and Gumshoe for Blake
  • Professor Coward for August
• Puppet Permutation: Due to the deal Gordon makes with The Rat-King after Mickey's death their essence is placed within their dressing mannequin shown to Blake in Episode 11.
• Recruiting the Criminal: In Episode 6, Mickey is wrapped up in Blake's dealings when Elenore and Gordon ask them for help, knowing Mickey's gang and their other connections would be useful.
• Sacrificial Lion: In Episode 13, when August Howard murders everyone's favorite crime boss. Their death provided the nudge he needed over the Moral Event Horizon, and make the stakes just that much higher for Blake and Elenore.
• Take Care Of The Brother: Mickey's last request to a distraught Blake.

Gordon Graves

First Appearance: Episode 2, Silent Lips and Grasping Hands

Portrayed by: Stephen Kropa

The bartender at the Red Hand and the one who got away...

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• Affectionate Nickname: Called "Gordie" by Blake, as well as a few other characters.
• Alliterative Name: Gordon Graves.
• The Bartender: Gordon serves drinks at a bar called The Red Hand, and is known for offering advice to his customers.
• Differing Priorities Breakup: Blake and Gordon's lifestyles differ too much - Blake feels the desire to do good things for people as a detective, which is a dangerous job, while Gordon wants to settle down and have a quiet life. Gordon is the one to break it off with Blake, despite it hurting.
• Old Flame: To Blake. Gordon breaks up with him before the podcast begins, and Blake spends most of the first season pining over him as they work together.
• The One That Got Away: At first. But by Episode 19, Gordon seems to be willing to give Blake a second chance at their relationship.

August Howard

First Appearance: Episode 1, The Professor's Wife

Portrayed by: Ness B.

A linguistics professor at Deacon University. At first, an unfaithful husband, but now something much more sinister.

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• Affectionate Nickname: In Episode 18, it’s revealed that Daphne’s nickname for August is ‘Auggie’.
• Battle of Wits: August engages in this with Blake in Episode 5, to figure out who hired Blake to investigate him.
• Berserk Button: The Order using Auggie’s Daphne’s paintings to further their nefarious research seems to be the catalyst he needs to strike out against them.
• Big Bad: August is the series' main antagonist.
• Driven to Villainy: It is revealed over the course of the series that the events surrounding August led him to believe he had no choice other than to turn to villainy to save the world.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: August is shown to deeply love his sister Lydia and still seems to care about his wife Daphne.
• I Am a Monster: Said by Auggie as August’s prime consciousness begins to take over him, and he sees all that has been done.
• The Infiltration: Auggie does this with the Esoteric Order and ends up kidnapped there.
• Knight Templar: August's entire reason for turning to villainy is to fix this broken, deceitful world, and genuinely believes that he will be heralded as a hero after it's done.
• Manipulative Bastard: August is a very persuasive man, knowing exactly what to say to make people bend to his will, and always seems to have a plan in place to get the outcome he wants.
• "Reason You Suck" Speech: Given to Desmond in Episode 10.
  August Howard: You! I don’t know whether I should pat you on the back or have you torn limb from limb. Do you have any idea how close you came to ruining everything?
  Desmond Ayer: Yes, but I-
  August Howard:All of it, endangered by your impertinent mouth. And yet somehow, I managed to spin your straw into gold. The Outsider trusts me more than ever before.
  Desmond Ayer: That’s wonderful, but-
  August Howard: But nothing! The next time you question me? The next time you think that your second-rate schemes capture even a fraction of my brilliance, I-
• The Svengali: August has a history of manipulating, mistreating, and even attempting to murder his research assistants.
• The Unfettered: August killed many people - and tried to murder his own research assistant, started gang wars, participated in an eldritch immortality rite, irresponsibly used said eldritch magic, and cheated on and imprisoned a wife he loves to further his goal of changing the world.
• Utopia Justifies the Means: August wholeheartedly believes that anything done in the service of a better world is worth it, no matter how despicable or evil it is.
• Was It Really Worth It?: August discusses this as he monologues in Episode 21.
  August Howard: She’s right, I’ve sacrificed everything. As much as I tell myself it’s for a higher purpose, I feel… hollow. I wanted to make a world worthy of people like my sister. I wanted to create a place where Daphne and I could raise a child without fear. I told myself I was strong enough to see this through to the end. But I don’t think I am. I’m too weak, too pitiful. And I will come so close… only to fail. The world will still be broken, and I will have destroyed everything I love.
• We Will Meet Again: August says this to Blake in Episode 5 after being fatally shot, eventually dying.
  August Howard: [Coughing] You won a battle, Mister Skye... and lost the war. I will stand over your husk soon enough...
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: August's goal of creating a better world is admirable, but the way he's going about it is horrific and destructive.
• What You Are in the Dark: August reveals in Episode 15 that his sister Lydia would hate him for what he's done, despite doing it because of her.
• Wrong-Name Outburst: August repeatedly mistakes Elenore for an 'Isabelle' in moments of high stress. The reason for this is not known yet.
• You Are Worth Hell: This is conveyed when Auggie speaks to Daphne during the Rites of Conzel Trenute in Episode 18.
• You Wouldn't Shoot Me: To Elenore in Episode 13, calling her bluff. Elenore tries, but the gun misfires.

