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The Main Cast
Dr. Jekyll and co. Includes classic monsters, mad scientists and just some ordinary people who happen to be friends with them. Dr. Henry Jekyll
Doctor Henry Jekyll
- Accent Slip-Up: He has a natural Glaswegian accent, but he usually speaks with a trained posh accent due to serving as The Face for the Society. It slips when he's particularly exhausted, such as when he's preparing for the exhibition
. - Admiring the Abomination: Jekyll has a passion for rogue science and is fascinated with supernatural creatures (particularly werewolves). He even keeps a pet Church Grim. Unfortunately, such inclinations are regarded with fear and suspicion from the rest of society.
- Adaptational Heroism: While in the book Dr. Jekyll willingly let Hyde do as he pleased as a form of catharsis for his Victorian repression, only panicking when the effects of the potion behave unpredictably and he might have to face consequences for his actions, here Jekyll is portrayed like many other adaptations; a Nice Guy who, due to flawed science, becomes the unwilling participant to a manifestation of his inner darkness. Granted, this version of that "inner darkness" Hyde is more like a bratty younger brother always up to mischief, but Jekyll is still more of a victim in all of this.
- The Alcoholic: Opens a bottle of wine instead of eating breakfast.
- Ambiguous Disorder: Implications by both Rachel and Dr.Lanyon, as well as certain behaviors shown in the prequel, suggest he might have suffered from Social Anxiety in his youth that later evolved into a full blown Major Depressive Disorder (that may or may not have been a motivator for his desperate attempts at splitting himself). In addition, if one disregards the obvious Split-Personality Makeover going on with Hyde and keeps in mind that they are both the same person, his mental situation looks a lot like a rapid cycling Bipolar Disorder bordering on early stages of Schizophrenia.
- Anti-Hero: He is more concerned about how Hyde's recklessness impacts his own reputation than whether there are casualties or not.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Dr. Jekyll is charming, intelligent and has a genuine desire to help people in need and improve society. But he also has serious emotional issues, which at some point lead him to create Mr. Hyde to indulge in all his secret desires.
- Big Brother Instinct: Shows tendencies of this towards Jasper. Sage has even referred to them as soulmates.
- Bishie Sparkles: Even his speech bubbles.
- Brainy Brunette: Has lush dark brown hair and is both adept in science and social presentation.
- Broken Ace: A reputable genius scientist, with lots of repressed issues underneath.
- Closet Geek: Loved campy monster shows as a kid, but hides his interest in bad theater in favour of seeing the popular shows for polite dinner-party conversation.
- Drama Queen: When Jekyll pours his heart out to Jasper about his unrequited love for Robert, Jasper says he isn't taking initiative because he sees himself as "that lonely prince" who "stare[s] into the distance all tragic and hopeless", as well as a slothful fear of taking risks.
- Gentleman and a Scholar: His public image. He's not nearly as well-adjusted as he appears.
- Good Is Not Dumb: Yes, he is the nice one, but he's also the brains of the operation.
- Hiding Behind Religion: He adopted an Anglican lifestyle to appease the public eye, but he is secretly an agnostic.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: Jekyll has self-loathing in spades, hidden behind a cheerful facade. He's said to have went through a serious depression before the story started.
- The Insomniac: Has a history of difficulty sleeping. Being overworked isn't helping matters, either - he'd knocked out on top of his paperwork at the start of the third chapter. Prolonged lack of sleep causes his natural, Glasgow accent to slip.
- Papa Wolf: Although he is by far not the oldest person inside the Society he still shows genuine care for his Lodgers' well-being and success; breaking them out of jail on several occasions, sucking up to nobles to pay their rent and confronting Frankenstein when her influence proves toxic among other things.
- Sanity Slippage: He was already on the way there, but after the incident with Moreau and the arrival of Frankenstein Jekyll's mind starts deteriorating at breakneck speeds. It's not helped by the fact that he stops sleeping, which allows Hyde to amp up his attempts at usurping control by tormenting him with multi-sensory hallucinations.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Dr. Jekyll does his best to maintain an impeccable image of a proper gentleman.
- Split Personality: Well, obviously. He is Jekyll after all. True to the original novel, he has a theory that everyone is like this - Jekyll only dislodged his "evil" from his "good".
- Stepford Smiler / Beneath the Mask: Underneath a facade of an excellent socialite with a perfect smile for anyone, Jekyll is a pitiful bundle of self-loathing and insecurities, secretly terrified that one day, they will all come to light.
