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Drew

Hired to acquire the animals of a prehistoric wildlife park. He travels to the past alongside several friends in order to bring extinct prehistoric creatures back to life.
  • Alone Among the Couples: Becomes this at the end of the story after he and Cynthia end up breaking up. He doesn't seem to mind this though.
  • Amicable Exes: Ends up becoming this with Cynthia ultimately decides to leave the park to go after the escaped Percival von Grimm and do her own thing afterward, and they both mutually decide to break up to avoid the drama of a long distance relationship. Notably, Drew and Cynthia are the only Official Couple in this story that ends up breaking up.
  • Badass Bookworm: Knows all about the prehistoric creatures he's about to face and constantly tries to capture them. Most of the time, he succeeds.
  • Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Cynthia (although neither party entirely necessarily recognizes it as such just yet...until they eventually do).
  • Birds of a Feather: With Cynthia to an extent. They both show tendencies for being rather hot headed and rushing into situations head-on without thinking.
  • Control Freak: After the Novum board started being more involved in management, he became this.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Has his moments.
  • Determinator: He will NOT allow any animal that could become extinct to be left behind. One of the arthropleura will vouch for him there (not hard to do considering he bronco rode it in the midst of a swamp fire). Granted, he will allow his friends the opportunity to go back to the present and save themselves when things get especially dangerous. Whether or not they take him up on this offer is their choice entirely.
  • Expy: Think of him as a time-traveling Steve Irwin.
  • Fatal Flaw: His recklessness and impatience can lead him to make some rather... ill-thought out decisions. For example, frequently using himself as bait when bringing back large carnivores. As of Nightmare Labyrinthine, he has proven himself to have become well aware of this and decided that he needs to start planning things out more after his recklessness leads to him being briefly marooned in a post KT Event landscape.
  • Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Leon and Adrian.
  • Hot-Blooded
  • Indy Ploy: Frequently.
  • The Kirk
  • The Leader: Takes on this role in every mission.
  • Official Couple: With Cynthia. And notably the only one of the three in this story that doesn't last to the end of the story.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: He's the hot-tempered, reckless red to Leon's calmer, more methodical blue.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure: Granted, there are people with higher authority than him, but he is nevertheless a firm, but fair, and ultimately reasonable leader to the members of the rescue gang.
  • Shell-Shocked Veteran: He may not have fought in battle, but being stuck on Earth during the Cretaceous-Paleocene Extinction has left its scars.
  • True Companions: With Leon, Adrian, Alice, and Jack.

Kyle Taymor

The Head Keeper of the park. In charge of cleaning, feeding, and taking care of the resident animals. Consequently, he often suffers the shenanigans that happened in the park.
  • Ascended Extra: After spending multiple episodes without playing much of a big role, Kyle is amongst the group trying to take care of the unauthorized additional t-rex brought in by the Novum black-ops unit as a distraction for their attempted time portal theft in The Devil's Here; the apparent final episode.
  • Back for the Finale: See Ascended Extra above.
  • Butt-Monkey: Usually on the receiving end of whatever bad things that the prehistoric creatures brought.
  • Deadpan Snarker: One of the fic's most prodigious snarkers, along with Jack, Nikolai, Collete, and Leon.
  • Demoted to Extra
  • Drill Sergeant Nasty: Not exactly 'nasty' per se, but he does have his drill sergeant moments every now and then (particularly when involved in construction of new exhibits).
  • Expy: A lot of his personality is based on John Luther.
  • I Need a Freaking Drink: Says this word for word to Nikolai after the arrival of the pterygotus.
  • Only Sane Man: The one who usually complains to Drew whenever he's planning to bring back the dangerous creatures back to the park.
    • Subverted in the first mission, as he was actually hoping for something large and dangerous to be the first target, and was more than a little annoyed that the target turned out to be the small and unexciting Haikouichthys instead.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure: Despite initial annoyance at the choice of main target for the first mission, he eventually comes around. He is also not at all swayed into showing leniency for Leon and Jack when they try to convince him to allow them to be let off the hook and avoid having to personally work as handlers for the dunkleosteus as a punishment.

Nikolai Koshkin

Head of security, and used to be a member of the Spetsnaz.
  • Back for the Finale: After a decent amount of time spent Out of Focus, he is once again back to serving a major role in the story just in time for the finale.
  • Boring, but Practical: Nikolai's viewpoint behind having the small and not entirely exciting Haikouichthys be the first target as opposed to something more dangerous (much to Kyle's consternation).
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Ed, this guy spent many years in the SPETSNAZ. Did you really think you'd stand a chance against him?
  • Dark and Troubled Past: He does not like to talk about his past in the Spetsnaz.
  • Demoted to Extra: As the series went on.
  • Embarrassing Nickname: Certainly views Kyle's nickname for him (Koli) as such.
  • Expy: Based off a character from a Primeval Novel (and has a similar backstory to boot!).
  • Hidden Depths: Despite his rather gruff outward exterior and demeanor, he is actually a pretty nice guy. Jack himself experiences these depths firsthand after the acquisition of the animals from the Carboniferous Period.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Can be gruff and sometimes seem like a jerkass; but in the end, his heart is in the right place.
  • Precision F-Strike:
    (After seeing Jack in the midst of a particularly nutty idea): Denham, what the bloody fuck are you doing?!
  • Properly Paranoid: He turns out to be quite right in his longstanding suspicions of sabotage; and is subsequently very much prepared to avoid falling victim to Ed's attempted surprise attack against him after his suspicions are vindicated by news granted by commlink calls from both Kyle and Yolanda.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure: Takes the time to (relatively) calmly explain to Drew and Jack the importance of using their communicators to warn the park staff (especially security) ahead of time when he greets them upon return in "The First Steps" after they end up sending an extra cameroceras and a small group of massive pterygotus through the time portal without warning.