Daphne Howard

First Appearance: Episode 1, The Professor's Wife

Portrayed by: Amy Y.

The wife of Professor August Howard. Her harmless inquiry into her husband's affairs set off the catastrophic events of the series.

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• The Chanteuse: Daphne ends up playing music in a jazz club while disguised and on the run.
• Dead Alternate Counterpart: She finds out that her alternate self from Auggie’s world has perished.
• Death by Childbirth: Auggie’s Daphne died while giving birth to their daughter, Patience. There was nothing the doctors could do to save them.
• Deep Sleep: After resisting artistic compulsion by not sleeping or eating in Episode 14.
• Defiant Captive: In Episode 14, it's revealed that Daphne has not been at all cooperative while in captivity.
• Did You Think I Can't Feel?: To August in Episode 10 when they discuss the death of August's sister, Lydia.
• Distinguishing Mark: The marks on her arms from not acting on her compulsion and taking it out on herself.
• Dye or Die: After Episode 5, she dyes her hair blonde and pairs it with an Expository Hairstyle Change, to avoid being found.
• The Determinator: Daphne resists giving the Esoteric Order any information from her compulsive artistry, resorting to threatening to cut off her hands,starving herself, depriving herself of sleep, and making a deal with Elenore to dupe her artwork.
• Elegant Classical Musician: Daphne is a classy lady who studied piano at the city's conservatory.
• Femme Fatale: Subverted. In the early episodes, Daphne fits the bill and hits all the beats of a femme fatale, but later on it's revealed that she's just as much against her husband as Blake and the others.
• Grudging "Thank You": Daphne gives one to Elenore after she frees her from her restraints, not super content to have to interact with a woman she thought her husband cheated with.
• Hearing Voices: Daphne seems to be able to tell when August comes back from being dead, either by hearing or feeling the whispers.
• Hopeless Suitor: In Episode One of Diviner in the Deep, it is revealed that Daphne seemed to have harbored romantic feelings for Lydia for a long time, but they were never requited.
• In-Series Nickname: The Esoteric Order gives all of their projects certain designations, and calls her The Diviner, and the project centered around decoding her artwork is called The Diviner Project.
• Intimate Artistry: Implied when the painting's subjects are finally revealed to be two kings, in Episode 18.
• The Lost Lenore: Exploited, as Hope invokes Daphne’s memory to get Auggie to join the Order.
• Performer Guise: Daphne went by the name Helen Davies while on the run.
• Precision F-Strike: Subverted, interrupted by The Rat-King in Episode 10.
• Self-Harm: With her own fingernails as a result of not acting on her compulsion. It happens as she sleeps, so she keeps herself awake.
• Settle for Sibling: Implied in Episode 18 after Auggie talks about how Daphne felt about his sister, Lydia, though Daphne reaffirms her committment.
• Smoking Is Glamorous: Daphne smokes from a long ivory stem, and Blake's narration fixates on this.
• Special Odd Hand: Daphne's hand will twitch if she does not indulge her compulsive artistry.
• Waking Up Elsewhere: In Episode 14, after sleep deprivation and hunger from resisting her compulsion kicks in.

