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Homebase
Ray
"Fun fact: our mission was to PREVENT the storm from happening. So... onto plan B!"
- Voiced by: Ashly Burch
The showrunner for Homebase, a facility built to prevent the mysterious storm from destroying the Earth. It didn't work. Ray, as well as her fellow bots, were created by the famed Dr. Vinderman to support the commander of Homebase... who never showed up. Since you were the only human handy at the moment, that role falls onto you. Lucky you.
- Bumbling Sidekick: A weird combination of this and Hypercompetent Sidekick. On one hand, she runs all the semantics of your base, including shelter, food, etc. On the other, she makes such hilariously dumb mistakes as converting every single combat unit into a SEE-BOT, and throwing out the SEE-BOT that very clearly states he is actually Dr. Vinderman. Despite this, the game makes it very clear that Homebase would be in complete shambles if it weren't for her.
- The Leader: Technically, you are the leader, but Ray handles just about everything pertaining to the plot behind the scenes while you act as the muscle.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Plans on sacrificing herself to set off the remote bomb to seal off the Storm King at the climax of the main campaign. However, at the last second, Desiree takes her place, telling Ray that she's the only one with the chops to run Homebase.
- Kryptonite Factor: Played for laughs - regular fridge magnets can cause Ray to get confused and slip into French. Spending too much time away from Homebase leads to the effects being "stoned" and "Spanish" instead.
- Replacement Goldfish: One made by Dr. Vinderman to replace Desiree after the two had a falling out. Except not really, Ray actually developed her personality on her own, basing it off of Desiree's since Ray looked up to her so much.
- Robot Buddy: Very friendly, if a bit ditzy at times, and your main support throughout the game.
- Mission Control: While quite a few other characters fill this role at different times, Ray acts as this for the majority of the missions and quests.
- Parental Substitute: Played for Laughs, she's basically acting as the mother figure to all the other robots at Homebase. Once she realizes this, she has a miniature freak-out.
- Perky Female Minion: Well, she is a robot, but she’s programmed with a female personality and is extremely perky, to say the least.
- Promoted to Playable: Gets her own Hero skin, allowing her to take the field like everyone else.
Director Riggs
Books can do anything.
An enigmatic man of many talents, the primary of which being leadership. Highly charismatic, he's in charge of running your survivor squads.
- Bald of Authority: Sports a close-shorn hairdo, and due to his background in office administration, organizes the survivors.
- By-the-Book Cop: To extreme lengths. He fires himself after the Love Storm causes him to fall in love and create a problematic workplace relationship.
- On that note, the books he seemingly pulls this information from seem to be sentient, at one point responding to Ray's direct inquiries.
- Incredibly Lame Fun: Considers seminars and workshops to be the ultimate vacation.
- Only Sane Man: Plays himself off like this, but being around him for any length of time reveal he's a bit... weird.
- Our Werewolves Are Different: He's not a werewolf, but a "business-wolf", who commits such vile acts as initiating a pyramid scheme and creating a cryptocurrency scam. He tries to corrupt Dire into following in the business-wolf ways, to no avail.
- Promoted to Playable: Eventually made into a Constructor-class hero.
Major Jackson Oswald
"Get me on the line with the funny robot."
- Voiced by: Elias Toufexis
A no-nonsense military major, he whips your Heroes into shape.
- An Arm and a Leg: His left hand has been replaced with what appears to be a fork and knife, crafted by Lok (presumably a Life-or-Limb Decision).
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: When he's on the job, though he's not incapable of being vulnerable.
- Promoted to Playable: As of February 2021 he's a new Soldier (but of course).
- Sergeant Rock: Despite being a Major, which is an officer several ranks higher.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: At first, it seems like this is played for laughs, with his overly-dramatic anecdotes and hardass personality, but a heart to heart with Lok reveals he was pretty shaken up by his experiences in the military, including being abandoned by his comrades behind enemy lines. What really hurt him, however, was when his PTSD created a rift between him and his wife, resulting in their divorce.
- Visual Pun: His hook hand is actually a fork and a knife. Forknife.
Cassie "Clip" Lipman
Voiced by: Victoria Atkin
A weaponsmith in charge of running the armory at Homebase.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Has multidisciplinary knowledge of weapons, from firearms, rocket launchers, swords, giant rocket hammers, you name it, and she can build it.
- Promoted to Playable: During Chapter 2, Season 4.
- Wrench Wench: She graces the armory menu, due to being in charge of upgrading weapons.
Lars
"Fill'er up if you'd be so kind! I need to get back up in those clouds."
- Voiced by: Fred Tatasciore
Former guitarist for the band/scientist collective Steel Wool. He acts as the primary field researcher at Homebase, conducting studies in his van/weather balloon hybrid. Also, he plays a mean riff.
- Action Survivor: He's not much of a fighter, and he'll spend the entirety of "Ride the Lightning" missions hiding in his van, but he did survive on his own out in the storm for quite a while before you picked him up, and he spends most of his time on the front lines of the storm gathering data. This contrasts with his bandmates, who are all badasses in their own right.