Leon Gilbertson

One of the younger keepers of the park, a close friend of Drew's, and the park's resident animal expert.
  • Acquired Situational Narcissism: While mostly rather humble, he can occasionally have his moments of this when things go particularly well for him.
  • A Day in the Limelight:
    • He's the focus for the "back at the park" segments of "The First Steps".
    • He also goes on a solo mission of his own over the course of Ten to Midnight at the same time Drew, Adrian, and Alice are away on another mission.
  • Alone Among the Couples: Lightly implied to feel this way after Drew and Cynthia and Jack and Colette romantically pair up.
  • Badass Bookworm: Has his moments (especially when he's able to face his fears, not to mention if Yolanda's life lies in the balance).
  • Beast and Beauty: While he doesn't fit the traditional (meaning physical) definition of the 'Beast', he nonetheless more than qualifies for this role alongside Yolanda's 'Beauty'.
  • The Beast Master: Acts somewhat like this in regards to Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion the allosaurs.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: Usually prefers not to fight. But he does not take kindly to insults to himself, or his friends. And if you do wrong to Yolanda Hall . . . God help you.
  • Big Damn Heroes:
    • In The First Steps, he jumps in to help save Yolanda from a group of rescued predatory aquatic scorpions. Granted, he did end up needing additional help from Mia and Hedetet, but the intent still counts.
    • Arrives with the now finally properly trained allosaurus squad in time for them to be used to help but a stop to the mass carnivore breakout during A Nightmare Labyrinthine.
    • Manages, in a roundabout way, to work alongside Sharptooth to save Yolanda from getting killed and eaten by a dinofelis.
  • Brainy Brunette: Brown hair? Check. Large amount of knowledge on animals? Check. Genius moments every now and then? Check.
  • Break the Haughty: While downplayed in that he is nowhere as haughty and arrogant as most examples, his experiences in "Life in Transition" and "Alien Empire" are enough to humble him somewhat when it comes to working with Jack.
  • Brutal Honesty: If he lived in the world from the Divergent Series, he'd be right at home in the Candor faction.
  • Butt-Monkey: One of the two main ones in this series (the other being Jack). He even lampshades this during the events of "Alien Empire."
    (After he and Jack are forced into ending their stalling tactics by an annoyed keeper lowering the barrier in the dunkleosteus enclosure preventing the two fish from directly encountering each other) Leon: (to Jack) Why is it always us?
  • Cowardly Lion: Can get quite nervous in the appropriate circumstances (and sometimes not so appropriate circumstances), but can always be counted on to get the job done.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Was bullied in school for being autistic before he met and befriended Drew, Adrian, and Yolanda. It's why he snaps at Jack in "Life In Transition".
  • Deadpan Snarker: Quite so.
  • Determinator: Nervous as he can be, he's not one to give up easily.
  • Deuteragonist: For the series overall; his role greatly outweighs that of the other characters (aside from Drew, he has been on the most missions) and his story arcs are given equal attention to Drew's:
    • In Phase 1, he starts forming the beginnings of a close bond with Yolanda, takes his first steps at taking a level in badass, and has vicious tensions against Jack that serve a prominent role in the phase.
    • In Phase 2, he shares this role with Jack. But while Jack is busy with his own arcs, Leon further extends his work at improving himself and his skills by training a trio of allosaurus to obey him on command in time for them to play a significant role in putting a stop to the mass breakout.
    • In Phase 3, he shares this role with Alice. But while Alice is busy with her own arcs, Leon gets a Romance Arc with Yolanda and plays a significant role in the finale.
  • Dude, Not Funny!: Does NOT share Jack's sense of humor.
  • Enemy Mine:
    • While downplayed in that he and Alice are never enemies themselves, they both have a mutual dislike of Collete.
    • The potential of a more traditional example occurring between him and Collete is something that a large number of Prehistoric Earth staff hopes to never be fulfilled.
  • Fire-Forged Friends: With Jack (although admittedly, it's more of a fire forged vitriolic best buds kind of deal; until Storm in the Desert that is).
  • Friend to All Living Things: Hopes to be this for all the animals at Prehistoric Earth. Due to needing time to get used to all the animals present and to come, as well as a noticeable wariness around some types of invertebrate, he has a lot of work to do to reach this point.
  • Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Adrian and Drew.
  • Hidden Depths: He may seem solitary and difficult to get to know at times, but once you really get to know him and earn his trust, respect, and friendship, he's actually a decent enough guy in his own right.
  • I Don't Like You And You Don't Like Me: He and Colette do NOT get along very well (much to Jack's despair).
  • I Just Want to Be Loved: Shows signs of this during 'Age of Giants' when he finds himself feeling like a 3rd wheel to Drew and Cynthia.
  • I Just Want to Have Friends: Felt this way for quite a while before he met Drew and Adrian. Still fears the possibility of someday returning to that state every now and then.
  • I Just Want to Be Badass: Is worried about being seen as the "useless one"; this is part of the reason why he starts training the allosaurs. And judging by his current success with the allosaurs, he may very well finally be moving past his reputation as "the useless one."
  • Insecure Love Interest: Is very much aware of his own supposed inadequacies and feels very nervous and uncertain about how/whether Yolanda could at all possibly return his feelings for her as a result.
  • Insufferable Genius:
    • Collete certainly thinks so. Most others disagree.
    • Jack seems to think of him as such in "Life in Transition."
  • Insult Backfire: Epically so in the following exchange.
    Collete: "Must you be so smart?"
    Leon: "Flattery will get you nowhere."
  • Jerkass Has a Point: While he could have been a little more patient with Jack, could have kept a better handle on his temper so as to pay better attention to the radar (not to mention that Jack had a pretty good point of his own), you can hardly blame him for feeling a little uncertain as to whether Jack was taking the mission at hand (at the time) seriously with his overly joking and seemingly carefree behavior. And furthermore, Jack could have also handled the subject with Yolanda a little more delicately as well.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: After his ill timed confrontation with Jack almost gets Drew killed by a Dunkleosteus, he has to work with Jack yet again in handling the Dunkleosteus at the park the very next mission as punishment.
  • Lame Pun Reaction: Mia's thoughts on his 'Apatoscorpio' joke.
  • Large Ham: Gloriously so (when excited that is).
  • Let Us Never Speak of This Again: He is very insistent that Drew NOT tell Yolanda about his unpleasant (and somewhat embarrassing) incident with the Megalograptus.
  • The Load: Jack somewhat (and later flat out) accuses him of being this during an argument in "Life in Transition," and it's not hard to agree with him. Has been working to shake off this reputation ever since though, and has finally succeeded as of the end of Nightmare Labyrinthine.
  • Meaningful Name: Leon is Spanish for lion. Considering his Cowardly Lion nature and one particular favorite animal of his, this name is quite appropriate.
  • Nepotism: Many people believe this is the reason he was hired; Jack even says it to his face in "Life In Transition". Leon even later admits during "Storm in the Desert" that Jack was not entirely wrong to think such.
  • Nice Guy: When he lets his walls down, he's actually a perfectly decent guy in his own right.
  • No-Respect Guy: Despite his efforts, his past experiences combined with the inherent nature of his idea for training the allosaurs has left him stuck in this position as of "Feathered Dragons." Finally no longer be the case as of his major successes with the allosaurs as of the end of Phase 2; and his later success in a solo run during Ten To Midnight certainly helps as well.
  • No Social Skills: Being autistic, he's hardly the most socially adept.
  • Not Good with Rejection: Tends to struggle at times with his fear of being rejected by others (including by his own friends (as well as by Yolanda)) for being 'weird' and 'a freak' and of people only liking the 'normal person' they might want him to be rather than for who/what he already is. In fact, one of the biggest reasons it takes him so long to tell Yolanda how he feels about her is his fear of her rejecting him for a 'normal' and 'more attractive' neurotypical.
  • Offscreen Moment of Awesome: He and Jack manage to somehow play cupid for the hyneria without major incident despite being unwittingly given an appropriate book on animal husbandry that's written in French and forced to Indy Ploy their way through.
  • Official Couple: With Yolanda. And he's still her boyfriend at the end of the story.
  • O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Despite his autism and difficulties in life, he's usually able to always bounce back relatively easily. In the rare event that he fails to bounce back within a few days or hours . . . well to put it simply, something's seriously wrong. Doubly true in the rare event that he gets sad enough to cry.
  • Opposites Attract: With Yolanda, full stop.
  • Precision F-Strike: In the rare event that he swears, it's always for damned good reason.
    (When he and several of his peers learn the hard way of some particularly unpleasant news): "Oh Hell."
  • Rescue Romance: He and Yolanda finally confess and hook up after he saves her (with some assistance from Sharptooth) from an escaped Dinofelis.
  • Roar Before Beating: A rare human example (though his roars certainly do sound realistically enough like whatever animal he's imitating at the time), and only if angry enough. And he'll also roar DURING the beating as well.
  • Sarcasm-Blind: To an extent.
  • Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: The savvy guy to Yolanda's energetic girl.
  • Ship Tease: With Yolanda. He eventually becomes her boyfriend at the end of ''Anthropomorphous Apes''.
  • Single-Target Sexuality: Yolanda is literally the only girl he shows even the TINIEST amount of romantic interest in. Romantically speaking, he just plain WON'T look any other girl's way.
    Drew: What is it about Yolanda that's got you so twitterpated? There were plenty of other girls just as pretty and nice as her back in school you know.
    Leon: They weren't Yolanda.
  • The Smart Guy: Knows virtually every animal, extinct or otherwise, backward and forward. This makes him an invaluable member of the park's staff.
  • Smart People Wear Glasses: Except for when swimming (and good thing for Yolanda to).
  • Speaks Fluent Animal: Ok, calling it fluent may be pushing it. But nonetheless, his imitations/impersonations of animal vocalizations are unnervingly realistic.
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Sometimes feels this way around Jack. Feels this way even more so in regard to Collete.
    • In the case of the former, this very trait comes back to bite both him and Jack hard when it almost costs Drew his life.
  • This Is Gonna Suck: Shows spades of this more than once.
    • While he doesn't say anything after Drew asks him and Jack why they took so long to react during the Dunkleosteus crisis, his silence, combined with his running away after Jack's shaky excuse screams this trope.
    (After learning of one of Jack's newest ideas): "This should be nothing short of a disaster."
    (During a tense moment in another mission): (at Drew, and completely deadpan) "We are going to die."
  • Took a Level in Badass: In "The First Steps"; just in time to save Yolanda's life too!
    • May have happened again with his experiences with the Dunkleosteus and Hyneria in "Alien Empire."
    • Definitely the case as of Nightmare Labyrinthine. Having a trio of 'trained' allosaurus around to help you out certainly gives off that kind of impression.
  • True Companions: With Drew, Adrian, Jack, and Alice.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: With Jack. Although this has started to become less of a case as of "Storm in the Desert."
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: After an unpleasant experience with some Megalograptus in "Devils of The Deep", he becomes terrified of them and other scorpion-like animals. He eventually gets better (thanks in no small part to Yolanda and Mia).
  • You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: His overall reaction after learning of the mission to follow "Devils of the Deep."