Desmond Ayer

First Appearance: Episode 10, Caged Prosperity

Portrayed by: Merry B.

Professor August Howard's current research assistant. A young man with well-meaning opinions and slight hedonistic tendencies.

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• Bastard Understudy: Desmond is August's right hand man, and as revealed in Episode 21 seems to have a bit more sway over his mentor than once originally thought.
• Compelling Voice: Desmond uses this against August in Episode 21, to convince him to kill Maximillian Kollmann.
• Dislikes the New Guy: Desmond doesn't like that Elenore is back working with August in Episode 14, disgusted by her resistance to working on the Magnum Opus, and as inferior intellectually.
• The Dragon: The second to August's Big Bad. He is often on the scene with August and seems to be his confidant.
• The Hedonist: Desmond has been shown to indulge in pleasurable pursuits. Made especially blatant in the Keyzer noirsona.
• Jerkass to One: Desmond's dialogue is quite snippy and snarky. He is especially mean and unpleasant to Elenore and Milly.
• Malicious Misnaming: In Act 2 of Quinn's Mechanism, Desmond calls Hope Lezner "Harriet" and Samantha Nolan "Sandra" and never uses their actual names. The names are delivered in a way that makes one think that Desmond ENJOYS misnaming them.
• Manipulative Bastard: Desmond has a way with words and is incredibly convincing in his wish to help August with this new world, and as of Episode 21, even has a Compelling Voice to help him.
• Muggle with a Degree in Magic: Desmond is quite knowledgeable in his field, but doesn't seem to be able to utilize that knowledge like August and Elenore can.
• The Snark Knight: Desmond seems a bit weary about everything and can't help but make snappy remarks at the people around him, sometimes even his own mentor.
• The Starscream: Hints of this were shown in Episode 17, but in Episode 21 Desmond shows more of his true colors - he's been taking advantage of Professor Howard when he experiences a change of heart, manipulating him to do what Desmond wants him to do.
• The Unfettered: Desmond's mindset is the same as August's. He is willing to do anything to complete the Magnum Opus.
  Desmond Ayer: I mean, what are a few lives in the face of a perfect world?

The Outsider/Humility (Milly) Shepherd

First Appearance: Episode 10, Caged Prosperity

Portrayed by: Rebecca M.

A young girl from Appalachia who arrives in The City to figure out the mysteries surrounding herself.

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• Bewitched Amphibians: In Episode 17, it is revealed that Milly turned her cousin into a toad. Made worse by the fact that she kept it under her bed in a shoebox.
• Cheerful Child: She is introduced this way in Episode 10, and seems very happy to be in the care of August and the Order.
• Cute Bookworm: Early on, Milly speaks excitedly about the books she's reading, and she always seems to be reading a new one each time she's in an episode.
• Emotional Powers: Milly's powers seem to fluctuate with her emotional state, and as a tween/teen, it seems to happen frequently.
• I Didn't Mean to Kill Him:
  Humility Shepherd: I didn’t mean to kill him! I was just mindin’ my own business... then he... zon hurt mer and or just reeg zon fin! Why are you udah wur? Oh donah, mita ray! Possa or fahn riss oh sunda!
• In-Series Nickname: The Esoteric Order gives all of their projects certain designations, and calls Milly The Outsider.
• Meditation Powerup: Milly shows Elenore in Episode 14 that the meditation taught to her by August actually helps her control her powers better.
• Power Floats: During Milly's meditation in Episode 14, she floats in the air. This is later played for laughs as Elenore interrupts Milly's intense concentration.
• Power Incontinence: In her earlier episodes, Milly is shown to have very little control over her powers. Her speech accidentally spills into V'roth and causes unintentional damage. Milly has much better control over herself by Episode 21, after lessons from Desmond.
• Preacher's Kid: Milly's father is Reverend Thaddeus Immanuel Shepherd, who preaches at the First Christian Church of Prosperity.
• The Runaway: Milly ran away from home because she could not control her powers.
• Tagalong Kid: To Desmond, much to his dismay. As of Episode 14, Desmond is in charge of helping Milly harness her powers, so Milly often accompanies Desmond when she is not in her room.