- Non-Action Guy: The only member of Steel Wool that isn’t playable.
- The Smart Guy: All of Steel Wool (yes, even Anthony) are this, but in terms of story he's the primary example among your crew.
Lok
- Voiced by: Tom Kane
- Ascended Extra: Originally a background character that only communicated in beeps and boops, he started talking in Season 4 and was integrated into the main campaign.
- Cassandra Truth: Multiple times.
- He was the only one who knew about Kevin the Cube before it made itself known. Everyone assumed the cube was just a figment of his imagination.
- He is able to see Willow without any problems, but nobody believes him when he talks about her. Makes you wonder what, exactly, his "earthquake detection" sensors are capable of.
- Manchild: Granted, he probably is pretty young in terms of age, but his deep, masculine voice contrasts heavily with his childish tendencies.
- Put on a Bus: The Robo-Ray questline reveals that he was sent to boarding school.note
Dennis
- Voiced by: Damien Haas
- Ascended Extra: Originally one of the "trading card" Survivors used for an NPC, Dennis grew astoundingly popular with the player base, even getting bumped all the way up to playable character.
- Burger Fool: He's always in his Durr Burger uniform. It's more of a subversion as burger-making is Serious Business for him.
- Dogged Nice Guy: Is one to the unseen Summer, another survivor somewhere inside of Homebase.
- Hidden Depths: He's actually good enough at burger making to be the Team Chef. The Blockbuster questline reveals that Durr Burger is utilising a new burger-making AI that may or may not turn sentient and then take over the world, so Dennis comes up with a burger recipe that's got so many variables that he can delay the AI from taking that path.
- Sad Clown: Originally existing just to be an object of ridicule, Dennis is later revealed to be stricken with chronic depression, bad enough that the Storm can target him to make an Evil Twin, an effect that's never happened before with anybody.
- This Loser Is You: Looks to be his primary contribution to the story... at first.
Heroes
The Player Characters, these are the people you are commanding and send out on missions. They are split into four classes: Soldiers, Constructors, Ninjas, and Outlanders, each with their own specialty roles and perks, with the base variants of each class coming in four (non-specific) races (Hispanic, Caucasian, African-American, and Asian) for both males and females. Due to the nature of the game, only heroes that play an active role in questlines and unique/mythic heroes will be listed here.
Unique Heroes
Syd
- Voiced by: Matthew Mercer
- Badass Biker: All leather, all the time.
Carlos
Bassist for Steel Wool. He was with Desiree during their bid to find Vinderman.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: He's got the John Rambo look down pat.
Anthony
Steel Wool's drummer. He's got some self-esteem issues that run deep.
- All Drummers Are Animals: The drummer of Steel Wool, and going by his adventures in the desert he might be clinically insane (or at least under the influence of certain medications.)
Carbide
Spitfire's Superpowered Alter Ego, given the power to shoot lasers from a meteor.
The Cloaked Star
An extremely edgy ninja. Also the head of the Ninja Coalition, a union that advocates balance changes for ninjas.
- The Lost Lenore: He's been on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge against the husks after they got his wife.
- Stealth Hi/Bye: Keeps getting Ray with these, and not just in the Blockbuster event.
Raven
College-educated creepy guy in a raven-themed costume. A Terse Talker, but shockingly well-read.
- A Day in the Limelight: Despite debuting in the Blockbuster summer event, he only gets actual focus in the Bladey Acres Halloween event.
- Hidden Depths: After The Reveal that the slashers in Bladey Acres were usually victims of bullying Back from the Dead, Raven goes the extra length to explain just why Teens Are Monsters."They're being sent by their parents into the woods for 4 months. You don't do that to the ones you want to keep."
Dire
A human-turned-werewolf. Very socially awkward, but friendly enough if you ignore his instinctive desire to eat people. Also, Dennis has him on speed dial, just in case.
Crackshot
A truly unfortunate soul whose entrapment in a nutcracker costume has given him a severely unhealthy fixation on Christmas. Definitely NOT a furry, stop asking.
Sgt. Winter
- Voiced by: Darin De Paul
- Badass Santa: Though it's hard to tell with so much of his Santa-centric garb replaced with military gear.
Ted
A toy designer who's forced to flee into the storm when his own creations come alive and hunt him down.
- Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: You could chalk up the toys coming alive to being an effect of the storm - except that Ted clearly designed them that way, long before the storm, and isn't as freaked out as he ought to be. Then he does it again when he creates Monks, with no explanation of how he's made a new ninja for Homebase out of scraps.
- Must Have Coffee: Not only overworked and sleep deprived by design, but his default back bling is a coffee machine.
- Nerd Glasses: In a backdated square-rimmed style, deliberately modelled on Ralphie.
- Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Apparently the whole reason his career fizzled out the last time was from building all of his characters in this fashion. It went over so badly that they actually call him out on it. Then in the "Red Willow's Eve" event he does it again.
- Perma-Stubble: To better reflect his long-suffering overworked nature.