Adrian Sky

One of the younger keepers of the park, and another close friend of Drew.

Jack Denham

One of the younger keepers of the park.
  • A Day in the Limelight: Is the focus of the "back at the park" segments in "Passport To Hell".
  • Actually Pretty Funny: Can't help but let out a brief laugh after hearing Leon's unexpected response to Collete's attempt at using his intelligence as a means to insult him.
  • Amazon Chaser: While far from the only reason he is attracted to her, the fact that Collete can certainly kick ass certainly helps.
  • Annoying Younger Sibling: His older sister Alice sometimes views him as this.
  • Breakout Character: He quickly became extremely popular; consistently ranking high in popularity polls.
  • Butt-Monkey: One of the two main ones in this series (the other being Leon).
  • Demoted to Extra: He goes from being the deuteragonist in Phase Two, to having a much smaller role in Phase Three.
  • Deuteragonist: He shares the role with Leon in Phase Two. In it, he takes a significant level in badass, gets a romance arc with Collete and helps take down Sharptooth.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Has his moments.
  • Distracted by the Sexy: Tends to happen to him every now and then when Collete's around.
  • Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: In "The First Steps":
    "Oh great, we awoke Cthulhu!"
  • Dude, Not Funny!: Sometimes ends up on the receiving end of this when he attempts one of his jokes around Leon.
  • Fall Guy: Judging from her behavior and comments involving him in multiple 'episodes', Cynthia seems to potentially be trying to set him up as such. Subverted; Cynthia turns out to actually be a spy working for Theodore. Her behavior towards Jack was because she thought he was the villainous Novum board's spy she'd been sent to find and foil.
  • Fire-Forged Friends: Becomes this with Leon.
  • Friend Versus Lover: Sometimes worries about the possibility of this occurring when he thinks about how Leon (his friend) and Collete (his object of affections) don't get along.
  • Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The foolish sibling to Alice's responsible sibling.
  • Hidden Depths: His inner thoughts in "Passport to Hell" reveal that he's actually quite a thoughtful person; he also manages to solve every problem the park had had in that story.
    • In "Spirits of the Silent Forest", he masterminds the plan to get the orphaned juvenile Mei long adopted by one of the adult pairs. It works.
    • In "All Great And Precious Things", "Age of Giants", "The Wavering Gulfs" and "A Continent of Blight", he is left in command of the mission team when Drew's gone and manages to do a pretty good job at it.
  • I Just Want to Have Friends: Is secretly very lonely.
  • Indy Ploy: A real master at 'pulling stuff out of your arse' plans. Collete learns a thing or two from him on that regard.
  • Insufferable Genius: Pulls off such a moment at one point during "Life in Transition."
  • Jerkass Has a Point: Whilst his "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Leon in "Life In Transition" is rather mean-spirited in tone, it's not hard to agree with his points. At this point, Leon hasn't done anything that Jack is aware of that is indicative of actually being competent.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: His punishment for almost getting Drew killed through ill timed antagonism against Leon? He not only has to personally handle the very creature that almost killed Drew, but ALSO has to work alongside Leon yet again.
  • Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: The feminine boy to Collete's masculine girl.
  • Morality Pet: Can be interpreted as equal parts this and equal parts love interest where Collete is concerned.
  • Motor Mouth
  • The Nicknamer: Calls the Pterygotus "Scorpio-zilla" and Drew "fearless leader".
  • Nice Guy: Surprisingly, he's a rather friendly guy.
  • Not Good with Rejection: Due to how desperately he wants to have friends, any rejections he receives to offers of friendship can hit him pretty hard.
  • Official Couple: With Collete. And he's still her boyfriend at the end of the story.
  • O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Usually likes to joke around and tends to be very carefree. In the event that he sheds this behavior, it is not to be taken lightly.
  • Opposites Attract: With Collete.
  • Plucky Comic Relief: He likes to think so. Alice and Leon say otherwise.
  • Sad Clown: Constantly cracks jokes to hide his inner loneliness and desire to make friends.
  • Ship Tease: Starts to get a tiny bit of this with Collete in "Passport to Hell" before eventually becoming her boyfriend by the end of Phase 2.
  • Stepford Smiler: Hinted in this exchange in The First Steps.
    “Jokes are my coping mechanism, fearless leader. Make light of the humour in any situation and you’ll be OK."
    • Confirmed by Alice in "Life In Transition".
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: With Leon several times, particularly in "Life In Transition". This comes back to bite him AND Leon HARD when it both almost gets Drew killed and leaves him forced to work with Leon again in handling the very fish that almost killed Drew.
  • That Came Out Wrong: Happens quite often (and to great hilarity) for him when around Colette.
  • Tritagonist: In Phase One.
  • Took a Level in Badass: Throughout Phase Two.
  • True Companions: With Alice, Leon, Adrian, and Drew.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: After their experiences with the dunkleosteus and "Life in Transition", Jack and Leon become this; this is best shown in "Storm In The Desert", where they spend most of the mission fondly bickering.
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: By the end of "The First Steps", he's become terrified of the Brontoscorpio.
  • You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: His reaction in "The First Steps" when he learns that his frightened efforts at feeding the Brontoscorpio only successfully fed 12 (out of 36) of the Brontoscorpio on display (much to Leon's amusement).