Herschel Spielman/The Rat-King

First Appearance: Episode 7, On the Precipice of Reason

Portrayed by: Zane Schacht

One of Mickey's men, until his untimely demise at the hands of The Rat-King.

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• The Assimilator: During the O'Shae Gang raid on the Elephant's Heart, the Rat-King ended up absorbing a handful of Mickey's men, ending with Herschel, letting him access all their memories. Since then, the Rat-King hasn't absorbed anyone else, so he continues to speak like Herschel.
• Eldritch Abomination: The Rat-King is an Infinite Name that usually lives in the Void Sea.
• The Juggernaut: It is impossible to defeat the Rat-King, so Blake and co. settle on binding him instead.
• My Master, Right or Wrong: He is bound to August's service and is his to command.
• Say Your Prayers: Herschel recites a Jewish prayer just as the monster closes in and graphically devours him.

Additional Characters

Lydia Howard

First Mentioned: Blake Skye: Private Eye Episode 10, Caged Prosperity

First Appearance: Diviner in the Deep Episode 1, The Breathless Depths

Portrayed by: Gabi B.

August's younger sister and Daphne's best friend, who met her untimely end during the War.

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• Best Friends-in-Law: Lydia and Daphne grew up together and were best friends. Since Daphne married August, that also makes them sisters in law.
• Childhood Friend: Daphne and Lydia had been friends since childhood.
• The Confidant: Both August and Daphne seemed to rely on and confide in her.
• Incompatible Orientation: Lydia doesn't reciprocate Daphne's feelings for her in Diviner in the Deep because she seems to be aromantic and asexual.
• Living Emotional Crutch: She seemed to be the only person that could really help August process his emotions.
• The Lost Lenore: It's heavily implied, that for Daphne, Lydia was a lost love.
• The Medic: Lydia was a nurse who wanted to help with the suffering overseas and eventually died during the War.
• Morality Chain: For August. It seems her death was the event that set him on his path.
• Morality Chain Beyond the Grave: For Daphne. Because Lydia wouldn't have wanted August to do what he's done, Daphne fights to stop him.
• Plot-Triggering Death: It is technically her death that causes August's descent into darkness.
• Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Lydia was a wonderful woman and regarded very highly by those that knew her.

Quinn's Mechanism Characters

Quinn Mc Dunn

First Appearance: Act 1, The First Component

Portrayed by: Kale B.

Research Assistant to Professor Hope Lezner, and child to two prominent researchers in the field. Quinn is drawn to the enigmatic mechanism belonging to a mysterious book.

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• Conspiracy Theorist: Quinn ascribes to the Dropout Conspiracy circulating around Deacon University, which aims to explain why so many young girls seem to be disappearing.
• Follow in My Footsteps: Quinn, from a young age, has been groomed and pressured into following in their parents' footsteps. Since their parents were researchers of occult medieval books, Quinn's path led them to becoming a research assistant for another professor who does much the same. However since Quinn seems dyslexic, this is not something they actually want to do with their life.
• The Illegible: Quinn remarks in the First Component of Act 1 that their handwriting is difficult to decipher after Professor Lezner asks them to take notes verbally.
• Properly Paranoid: Quinn suspects that something is not right with the books that Professor Lezner is asking them to read. They end up being VERY right.
• Wrong Line of Work: Because they followed their parents' wishes, Quinn ended up doing a job that they are wholly unsuited for. Even Professor Lezner remarks in the Fifth Component of Act 2 that they would've been better suited to working with bone tablet fragments or clay rather than books.

Hope Lezner

First Appearance: Act 1, The First Component

Portrayed by: Amy Y.

Professor of Linguistics at Deacon University, and colleague to August Howard. A no-nonsense, scientifically minded woman who is stern to her assistants.