Willow
One of many denizens of the Oakdirge Lodge, only the third most haunted hotel in Stoneplankentwine.
- Deadpan Snarker: Apparently as a coping mechanism.
- Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl/Creepy Doll: She can appear as either. Also her back bling is an actual doll.
- Voice of the Legion: Since her normal voice is rather similar to Ray, she's had to rely on this ability several times.
Dennis Jr
The collapse of time on the Battle Royale island had far reaching consequences, resulting in this guy's appearance in STW.
- Brick Joke: During the Blockbuster event, Dennis binged on all of his old action movies, and started getting delusions that the Durr Burger burger-making AI would go berserk in the future, and his son would lead the uprising against the Killer Robot legions. Dennis Jr is that son.
- Kid from the Future: If it's not obvious enough from the name...
- Someone to Remember Him By: Due to Dennis being long dead in his time.
Blakebeard and Keelhaul
A pair of self-styled pirates who cause a ruckus in the Scurvy Shoals region, in their quest for a treasure that only they even know about.
- Captain Colorbeard: Played for Laughs when Director has to tell Blakebeard to his face that the name Blakebeard doesn't even make sense.
- Ghost Pirate: Blakebeard was Killed Offscreen at some point before "Yarr Returns!"
- Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Keelhaul is literally a pirate ninja.
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: They're really more like emo kids that turned pirate instead of emo, hoping to live up to their father's legacy. Except he wasn't a real pirate either, and his "legacy" was a geocaching game he was keen on.
- Reimagining the Artifact: Blakebeard started out as the BR skin Blackheart, and introduced to STW in "Yarr!" with no explanation for how you could still evolve him into his Ghost Pirate form. In "Yarr! Returns" he gets Killed Off for Real.
- Sibling Team: They're brother and sister.
Cpt Azalea Clark
- Voiced by: Allegra Clark
The stalwart starship captain from Beyond the Stellar Horizon - a tv show.
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…But I Play One on TV - The Danza: Shares a last name with her voice actress.
- Robot Buddy: She comes with one, a floating ultra-modern version of the Homebase robots called Z.A.P.
Base Heroes
Jonesy
- Voiced by: Brian T. Delaney
- Large Ham: Which is surprising, given his voice actor's most famous role is the stoic protagonist of Fallout 4.
- Official Couple: Started dating Sarah during the Love Storm 2019 event.
- Series Mascot: Expect to see Jonesy's face on any given Fortnite promo.
Ramirez
- Voiced by: Adria Arjona
The Hispanic-Female Soldier, and the first character you control.
- Action Girl
- Demoted to Extra: Due to complications with scheduling her voice actress, Ramirez has pretty much fallen out of the plot entirely, her role in story missions now filled by Major Oswald.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: Acts as one to whip the Plank Harbor survivors into shape.
- Series Mascot: Along with Jonesy, most promotional art for Fortnite will have the two either by themselves or together.
- Spicy Latina: Although her race is only referenced exactly once, when she jokingly asks a survivor to repeat her instructions in Spanish.
Spitfire
- Voiced by: Keston John
- Only Sane Man: It's like they took a normal human being and chucked them into the weird world of Fortnite just to see how they would react. Poor guy has to put up with a lot of antics during the Blockbuster questline.
Penny
- Voiced by: Amy Pemberton
- Big Beautiful Woman: Just ask her 8 or so previous partners.
- A Day in the Limelight: The "Match Maker" Halloween questline involves Penny playing Frankenstein and making a new hero, "Arrlene" Izza.
- I Am Very British: But don't ask her to say "aluminum" for you.
Kyle
- Voiced by: Dave Boat
- Big Beautiful Man: Just ask Eagle Eye.
- Expy Coexistence: Due to a Santa-themed recolor of Kyle existing at the same time as a proper Bad Santa hero.
- Large Ham: You may want to turn your game sound down if you are planning on using emotes as him.
- Official Couple: He and Eagle Eye started dating during the Love Storm 2019 event.
Sarah
The Caucasian female ninja.
- Girlish Pigtails: Of the short and punky variety.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Of the Tsundere variety. After learning about her future with Dennis, she starts treating him a little better.
- Surprise Incest: She was briefly crushing on Dennis Jr before the truth got out.
Ken
The African-American male ninja.
- Meaningful Name: "Ken" can mean "sword" in Japanese. And he's a ninja.
- Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Revealed to have played one on tv in "Beyond The Stellar Horizon". And not willingly.
Jess
- Voiced by: Eden Riegel
- Heroic Comedic Sociopath: The "No Dancing" questline involves suppressing the Love Storm from the previous year by spreading "anti-love" or depression and general anti-social sentiment throughout Homebase. Jess takes to it way too easily."Do what you love!"
- Shout-Out: Her Halloween costume, Beetle-Jess.
Hawk
- Dreadlock Warrior
- Latin Lover: The whole point of the Dashing Hawk variant.
Quinn
The African-American female Outlander.
- Meaningful Name: The "Hit the Road" event gives Quinn A Day in the Limelight, and introduces a new variant, Main Stage Quinn.
