Halo Jones
- Action Girl: Subverted. Even when she becomes a soldier, she doesn't fight much—most of it is running around, trying not to get shot. Alan Moore said that he wanted her to be normal and had "no inclination to unleash yet another Tough Bitch With A Disintegrator And An Extra 'Y' Chromosome upon the world."
- Break the Cutie: Oh, does she go through a lot in this story.
- Cartwright Curse: First, Toy who is in love with her dies. Then, she has to kill Luiz himself, popping his valve on a protective gravity suit during a kiss after figuring out what he did.
- Everygirl: She's simply an ordinary girl trying to improve her lot in life and not get killed in the process.
- Famed In-Story: In the flashforward future over 14 centuries after her death she's a historical figure, with lectures held about her. Albeit, one who's had a lot of controversy and misinformation about her: at one point, a past (future for story, but past for flashforward) chauvinistic ruling group having been said to have tried to pretend she was a male figure.
- Fish out of Water: When out of the Hoop for the first time, a lot of things are very strange for her. Such as the concept of being barefoot.
- Fire-Forged Friendship: Her and Toy have been through a lot together.
- Despair Event Horizon: Reaches one after the death of Toy.
- My God, What Have I Done?
- Oblivious to Love: Doesn't pick up that Toy isn't talking about being best friends, when she confesses how she feels about Halo,
- Resigned to the Call: Why she later returns to the military after "leave". An apparently common fate in-universe.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: Starts off the story very determined to escape the Hoop and make a better life for herself.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: If only she could have known what saving the Rat King would have led to?
Toy Molto
- Action Girl: Even before her joining the military, she tried help save Halo against a robot literally built to be effective at killing. While help was needed at the end, she did a good job and bought valuable time.
- Cannot Spit It Out: Has trouble with this she confesses, in regards to her feelings about things.
- Cyborg: Very minor example, but she had an implant and a false ear put in place. The ear because her last one was bitten off by someone and the implant because she is a major fan of her soaps.
- Sacrificial Lion
- Statuesque Stunner: Very tall, towering over all except Luiz Cannibal.