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• Affectionate Nickname: Called "My Dearest Professor", "Mijn Liefste", and "Schat" by Keyzer.
• Bookworm: Hope does her job specifically because she loves reading so much.
  Keyzer: I have never met someone who loves books as much as you.
  Hope Lezner: I'll take that as a compliment.
  Keyzer: You should not.
  Hope Lezner: I'm… sure I’ll only regret it if I ask you why.
  Keyzer: I don't know how you can love books more than other people and still wonder why it is you find yourself lonely.
• Dark Secret: In Act 1, Hope's dark secret seems to be that she was a patron of the Tantalus before it collapsed, but in Act 2 the secret is revealed to be far more serious - her parents were German loyalists living in America who forged her birth certificate. As a result of that, she seems to have changed her surname slightly to avoid suspicion.
• It's Personal: Hope has even more reason to follow August's directives exactly in Act 2 once Keyzer is revealed to have been captured in the Third Component. Having listened to the tape Hope didn't destroy, August knew exactly where to hit her to make her bend to his will.
• Kick the Dog: As a member of the Esoteric Order in Auggie’s universe, she tries to recruit him to the cause after the death of his wife.
• Mirror Universe: In Auggie’s alternate universe, Hope appears to be placed in August’s position in the main universe.

Samantha Nolan

First Appearance: Act 1, The First Component

Portrayed by: Rebecca M.

Archival Assistant to the University. A woman of upstanding character, she keeps an eye on Quinn as they investigate the book.

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• A Friend in Need: Sam seems to be the first person Quinn thinks of to confide in about the book's strange properties, and they seem to have a very good rapport.
• Cute Bookworm: As the de facto pick to be successor to the Head Librarian, she definitely exudes a passion for books in the first Act. She also has a cheerful, positive attitude about her. At least until Act 2.
• Screaming Woman: Justified. She lets out a pretty blood-curdling one in Act 1, Fourth Component after being drawn into the book and not being able to find the door. She explains more about what she saw in Act 2, the Second Component.

Keyzer

First Appearance: Act 1, The Third Component

Portrayed by: Rowan v. G.

Manager of the Tantulus, a burlesque club and brothel. They deal in secrets and seem to have a big one to use as leverage.

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• Blackmail: They approach Professor Lezner in Act 1, Third Component with some of her secrets, threatening to expose them if she doesn't give them the location of August Howard.
• Miss Kitty: Keyzer is the owner and manager of the Tantalus burlesque club and brothel. In their noirsona series, their burlesquers refer to them as either Mister or Madame, alternating between the two.
• It's Personal: In Act 1, the Third Component, Keyzer seems out for August Howard's blood, after his monster and the subsequent fight between it and Blake's rag tag gang resulted in the Tantalus exploding.
• Revenge: Keyzer is hungry to exact revenge on August Howard for the destruction of the Tantalus in Episode 9 of the main series.

Transatlantic Trouble Characters

Dorothy "Dottie" Whitfield

First Appearance: Episode One: Three-Thousand, Six-Hundred, and Ninety-Nine Miles

Portrayed by: Kale B.

One half of the young English couple separated by distance. A researcher, linguist, and aspiring professor, Dottie is ambitious and dedicated both to her work and to her girlfriend, Lucy.

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• Affectionate Nickname: Called "Dottie" by Lucy.
• Endless Corridor: In her dreams, she seems to be lost in endless hallways that look like the ones from her university. The doors along the way seem to show her scenes from many places in many languages.

Lucille "Lucy" Cunningham/Luke Austen

First Appearance: Episode One: Three-Thousand, Six-Hundred, and Ninety-Nine Miles

Portrayed by: Merry B.

One half of the young English couple separated by distance. A tinkerer and aspiring inventor, Lucy arrives in the City and finds that it is just as dangerous as described.

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• Affectionate Nickname: Called "Lucy" by Dottie.
• Sweet on Polly Oliver: Gender inverted. In the Shoshana Rosenbaum noirsonas, Lucy-as-Luke is Shoshana's unwitting innocent crush.
• Wrench Wench: Lucy is astonishingly bright when it comes to fixing machinery or devising new mechanisms. Unfortunately for her, she is also a woman in a time period where that sort of work is as of yet hard to find for someone like her.

The Great Ghost Characters

Recurring Characters

Father Martin Ward/The Great Ghost

First Appearance: Episode 1, Ghosts of What Was

Portrayed by: Chester Legris and Margot Mac Millan(In-Universe)

A former soldier in the Great War, Father Ward has turned to vigilantism in his spare time.

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• Badass Preacher: Father Martin Ward is an otherwise normal priest who, under cover of night as a Secret Identity, is a masked vigilante called the Great Ghost.
• Bandaged Face: Martin keeps the side of his face covered with a bandage. This conceals several symbols pressed into the flesh around his eye, scalp, and mangled ear.