Alice Denham

One of the younger keepers and Jack's older sister.

Linda Eberhart

The head-vet of the park. Tasked with treating the injured animals and looking after their health.
  • A Day In The Lime Light: Gets this treatment alongside Khatin in the "Back at the Park" segments of "Devil in the Deep Blue Sea."
  • Demoted to Extra
  • Hospital Hottie
  • Kindly Vet
  • Shipper on Deck: Is quite approving of the idea of Yolanda and Leon being a couple, and is not above giving her a bit of friendly teasing on it every now and then (much like a mother would do).
  • Team Mom: Is somewhat of a maternal figure to the younger members of the staff; in particular, there is a somewhat mother-daughter vibe between her and Yolanda.
  • Tritagonist: Of Phase Two, along with Collete - she has a bonding arc with Cirrus the ornithocheirus and also plays a relatively prominent role in several subplots.

Yolanda Hall

Linda's assistant in the Prehistoric Earth veterinary division, and a close friend of Leon, Adrian, and the Denhams. Is particularly close (in more ways than one) with Leon.
  • Ascended Extra: After almost disappearing entirely from the story over the course of Phase 2, she came roaring back into the spotlight with a vengeance during Phase 3.
  • Beast and Beauty: The 'Beauty' to Leon's 'Beast'.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: As nice as she is, you NEVER want to see her angry.
  • Demoted to Extra: She seemed to disappear from the story for a long while after "Feathered Dragons". She eventually returned in time to both welcome Drew back to the park at the end of Nightmare Labyrinthine and receive an especially heavy dosage of ship tease with Leon over the course of A Glorious Dawn before finally hooking up with Leon at the end of Anthropomorphous Apes.
  • Damsel in Distress: At the end of both "The First Steps" and ''Anthropomorphous Apes.
  • Genki Girl
  • Generation Xerox: As noted by Drew, she and Linda look startlingly alike to the point that it's hard to believe that they're not related.
  • Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: With her, truer words couldn't be stated.
  • Kindly Vet: Takes after Linda in that regard.
  • Like Brother and Sister: She and Adrian view each other as the sibling they never had.
  • Nice Girl
  • Official Couple: With Leon. And she's still his girlfriend at the end of the story.
  • Opposites Attract: Also with Leon.
  • Put on a Bus: Is put on bedrest to recover from a concussion obtained from her near death experience with the Brontoscorpio, thus leaving her out of the action during "Life in Transition." By the time "Alien Empire," she's recovered sufficiently enough to be out of bed and watching the Dunkleosteus from the safety of the underwater viewing area while Leon and Jack are put to work on handling them for the day.
  • Rescue Romance: She and Leon finally confess their feelings and hook up after Leon manages, in a roundabout way, to help Sharptooth save her from an escaped Dinofelis. The fact that he also helped save her from a swarm of brontoscorpio near the end of The First Steps was also one of the earliest moments of ship tease between them.
  • Ship Tease: Has a couple of moments with Leon in "The First Steps" and, later on, in "Feathered Dragons". She later has a very promising moment of such with him during A Glorious Dawn before finally becoming his girlfriend at the end of ''Anthropomorphous Apes''.
  • Single Woman Seeks Good Man: While Leon's quirkiness and knowledge is what initially attracts Yolanda to him, his determination, passion, loyalty, bravery, and all the other traits of his that she discovers once he lets down his walls around her are what allow her to truly fall for him for real later on.
  • Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: The Energetic Girl, to Leon's Savvy Guy.
  • Town Girls: The femme to Collete's butch and Alice's neither.
  • Tritagonist: Shares the role with Will in Phase Three - she has a Romance Arc as Leon's love interest and forms a bond with Sharptooth.