- Technicolor Eyes: Red eyes, the same color as the transformation potion pre-salt. People around him often assume it's just "a very saturated brown."
- Unintelligible Accent: He started with a Glaswegian so thick that Lanyon couldn't understand anything he said. He would later switch to a Posch accent to remedy the problem.
Mr. Edward Hyde
- Adaptational Heroism: While Hyde is still a rapscallion that gives Jekyll nothing but grief, this version isn't guilty of murdering an old man or any other horrible things he did in the original book. At his worst, he's the same trust-fund kid playing-Harmless Villain/Edge-lord Vigilante Queen Lucy describes him as, only guilty of bar-fights and low-key arson.
- Admiring the Abomination: Hyde is just as enthralled with mad science as Jekyll is, given that he is a manifestation of a part of Jekyll's personality. He also loves and waxes poetically about the atmosphere of London's slums at night.
- Berserk Button: Do not ignore him. Jekyll would know, since Hyde likes to poke and prod him when he tries keeping him under control.
- Beware the Silly Ones: He's initially portrayed as just being an over the top Harmless Villain, contrary to the Superpowered Evil Side most adaptions like taking to. Then he stabs and nearly kills Dr. Moreau with an umbrella and messes up his and Jekyll's shared unconscious, releasing a a nightmare army of hallucinations to torment the latter. All because he wants to go to the mall.
- Burning with Anger: Albeit in his Tulpa form, Hyde can become so angry that he transforms into a wall of fire.
- Cheshire Cat Grin: If he isn't smirking, he's doing this.
- The Cowl: The Society treats Hyde like this.Miss Lavender: He's the phantom of the Society! Our very own caped vigilante!
- Did Not Think This Through: Despite Jekyll being the one thing standing between the two of them and the gallows after Hyde's accidental arson, he is so desperate to get to Blackfog that he actively starts antagonizing the latter in an attempt at usurping control; risking both of their reputations by driving Jekyll to insanity.
- Distracted by the Sexy: he almost talks over himself and reveals his true identity to Lanyon when the latter pins him against a wall, which he finds incredibly hot.
- Evil Is Cool: What motivates Hyde to describe his own mind as "a dark ocean of depravity."*
- Fauxlosophic Narration: His waxing poetic tends to veer into this, especially in the opening pages of the comic.
- The Gadfly: When he isn't in control, he does everything he can to make Jekyll miserable.
- The Hedonist: Well, yeah, that's kind of the point. It's Mr. Hyde.
- Hyde Plays Jekyll: As revenge for being framed for the arson outside of the academy, he torments Jekyll to the point that he mentally snaps, allowing Hyde to take control of him (albeit only for a short moment) without taking the potion. He uses the opportunity to absolutely shit on Frankenstein's life; souring her relationship with Jekyll further.
- Repeats this again for a brief moment towards the end of the same chapter, when he forces Jekyll to push away Lanyon.
- Invented Individual: Jekyll pretends that Hyde is a separate person working as his lab assistant and is suspiciously absent whenever Jekyll's around. It came to a point that his fellow lodgers believe that the two are having a romance.
- Large Ham: He can't just sneak Frankenstein and the Creature quietly into the Society. He has to kick the doors open and then proceed to give a long theatrical introduction - until the Creature, not amused, cuts him of.
- Manchild: Hyde is spiteful, immature rude and selfish, having no impulse control and acting on whatever wild fantasy flies into his head. His reaction to Jekyll forcing him to lay low while the police are looking for him is to throw a tantrum like a petulant brat and make the doctor's life hell until he gets what he wants. He also gets called a child numerous times by various characters, as no one can take his attempts to look like a villain seriously.
- Minion with an F in Evil: He tries marketing himself as a Card-Carrying, Spring-heeled Jack-esque embodiment of malice haunting the seedy-streets that no one can touch, but anybody that actually interacts with him can tell that its all one big act. Queen Lucy even compares him to Lonely Rich Kids sneaking out of their mansions, pretending to be rugged peasants out looking for a taste of "the real London."
- The Napoleon: Impulsive, energetic, prone to fighting at pubs, and a head shorter than the dear doctor.*
- Older Than They Look: He is just as old as his alter ego but looks young enough for Lanyon and Rachel to seriously consider whether he might be the son of Jekyll and Morcant; making him about 15-20 years old in appearance as opposed to Jekyll's 35 years.