Chester Legris

First Appearance: Episode 1, Ghosts of What Was

Portrayed by: SJ Ryker

A washed-up theater actor currently working for the local radio station, narrating submitted stories for the radio show Chilling Suspense.

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• Narrator: Chester serves as the sole , until Margot joins him, much to his chagrin, narrator of Chilling Suspense, a classic radio show which plays host to stories submitted for audio performance.

Margot Mac Millan

First Appearance: Episode 2, Horror in a Holy Place

Portrayed by: Christine Mc Cune

Veteran performer on the Varney Soap Company Drama Hour, Margot was brought onto Chilling Suspense at the request of the radio station manager, to provide more vocal variety to the characters in the shows.

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• Narrator: Margot is another narrator of Chilling Suspense, often taking on additional parts within shows like the Great Ghost.

Brant Storme: Gentleman Thief Characters

Brant Storme

First Appearance: Brant Storme and the Astounding Museum Caper

Portrayed by: SJ Ryker

The protagonist of the joke episodes, and the self-proclaimed nemesis of Blake Skye. Brant Storme is a cunning thief who will stop at nothing to pull off the most exciting and impressive capers.

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• Abhorrent Admirer: Brant is considered an unattractive person, but that does not stop him from lusting after the Unnamed Vaguely Slavic Person, who completely does not reciprocate. At least not right away.
• Archenemy: After his plans were foiled by Mummydad H'stry-Museeeeem IV during his museum caper, Brant declared him his archnemesis, both in intellect and in love.
• Bad Boss: Brant does not feed his silent servant child, has a horrible idea of how to actually conduct his capers which often either leads to outright failure or the occasional lucky stumble into success, and is, just in general, an unpleasant person to work for.
• Dastardly Whiplash: Brant is exactly the sort of moustache twirling, half-baked scheme producing, Saturday morning cartoon villain he sounds like.
• Distracted by the Sexy: Brant is easily taken off task by a pretty face or a hunk of muscle, as demonstrated by his countless passes made at the Unnamed Vaguely Slavic Person.
• Gentleman Thief: Brant Storme often declares himself a Gentleman Thief, having just enough manners to count as gentlemanly, and just enough successful capers to count as a thief.
• Harmless Villain: Brant has never actually killed anyone, nor harmed any property, but he does still conduct capers that aim to steal relics, jewels, gold, and other coveted items.
• Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Brant's capers often go terribly wrong, sometimes to the point of personal injury, and his interactions with the other characters are just so awkward that you can't help but feel sorry for him at times.
• Invincible Incompetent: Brant can have his nipple shot off and get hit by a bus and still get back on his feet, but that still doesn't make him any good at what he does.
• Look Both Ways: In the Halloween episode, Brant did not look both ways before crossing the street and got hit by a bus.
• Love Triangle: There are surprisingly two examples for Brant.
  • Brant is in a classic Type 3 love triangle with Mummydad H'stry-Museeeeem IV, vying for the affection of Lingonberry Lingonberry. It's unclear whether she loved either of them in return.
  • Brant is in a Type 4 triangle in the Halloween Special: he is pursued by Bus Busman, but seems to have requited feelings for Unnamed Vaguely Slavic Person.
• Stalker with a Crush: To Unnamed Vaguely Slavic Person, though it seems requited in the Halloween Episode stinger.
• Villain Protagonist: Parodied. Brant Storme is a villain of the bumbling, idiotic variety, and while not evil, he does still do bad things.
• Villain Team-Up: Brant orchestrates this in the Halloween Special by recruiting members of a Vaguely Slavic crime family and the employees at their laundromat front, to eventually steal the H'stry-Museeeem gold in the City graveyard.

Mummydad H'stry-Museeeeem IV

First Appearance: Brant Storme and the Astounding Museum Caper

Portrayed by: Kale B.

An innocent museum curator for the Egypt exhibit of the Natural History Museum who gets caught up in Brant's blundering scheme.