Collete Dubois

A member of park security, and Nikolai's 'number two'.
  • Action Girl: Big time.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Prodigiously.
  • Demoted to Extra: Compared to Yolanda and Alice, she hasn't really been given much to do in the story.
  • Enemy Mine: To quote the following exchange:
    Kyle: "I pity the fool stupid enough to make enemies out of both her AND Leon."
    Nikolai: "Da, I can agree with you there. Let's hope such a person never exists."
  • Hidden Depths: Has a sensitive and kind side that she's only comfortable with showing to Jack (and possibly Nikolai). In "Age of Giants", she's clearly concerned when regarding the seriously injured, dying Cirrus.
  • I Don't Like You And You Don't Like Me: Her dynamic with Leon practically RADIATES with this.
  • I'm Not Here to Make Friends: Tends to be her default attitude when it comes to anyone at the park apart from Nikolai and Jack.
  • Insult Backfire: Mostly averted when it comes to her interactions with Leon . . . with the exception of this one little gem:
    Collete: "Must you be so smart?"
    Leon: "Flattery will get you nowhere."
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As much as she might act like a jerkass to multiple other characters, she has a hidden softer side that shows that her heart is ultimately in the right place.
  • The Lancer: To Nikolai.
  • Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Her comment to Jack in The New Giants about the two of them needing to spend more time together can easily be interpreted as a means of addressing how their relationship is open to interpretation as being Strangled by the Red String.
  • Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: The masculine girl to Jack's feminine boy.
  • Official Couple: With Jack. And she's still his girlfriend at the end of the story.
  • O.O.C. Is Serious Business: If SHE'S terrified, you KNOW things are getting bad.
  • Opposites Attract: With Jack.
  • Rule of Funny: Her reasoning for speeding up some of the parts of her recording of Jack and Leon's work with the dunkleosteus. Whether or not that truly makes the matter funny in anyone else's mind is debatable.
  • Satellite Character: She's a downplayed example of this to Jack.
  • Ship Tease: Gets this with Jack from "Passport to Hell" onwards, and even becomes his girlfriend by the end of 'Phase 2'.
  • Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Over time falls for Jack as a result of him being virtually the only one amongst the staff who sees past her walls and acts nice to her without being repelled by her behavior.
  • Surrounded by Idiots: Feels this way a great deal of the time.
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Sometimes has this feeling about working at the same establishment as Leon.
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: A tomboy to Yolanda's girly girl.
  • Town Girls: The butch to Yolanda's femme and Alice's neither.
  • Tritagonist: Of Phase Two, along with Linda - she serves as Jack's love interest, appears in multiple subplots, and gets to work alongside him in putting an end to the mass breakout at the end of Phase 2.
  • Tsundere: Quite often.
  • White Hair, Black Heart: Leon tends to think this of her during his bad days. But while her hair IS platinum blonde, the black heart part is debatable.

Khatin Von Schorzberg

Chief of the Prehistoric Earth research division. Not the best at social skills, but more than makes up for it with his valuable knowledge and sheer brilliance.
  • A Day In The Lime Light: Gets this treatment alongside Linda during the 'Back at the Park' segments of "Devil and the Deep Blue Sea."
  • Crazy Enough to Work: His ultimate plan to help Squishy the Anomalocaris properly recover can qualify as this from the right viewpoint.
  • Demoted to Extra: His last significant appearance was in "Spirits of The Silent Forest".
  • A Father to His Men: Somewhat shows this dynamic around his underlings in the research division.
  • Godzilla Threshold: Arguably the case for his final plan on how to help Squishy properly recover.
  • The Smart Guy: Shows this in spades amongst the older staff members of the park.

Matthew "Matt" Thompson

One of Khatin's assistants in the research division. Is also a close friend of Alice Denham and fellow research assistant Will Darrow.

Will Darrow

One of Khatin's assistants in the research division alongside Matt. Another close friend of Alice Denham.

Marianne "Mia" Nelson

One of the younger keepers at Prehistoric Earth, and a friend of Yolanda's. Seems to be most comfortable with working with aquatic animals, and is almost always dressed in a wet suit. She also helps Yolanda teach Leon how to handle the sea scorpions and overcome his fear of them.

Cynthia Night

Newly hired to the Prehistoric Park staff after "Alien Empire". She is a very . . . intriguing . . . individual to say the least.
  • Alpha Bitch: A non high-school example; she has this attitude towards Jack and Leon, amongst others.
  • Amicable Exes: With Drew when she decides to leave the park in the end to go after the escaped von Grimm and do her own thing afterwards and they both mutually decide to break up to avoid the drama of a long distance relationship.
  • Belligerent Sexual Tension: According to Nathanoraptor, with Drew.
  • Birds of a Feather: With Drew, to an extent. They can both be rather hot headed and have a tendency to go rushing head-on into situations without thinking.
  • But Now I Must Go: After the death of Frank, she makes it clear that, with von Grimm still at large, she plans to leave Prehistoric Earth on her own to take him out.
  • Flat Character: Hardly received any further development during the first few chapters following her introduction. To be fair though, as Drew Luczynski has made quite clear, she would have received more development during this time if it hadn't been for Nathanoraptor overrulling his efforts. Or so he claimed anyway. However, as of much later chapters, she managed to shake off her initial flatness.
  • Good All Along: Initially seemed to be very heavily implied to be a mole working for von Grimm and responsible for multiple instances of sabotage unfolding in the park, plus potentially trying to set up Jack as the Fall Guy. However, as it later turned out, she was actually a spy working for Theodore to expose the actual villainous mole responsible for the sabotage and serving as a spy for von Grimm, and her seeming efforts at setting Jack up as the fall guy were actually her expressing suspicions of him being von Grimm's mole.
  • Good Is Not Nice: Very much so. Gets played up considerably in Beyond the Sea.
  • Karma Houdini: Arguably never faces any punishment or similar karmic retribution for any of her Jerkass behavior or willingness to keep the truth about her involvement at the park a secret even at a point where doing as much is at best unnecessary and at worst obstructive to everyone's efforts at putting a stop to the villains' plans. And the closest thing she gets to karma for as much (leaving the park with no guarantee of ever coming back) still doesn't fully count by virtue of she herself choosing to do as much on her own accord.
  • Leeroy Jenkins: Shows signs of this every now and then.
  • Loves Secrecy: While not explicitly confirmed, she quite notably shows extreme reluctance in telling anyone (including her own boyfriend!) about the secrets she, Alice, and Will have been hiding after they get confirmation as to the identity of The Mole (even showing annoyance both when the latter two make it clear that the time for the secrecy to end has come, and immediately before she herself finally starts to come clean to everyone else), despite the fact that the circumstances at that particular point would leave continued secrecy over the matter unnecessary at best and possibly obstructive for the crew's efforts at stopping the smuggling operation at worst.
  • The Mole: While not yet explicitly confirmed, several events and actions involving her in Phase 2 seem to hint heavily at the possibility of her being responsible for the sabotage under orders from Von Grimm. Subverted around the beginning of Phase 3 in that she does turn out to be a mole...working for Novum to catch the then unrevealed villainous mole that IS present in the park alongside her.
  • No Sense of Personal Space: At least not around Drew anyway.
  • Official Couple: With Drew. And notably, of the three confirmed couples in this story, she and Drew are the only ones who aren't still together at the end of the story.
  • Pet the Dog: Respects and acknowledges Leon's success with the allosaurs despite initially writing him off as dead and needing to be very strongly urged by Jack to give him a chance to prove himself on Leon's first day of working to train the allosaurs. She also very pointedly makes sure that Drew actually puts in the effort to thank Jack for coming up with the idea that both made carnivore feeding easier and prevented her from getting fired.
  • Put on a Bus: Rather suspiciously so in "Storm in the Desert." Also does this again on a possibly more permanent basis at the very end of the story when she decides to leave the park to first go after the escaped von Grimm before then doing her own thing afterward with no guarantee she'll ever return to the park.
  • Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: While she no longer suspects Jack of being the mole she's been tasked to seek out and expose, she nonetheless doesn't quite seem to get along with him very much. She also doesn't seem to have an entirely high opinion of Leon either.
  • Took a Level in Jerkass: Starts to show off a little more of her jerkass side during Beyond the Sea for the sake of preventing Alice and Will from risking her cover getting blown or getting themselves, or anyone else they know, possibly fed to the andrewsarchus by von Grimm's mole.
  • Tetragonist: Serves as this in Phase Three, along with Sharptooth. Drew (the author) wanted her to be the Deuteragonist, but Nathanoraptor said no.