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Hyde and Jekyll are both very good at mimicking London accents normally, but after a bit of absinthe, Hyde's attempt backfires spectacularly:Hyde: Oi! Wodder yew lookin' at? Yew gotta problem wit' me? I'll fight ye, just yew watch!Creature: Good lord, what is that? Are you trying to do some kind of Cockney accent?
- Psychopathic Man Child: As much as he tries to look like a cool, mysterious villain, no one takes it seriously, seeing him more as a little kid playing dress-up. However, only Jekyll knows that Hyde really is as dangerous and awful as he appears, but in another way. He has the mentality of a spoiled kid, with no inhibitions to restrain him from acting on his insane whims, throwing fits when he doesn't get what he wants and not caring about the destructive consequences of his actions.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: After pretentiously likening himself to Queen Lucy, she is quick to put Hyde in his place. Lucy explains how she clawed her way up through an underground ruled by men; found homes, jobs and childcare for women with nothing and had help from people she cared about to build her empire. Meanwhile, Hyde is just another delinquent telling everyone how important he is with nothing to back it up. For once, he is at a loss for words and looks utterly crushed.Queen Lucy: Here is is: ”I am the spirit of London at night!” What does that even mean? No really, tell me what that means! Who are you, Mr. Hyde?
- Replacement Goldfish: Edward is this to Rachel due to his suspiciously similar appearance to her brother, Eli.
- Roof Hopping: Hyde's preferred method of travel.
- The Sleepless: Due to Hyde's constant manic state, he physically cannot sleep unless he transforms back into Dr. Jekyll.
- Slumming It: Hyde styles himself as some kind of evil phantom that haunts the darker and sleazier places of London, which does not fool anyone at all. Lucy even calls him 'Moneybags' and assumed he was just a rich kid pretending to be poor.
- Split-Personality Makeover: What happens when he and Jekyll switch places.
- Violent Glaswegian: Jekyll is Glaswegian and by extension so is Hyde. He also loves brawling at bars and threatens Frankenstein’s monster when drunk, despite being shorter and skinnier by far.
- Wild Hair: A blond, unkempt mop in his head. It goes with his 'spooky' look.
Jasper Kaylock
- Audience Surrogate: The reader learns about the Society for Arcane Sciences through Jasper and gets introduced to a whole host of mad/rogue scientists.
- Admiring the Abomination: Shares a passion for supernatural creatures with Jekyll (and Hyde). He found being turned into a werewolf frightening, but also sort of fascinating.
- Better with Non-Human Company: Very shy. Also a cryptozoologist. Aside from caring for his experiments, he'll pet a frightened cat, be delighted to find an invisible mouse, and owns a pet Mud Phoenix named Christopher, aside from a sizeable magical menagerie he takes care of.
- Big Eater: Gorges himself on a platter of chicken to the point of stuffing his dirty coat full of drumsticks. Lanyon is not amused. He tries not to gorge himself on Rachel's cookies, but after she gives him a go-ahead...
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Considerably more prominent than of those around Jasper.
- Country Mouse: Jasper moved to London from a farm in hopes of meeting other people who practice rogue science.
- I Owe You My Life: Jasper is the only lodger not to abandon Jekyll and the exhibition when Frankenstein turns them all against him.
- My Instincts Are Showing: Has more cravings for meat, and sometimes howls at night.
- Our Werewolves Are Different: Werewolves are quadruped wolf-like creatures, but an ill-prepared Wolfsbane potion causes Jasper to sporadically transform between manlike and beast in the introductory chapter.
- Shrinking Violet: Jasper hates being in the spotlight and is very afraid of disappointing authority figures. His confidence can be built up by support, but just as easily destroyed again by a single negative comment.
- The Social Expert: Yes, he's cripplingly shy and, in actual social situations, prone to bottling things up before blurting something out. At the same time, when coolly analysing a social situation from the outside, Jasper will see the patterns, motivations and feelings of people and, never losing empathy for them, figure out exactly which strings to pull. Thanks to this, he gives amazing advice to Jekyll.
- They Called Me Mad!: Jasper recounts how he told his previous professors "You think me mad?! I'll show you who's mad! I'll show you all! WAHAHAHA!" Subverted in that he never actually said it out loud.Jasper Kaylock: Or um, that's what I said in my head. I actually said something like "Yeah, that's fine I guess". But in a defiant way, y'know?Jekyll: I am familiar with the sentiment.
- Undying Loyalty: Jekyll's help still fresh, Jasper is the only member of the lodge that does not turn his back on Jekyll when Frankenstein sours the exhibition for them.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Jasper is not as captivated with Frankenstein's Romanticist philosophy as the other lodgers because he and his family had encountered Upper-Class Twits who has similar ideas about life and the wilderness before their lack of survival skills nearly killed them as nature intended. Considering Frankenstein came to them vomiting blood, the comparison is appropriate.