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• Adoptive Peer Parent: After the events of the April Fool's special, Mummydad adopts Tum-Raah, despite him being a literal mummy and much much older than him.
• Adventure Archaeologist: As of the Halloween Special, Mummydad has been seen gallivanting with other adventuring ne'er do wells to find valuables and treasure.
• Archenemy: Mummydad is the unwitting archenemy of Brant Storme, after obliviously outwitting him in the museum and ruining his caper to steal the mummy.
• Bumbling Dad: After adopting Tum-Raah, Mummydad has been seen being as good of a dad as he can be to the centuries old mummy, which for some reason includes teaching him how to fire a gun and taking him on dangerous capers.
• Love Triangle: Mummydad is in a classic Type 3 love triangle with Brant Storme, vying for the affection of Lingonberry Lingonberry. It's unclear whether she loved either of them in return.
• Misplaced Accent: Mummydad speaks in a Cockney accent, despite the H'stry-Museeeeem family being from Chicago. This is played off in the episode as just being a Chicago accent.
• Obliviously Evil: Mummydad seemingly doesn't know what he's doing, despite going on trips with other villains to steal things.
• Seemingly Profound Fool: In Brant's eyes, the confusing things Mummydad says to him easily counter his lies. Brant isn't aware, however, that what Mummydad says to him isn't profound at all. It's just silly.

Tum-Raah of Nah-chos

First Appearance: Brant Storme and the Astounding Museum Caper

Portrayed by: Amy Y.

A mummy in the Natural History Museum's Egypt exhibit, and the prime target in Brant's current caper.

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• Friendly Mummy: Where stock mummies from this era were seen as threats and monsters, this one is very docile, concerned with politeness, and loves his adopted museum docent dad.
• Mummy: Tum-Raah is a literal mummy from Egypt, found in the museum's exhibit on Egypt, who is somehow still alive.
• Obliviously Evil: Just like his dad, Tum-Raah is just along for the ride, going on capers to steal and plunder without really knowing what he's doing.

Pete-Sir

First Appearance: Brant Storme and the Cunning Crypt Caper

Portrayed by: Ness B.

An innocent laundry boy... who also happens to work for a Vaguely Slavic family's criminal enterprise.

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• Helpful Mook: Out of all the people at the big villain team up in the Halloween episode, Pete-Sir has the most helpful ideas and suggestions, despite only being a mook to the crime family.
• Inopportune Voice Cracking: Pete-Sir's voice cracks at the worst moments, often exaggerated for comedic effect.
• Minion with an F in Evil: While he has all the good ideas for a good villainous caper, he's not actually the best person to execute them, due to his shyness and good-natured personality.

Quintessa von Straaahd

First Appearance: Brant Storme and the Cunning Crypt Caper

Portrayed by: Rebecca M.

The apparent brains of the Vaguely Slavic family's criminal enterprise.

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• The Baroness: Quintessa puts on a cold demeanor, displaying her dominance over the mooks and other members of the Vaguely Slavic family, being the first to confront Brant when he tries to take over the laundromat.
• Generic Ethnic Crime Gang: It is never directly stated where this family comes from or what the heck that accent actually is, but they settle on the Vaguely Slavic variety.
• The Queenpin: Quintessa is the leader of the Vaguely Slavic Family Gang, directing all of its activities under cover of the laundromat they're based in.
• Siblings in Crime: Quintessa von Straaahd and her big sibling, Unnamed Vaguely Slavic Person, belong to the same gang and crime family, born to commit capers and grow their empire.

Unnamed Vaguely Slavic Person

First Appearance: Brant Storme and the Cunning Crypt Caper

Portrayed by: Kale B.

The apparent muscle of the Vaguely Slavic family's criminal enterprise.

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• Crazy Cultural Comparison: The leaving of their hair on Brant's radiator as a sign of affection is apparently a cultural custom in Vaguely Slavic Country.
• Generic Ethnic Crime Gang: It is never directly stated where this family comes from or what the heck that accent actually is, but they settle on the Vaguely Slavic variety.
• Love Triangle: Unnamed Vaguely Slavic Person is in a Type 4 love triangle - they seem to have feelings for Brant, who reciprocates those feelings, despite also being pursued by Bus Busman.
• Murder the Hypotenuse: Unnamed Vaguely Slavic Person plans to start carrying road spikes once they see Bus Busman try to woo their suddenly requited love, Brant Storme.
• Siblings in Crime: Unnamed Vaguely Slavic Person and their little sister Quintessa von Straaahd belong to the same gang and crime family, born to commit capers and grow their empire.