Duncan

A 'minor' guard amongst the security forces at Prehistoric Earth and the man hired by Percival von Grimm to serve as a mole for him and sabotage the park.

  • Eaten Alive: By Sharptooth.
  • Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: Maliciously jokes with Ursula in "The Devils Here".
  • Mouth of Sauron: Generally relays orders from Percival to Frank and the dino-smuggling operation
  • The Mole
  • Properly Paranoid: While a bit off target, he wasn't entirely wrong to worry about Drew finding out about his being the mole as well as the sinister operation going on thanks to von Grimm. After all, unknown to him, he's already got three members of the park staff already aware that there is in fact a mole working behind the scenes to sabotage the park. When he realizes that he's close to being rumbled by virtue of Cynthia, Alice, and Will appearing to all too clearly be on to him, he tells von Grimm to give Frank the all clear to send in his proposed black-ops team.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: Only appeared once prior to very late in Phase 3; and wasn't even named until his first appearance in phase 3. Turns out, he's von Grimm's mole.

    Novum 

Theodore Richardson

Owner of the Novum company, and responsible for the idea and creation of Prehistoric Earth. Responsible for hiring all the staff characters and for the invention of the time portal.

Percival von Grimm

One of the senior board members of Novum. Visited the park alongside Cynthia during the park inspection. May or may not have sinister plans in mind for the park.
  • Big Bad: Turns out to be the story's main villain.
  • Corrupt Corporate Executive: Second only to Theodore, but with none of his benevolence.
  • Greater-Scope Villain: He's the orchestrator of the breakout in "A Nightmare Labyrinthine", as well as a number of other events in the story.
  • Hidden Agenda Villain: His true reasons for infiltrating the park were unknown, before being revealed in "Ten To Midnight" - he's secretly running a dinosaur-trafficking operation.
  • Insistent Terminology: It's 'von Grimm' thank you very much.
  • Pragmatic Villainy: Works as hard as he can to avoid drawing unnecessary attention to himself and his workers in the plan, he ultimately allows Frank to call in a black-ops unit once it starts to become clear that people are starting to catch on to what's happening. And when it becomes clear that even that has failed, he comes to the island himself to make absolutely sure that the evacuation of the smuggling operation goes smoothly.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: Only appeared twice prior to Phase 3. He's the story's Big Bad, who is secretly running a dinosaur-trafficking operation and hired Duncan to spy on the park.
  • The Unfought: While he does manage to give a brief villain speech to the park staff who've assembled to take down his smuggling operation over the course of the finale, he very swiftly departs from the area afterward without having any direct proper 'battle' against any of the heroes and leaves all the heavy lifting antagonist work to his second in command Frank.
  • Walking Spoiler: Notice all the blanked out entries

Frank

An apparent hunter of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures in charge of a smuggling operation going on in Prehistoric Earth without the staff or Theodore's being aware of it. Naturally, he's working under von Grimm's payroll and is also being assisted by Duncan.
  • Bald of Evil: He is bald, but also has a beard.
  • Big Bad Wannabe: Played with. On the one hand, he thinks very highly of himself - more so than his actual ability, which naturally ends up badly for him when he attempts to betray von Grimm and ends up tased and left at the mercy of the Prehistoric Earth team. On the other hand, he ironically ends up proving much more of an immediate threat to the rescue team and the rest of the park staff due to the more genuine Big Bad of the story Percival von Grimm being largely too uninvolved with everything going on to prove quite as direct of an obstacle in the Prehistoric Earth staffs' efforts at dismantling the smuggling operation.
  • The Dragon: He's von Grimm's main enforcer on the field for the smuggling operation.
  • Dragon-in-Chief: A strange case. Whilst von Grimm is still, undoubtedly, the one in charge, with him positioned at Novum Headquarters for much of the arc, Frank is the most prominent antagonist in the story - even when von Grimm himself arrives at the smuggler base, he only sticks around long enough to provide brief assistance in readying the animal smuggling operation for evacuation and give a speech to the heroes before leaving, whilst Frank is captured and gets a prominent death. With his death and the smuggling operation's dismantling, von Grimm's significance to the plot is downplayed.
  • Evil Brit: Has a Cockney accent and is a fairly unpleasant thug.
  • Evil Poacher: Technically, he's an animal smuggler (since the animals he's smuggling aren't legally protected). However, he otherwise fits the stereotype in that he is capturing and killing rare and exotic animals and attacking people who get in his way. He even has a necklace made out of dinosaur teeth
  • For Want Of A Nail: The only reason he hasn't already expanded his operation and gotten the plan rolling more swiftly by now is the fact that he's currently relying upon an inferior jury rigged version of the time portal and is waiting for Duncan to help him get ahold of the more higher quality portal that the park staff use for their missions.
  • Hate Sink: He's an unpleasant, greedy thug. No tears are shed when he dies.
  • The Heavy: Frank is the most active antagonist from running the Novum board's smuggling operation, sending a black-ops squad to the park to steal the portal and facing Drew's team in the finale.
  • Jerkass: Acts very unpleasant and rude in just his first scenes of physical appearance alone. Topped off quite cruelly by the fact that he tases a baby triceratops!
  • Karmic Death: His death, trampled by a herd of herbivorous dinosaurs is well-deserved.
  • Kick the Dog: Or more accurately, tase the baby triceratops.
  • Never My Fault: Is quick to blame von Grimm and Duncan taking too long to provide him with PE's portal he needs as a replacement for his obviously more inferior prototype level portal he currently has for the current long amount of time their plan is taking to unfold. He also similarly blames von Grimm and just about everyone else but himself for all his mistakes that lead to the ultimate failure of the entire operation.
  • Squashed Flat: Gets crushed to death under the wreckage of a porta-potty after a stampeding herd of herbivorous dinosaurs he was trying to escape from ends up trampling it while he's hiding inside it.
  • The Star Scream: Played with. He seems very grudgingly respectful at best towards von Grimm (as indicated by him constantly referring to him as Mr. Grimm instead of by the preferred Mr. VON Grimm), and not at all happy about his idea of sending in a black-ops team getting shot down. But ultimately, after von Grimm is given news from Duncan about very likely having been found out, Frank is given the all clear to bring in the black-ops team without needing to defy orders. But then, after the black-ops team, plus Duncan, get killed in their failed attempts at getting a hold of the prime portal, he does indeed turn out to be a Starscream...via von Grimm himself being aware of the fact and having him get tased and left at the mercy of the Prehistoric Earth staff to prevent him from betraying him.
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: He and Duncan don't get on very well. And he also seems to be rather grudgingly respectful at best towards von Grimm for that matter.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Again, he tased a baby triceratops simply to blow off steam!

Ursula Crabb

The apparent leader of the Novum black-ops unit that Frank calls in.
  • Dragon Lady: Can somewhat give off this vibe by virtue of her being Asian, and an antagonist.
  • Eaten Alive: Courtesy of Sharptooth.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite frequently insulting Zander and Ed, she's still a little saddened by their deaths.
  • Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: Whilst not as prominent as Zander, she maliciously quips "Shocking" after Ed tases Adrian into unconsciousness, as well as sharing some snarky banter with Duncan.
  • Knight of Cerebus: Comical bantering aside, she and her cohorts shift the story into a far darker tone.
  • Shoutout: Her first name, along with those of her cohorts, is derived from the Quirky Miniboss Squad from Dinosaur King. As well as this, she shares a surname with Lee and Cyrus Crabb from Dinotopia.
  • Surrounded by Idiots: Judging by the somewhat low intelligence demonstrated by her partners, Zander and Ed, she's clearly the brains of this trio.
  • Wicked Cultured: Quotes the infamous "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" line from Julius Caesar when releasing the young female T-rex and also quotes Macbeth.

Zander Hacker

One of Ursula's partners in the Novum black-ops unit.
  • Alone with the Psycho: Will, Alice, and Raksha find themselves suffering from this when he manages to successfully get the drop on them.
  • Boom, Headshot!: Plans to subject Will and Alice to this, before throwing their bodies to the cave hyenas to Make It Look Like an Accident. Unfortunately for him, Baloo was in the area.
  • Cruel and Unusual Death: Gets his head crushed between Baloo's jaws.
  • Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: When threatening Will and Alice, he demonstrates a rather malicious sense of humour.
  • Fatal Flaw: Despite being described as the assassin of the group by Nathanoraptor himself, he ultimately fails due to his own overconfidence when Will, Alice and Raksha are at his mercy, making malicious little quips rather than immediately killing them when he has the chance. Naturally, this stalling gives Baloo time to notice him threatening Will, at which point he gets swiftly killed.
  • Faux Affably Evil: Talks in a conversational tone with Will and Alice, before preparing to kill them.
  • Knight of Cerebus: Comical bantering aside, he and his cohorts mark the story's shift into a far darker tone.
  • Not-So-Harmless Villain: Initially seems rather dense and comically banters with Ed and Ursula; however, he manages to get the drop on Alice and Will and is mere seconds away from killing Will (and more than willing and ready to do the same to Alice afterward) when Baloo shows up and kills him.
  • Psycho for Hire: Downplayed. Whilst he generally comically banters with Ursula and Ed (and the three seem to share a slightly vitriolic, but genuine, camaraderie), his behavior and mannerisms when he has Alice, Will, and Raksha at his mercy, plus his inner monologue, heavily indicate that he's the resident sadist of the Novum black-ops unit.
  • Shoutout: His first name, along with those of his cohorts, is derived from the Quirky Miniboss Squad from Dinosaur King. As well as this, he shares a surname with the human antagonist from Dinosaurus!.
  • Soft-Spoken Sadist: While he has Alice, Will, and Raksha at his mercy, he goes so far as to threaten them, whilst making malicious little quips in a completely calm tone of voice, all while taking his sweet time just to watch them squirm.
  • Token Evil Teammate: Downplayed in that his teammates are also evil; but over the course of the entire black-ops team's screentime in this story, he seems by far the most evil compared to Ed and Ursula. Zander's inner monologue mentions that he explicitly enjoys tracking people down, and he gets Will and Alice to stand down by threatening Raksha's life and still proves quite eager to murder Alice, Will and Raksha anyway afterwards. Furthermore, while Ed appears to have been planning to get Nikolai tased, fed to Thanatos, and thus out of the way very swiftly, Zander seems unable to resist the chance to toy with Alice and Will before killing them. This ultimately gets him killed by allowing enough time to pass for Baloo to see him threatening Will and Alice, at which point the bear bursts onto the scene in time to save them.

Ed Baylor

Ursula and Zander's partner in the Novum black-ops unit.
  • Cruel and Unusual Death: Nikolai FEEDS HIM TO THANATOS in self defense over the course of Ed's failed attempt at taking him out after the alarm has been sounded.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: On the receiving end of this against Nikolai.
  • Curb Stomp Cushion: That being said though, he does still manage to put up a relatively decent fight before Nikolai defeats him.
  • Eaten Alive: By Thanatos.
  • Just Desserts: Courtesy of Thanatos.
  • Karmic Death: Intended to tase Nikolai and throw him to the Liopleurodon - this is the fate that ends up befalling him.
  • Knight of Cerebus: Comical bantering aside, he and his cohorts mark the story's shift into a far darker tone.
  • Not-So-Harmless Villain: Initially seems rather dense and comically banters with Zander and Ursula; however, he puts up a good fight against Nikolai, even though he ultimately loses.
  • Shoutout: His first name, along with those of his cohorts, is derived from the Quirky Miniboss Squad from Dinosaur King. As well as this, he shares a surname with Hate Sink Harvey Baylor from Planet of the Dinosaurs.