Giant Baby

First Appearance: Brant Storme and the Cunning Crypt Caper

Portrayed by: Ness B.

The youngest, and most surprising, member of the Vaguely Slavic family.

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• Bearded Baby: Giant Baby was born with a beard, as is tradition in the Vaguely Slavic family.
• Fearless Infant: Giant Baby had no issues opening the graveyard gate, even after being stabbed with hidden spikes and burned. Nothing deters this baby!
• Generic Ethnic Crime Gang: It is never directly stated where this family comes from or what the heck that accent actually is, but they settle on the Vaguely Slavic variety.
• Goo-Goo-Godlike: Not only did Giant Baby survive the spikes and fire, they came out of it stronger, taller, and hairier, as is tradition in the Vaguely Slavic Family.
• Improbable Infant Survival: Giant Baby was grievously hurt to the point that the other characters were very concerned... until the reveal that Giant Baby actually survived unscathed.
• Precision F-Strike: Played straight. Also, his first words, how precious!
  Giant Baby: I was just clearing my throat, I was gonna say, you really clown honk!ed this one up.
• Siblings in Crime: Giant Baby and his siblings, Unnamed Vaguely Slavic Person and Quintessa von Straaahd, belong to the same gang and crime family, born to commit capers and grow their empire.
• Straying Baby: Giant Baby grabbed the graveyard key and went off on his own to open the gate, which can be dangerous for babies!

Gun Gunberg

First Appearance: Brant Storme and the Cunning Crypt Caper

Portrayed by: Amy Y.

Scion of the esteemed Gunberg family. Expert marksperson, accountant for Brant Storme, and trained physician.

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• Archenemy: Bus Busman declared Gun Gunberg his archenemy, and keeps the 7:15 running late specifically to block bullets.
• Back-Alley Doctor: Gun Gunberg is a doctor. It's not stated whether they actually have a license, but it is implied they're a street doctor at the very least.
• Comically Inept Healing: Let's shoot the bullets out!
• The Comically Serious: Gun Gunberg is the straight guy to Brant's off-the-wall nature, to the point that Gun can be funnier than Brant at times with the nonsense they're subjected to.
• Gun Nut: Gun is shown to love guns a lot. Their family tradition is to have at least 70 guns on their person at all times.
• Improbable Aiming Skills: From pushing bullets out of a body with more bullets, to harmlessly undoing a shirt's buttons with bullets, to shooting a nipple clean off Brant's chest, Gun displays remarkable aiming skills.
• Trenchcoat Warfare: Gun is literally cloaked in guns, carrying at least 70 guns on them at all times, which is useful because Gun never seems to interact with anything without using a bullet to do it.

Prospector Howard

First Appearance: Brant Storme and the Cunning Crypt Caper

Portrayed by: Ness B.

Not much is known about the mysterious prospector, but most believe him to be an alternate version of August Howard.

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• Delayed "Oh, Crap!": When Bus's gang realizes Brant's group had a clear shot at the gold the crypt.
• Gold Fever: Gold is all that Prospector Howard seems to care about or want to talk about.
• Prospector: Exactly what it says on the tin, or gold, rather. Prospector Howard is a prospector, constantly searching for gold, whether it's under ground or already excavated.

Bus Busman

First Appearance: Brant Storme and the Cunning Crypt Caper

Portrayed by: SJ Ryker

Scion of the esteemed Busman family. He leads a crack team of thieves, including Mummydad, Tum-Rah, and Prospector Howard, to reclaim his family fortune.

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• Archenemy: Bus Busman hates Gun Gunberg so much that he keeps the 7:15 bus purposely late to block Gun's bullets.
• Bus Fu: Bus Busman runs over his adversaries with his bus.
• Love Triangle: Bus is in a Type 4 triangle - he seems to have feelings for Brant, who has feelings for Unnamed Vaguely Slavic Person, who has feelings for Brant.
• Missed the Bus: The 7:15 is always late, because it's always blocking bullets.