    Animals 

Squishy

A male Anomalocaris.
  • Break the Badass: His armor is split during a confrontation with another member of his kind, and it takes him a while to recover mentally and physically from the stress.
  • Demoted to Extra: Never made any further appearances following the resolution of his loneliness problem.
  • Fluffy the Terrible: He's one of the first apex predators on Earth, but seriously, he's named Squishy. This was deliberate (according to Nathanoraptor) to show his Badass Decay after having his armour split.

Spiny

A juvenile male Dimetrodon.

Thanatos

A very, very, very old male Liopleurodon.
  • Animals Not to Scale: While downsized from what he was in his home series, he's still sixty feet long, making about three times larger than the max size for Liopleurodon. Word of God is that they wanted him to be more realistically sized by still large compared to his portrayal.
  • Back for the Finale: Appears in "The Devils Here", after last appearing aaaalll the way back in "Age of Giants".
  • Named by the Adaptation: He's the old bull Liopleurodon from Walking with Dinosaurs.
  • Names to Run Away from Really Fast: He's named after the Greek god of death. Enough said.
  • Sea Monster: Downplayed - he's only an animal, but is far more sinister than many of the park's other rescues.
  • Spared by the Adaptation: The crew drags him off the beach and into the waters of the present before he suffocates under his own weight. At the park in "Age of Giants", he's starting to recover.
  • To Serve Man: Gets to chomp on Ed the mercenary in "The Devils Here"

Keehar

A male Rhamphorynchus
  • Chekhov's Gunman: He stows away in "Feathered Dragons" and becomes very important in the end, as he helps the team find their way back to the lake in the volcanic eruption. He also ends up playing a key role in helping Jack and his group successfully escape their situation of being trapped and at gunpoint by the smugglers.
  • Combat and Support: In his and Zira's fight with Sharptooth, Keehar acts as the support, clawing at weak points and distracting Sharptooth long enough for Zira to land hits on him.
  • Guest-Star Party Member: In "Feathered Dragons", "The Wavering Gulfs" and "A Continent of Blight", he's brought along on the mission. He takes this role yet again in "Isle of Noise".
  • Made of Iron: Really takes a beating during his and Zira's fight against Sharptooth, yet is still alive once the fight is over!
  • Shoutout: Named after the cranky seagull feared by Woundwort in WatershipDown.

Cirrus

A large male Ornithocheirus
  • Badass in Distress: Is found seriously injured on a beach.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Is present in the veterinary facility just in time to save Linda from a pack of velociraptors during the mass carnivore breakout during Nightmare Labyrinthine.
  • Giant Flyer: He has a forty-foot wingspan; he's larger than any other pterosaur in the park.
  • Spared by the Adaptation: Thanks to timely intervention from Jack, Alice and Adrian.

Red

The alpha female Utahraptor, who Jack forms a bond with.

Lightning

A male Argentinosaurus.

Sharptooth

An elderly male Tyrannosaurus.
  • Animals Not to Scale: He's almost sixty feet long; quite a bit bigger than the largest recorded Tyrannosaurus.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Manages, alongside Leon, to be present just in time to save Yolanda from becoming cat food.
  • Dark Is Evil: While not exactly evil, he does play an antagonistic role in The Wavering Gulfs, A Continent of Blight, and Nightmare Labyrinthine, and is much darker colored than the other t-rex featured in the story.
  • Dark Is Not Evil: Segues into this in Phase Three, where he gets much more of a fleshed out personality and has a bonding arc with Yolanda.
  • Fish out of Temporal Water: A lot of his portrayal in "A Nightmare Labyrinthine". Word of God even compares him to Rip van Winkle.
  • Genius Bruiser: Incredibly powerful... and incredibly intelligent.
  • Grumpy Old Man: His internal thoughts in "The New Giants reveal himself as one.
  • Handicapped Badass: Has a slight limp. That doesn't stop him from being badass.
  • The Heavy: Whilst von Grimm and Duncan are the masterminds behind the events that lead to his rampage, he's the primary antagonistic force in "A Nightmare Labyrinthine".
  • It's Personal: Averted. Despite being responsible for the death of Zira's siblings while she was an adolescent, they do not recognize each other when they later encounter each other while Zira herself is an adult.
  • Non-Malicious Monster: He's fierce and menacing, yes, but he's simply a hungry predator.
  • Not Zilla: A lot of his portrayal in "A Nightmare Labyrinthine" is Godzilla-inspired.
  • Papa Wolf: Becomes rather protective of Yolanda, threatening the Dinofelis that attempts to attack her.
  • Prehistoric Monster: Downplayed; he's just an animal, but he's portrayed as being a bit more sinister than the park's other animals.
  • Shipper on Deck: Seems to be this for Leon and Yolanda, in his own unique way.
  • Shoutout: Take a wild guess.
  • Tetragonist: Serves as this in Phase Three, along with Cynthia.
  • To Serve Man: Gets to chow down on Ursula and Duncan in "The Devils Here.

Zira

An adult female Tyrannosaurus who was rescued alongside her mate after a battle against Sharptooth.
  • Action Survivor: Manages to survive the KT Event alongside Drew!
  • Combat and Support: In her team-up with Keehar against Sharptooth, Zira acts as the Combat by dealing hard blows on Sharptooth while Keehar distracts him from fighting properly.
  • It's Personal: Averted. Whilst Sharptooth had killed Zira's siblings when she was an adolescent, it's made perfectly clear neither of them recognizes the other.
  • Shipper on Deck: Judging by some very suggestive grumbles she makes over the course of one notable moment of Ship Tease, she may very well be this for Leon and Yolanda.
  • Shoutout: Named after the Big Bad from The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.

Raksha

A young female Cynodictis who was rescued as an orphan in Oligocene Mongolia and is currently being raised by Alice and Will.

Baloo

A male cave bear who was found seriously injured in an Ice Age cave and has bonded with Alice and Will.
  • Beary Friendly: Zig-zags between this trope and Bears Are Bad News; he's very friendly and not that aggressive as long as he isn't provoked.
  • Bears Are Bad News: Zig-zags between this trope and Beary Friendly; whilst he normally isn't aggressive unless provoked, if you do provoke him... God help you.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Arrives on the scene just in time to kill Zander right as he's seconds away from killing Will.
  • Handicapped Badass: Is blind in one eye; that didn't stop him killing a cave lion...or Zander.
  • Papa Wolf: As Zander found out, do not threaten Will Darrow in his general vicinity, ever.
  • Shoutout: Named after the bear from The Jungle Book.

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