Dr. Hastie "Robert" Lanyon
- Adaptation Name Change: In the book his first name was Hastie.
- Later subverted, sort of. Hastie was reinstated as his first name, but since he's named after his father, who he has a bad relationship with to say the least, he prefers to go by his middle name, Robert.
- Commitment Issues: Left behind a string of lovers in his university days, which is one of the reasons why Jekyll avoids telling Lanyon about his feelings.
- Composite Character: He has the surname and appearance of one of Sage's friends' OCs and takes the same role in being Jekyll's friend from college as the original Dr. Lanyon; but at least so far hasn't gone through the falling out with him mentioned in the novel. He also takes Uttersson's role as Jekyll's close companion as well as in being personally responsible for the investigation into Hyde's true identity.
- Control Freak: He forms a very codependent friendship with Jekyll, where he micromanages and picks at his friend's problems. There’s hints that their relationship developed this way because of Henry’s history of mental illness.
- First-Name Basis: With Henry, and vice-versa.
- Gentleman Snarker: Uses snark and emotional detachment to deal with his own family drama as well as any other unpleasantness the world throws at him.
- Hidden Depths: Lanyon is deeply cynical about people and balks at any sincere show of emotion, but he reveals to Hyde that Jekyll’s earnestness and genuine interest in him as a person was what attracted him to Henry in the first place. He’s doesnt put any stock in the upperclass manners and decorum he taught Jekyll about, only doing it so he could bring him along to his family’s parties.
- Hiding Behind Religion: While he has absolutely no belief in a God, he pretends to practice alongside Henry.
- Idle Rich: Technically a doctor, but doesn't practice; it's just a front to get his dad off his back.
- I Am Not My Father: His relationship with Hastie, senior is... difficult. Lanyon's actively trying to be as different from the man as possible.
- Intro-Only Point of View: Narrates the prequel but doesn't make a reappearance in the webcomic until chapter 3
- Large Ham: See his first appearance in the webcomic. His hamminess is only possibly surpassed by Hyde's.
- Marriage of Convenience: Lanyon married a wealthy socialite at both sets of parents’ wishes. His wife is a passionate composer and really dislikes social situations, which is why she's so aloof at parties (and she's much cooler than Lanyon), but due to Incompatible Orientation (neither of them is into the opposite sex) at home they're Just Friends.
- Not So Stoic: He puts a lot of effort into appearing relaxed and emotionally disengaged, but he’s increasingly anxious about Henry’s health and seeming attachment to Mr. Hyde.
- Socialite: Wealthy, a social butterfly, and taught Henry nearly everything he knows about how to be a social butterfly. Bleeding Heart took place in his summer cabin.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: He's quite surprised to discover he might be one. His father being a Self-Made Man who "worked twice as hard for half as much" due to racism, tried to instill the work ethic and perfectionism in young Hastie, which backfired spectacularly. The So Proud of You he receives in chapter XIII makes him rethink his relationship with his father.
Rachel Pidgley
Rachel, drenched in blood from slipping on a spleen at the meat market.
Cook and day manager at the Society. She's very old friends with Jekyll and the only person other than Lanyon he trusts. She's also become friends with Mr. Hyde, who regularly pesters her for food. She's a lot more street-wise and cunning than she let's on.- Cool Big Sis: Says she'd make her kid brother extra food whenever he'd stay out late. She also has this rapport with Hyde, who reminds her of her brothers.
- Change the Uncomfortable Subject: When it seems like Hyde has got her cornered on how much she actually knows about Jasper, she quickly distracts him by asking him about his new cape.
- Digging Yourself Deeper: She tries to convince Hyde she doesn't just want to sleep with Jasper, but also cares about his hopes and dreams, only to get more and more flustered when it's obvious that she doesn't know alot about him.
- Hidden Depths: She grew up poor and has seen London from it's ugliest side from an early age. Hyde's attempts to appear spooky and evil look a lot sillier to her because she of this. She's very street-smart and the only one among the Lodgers to escape the police when they all get arrested after Mr. Hyde starts a fire when fighting Moreau. She also has a connection to London’s criminal underworld through her sister-in-law, Queen Lucy, leader of The Forty Elephants.
- Her feelings about Mr. Hyde are also more complicated than she’s initially let on. She’ll defend him fiercely from accusations of wrongdoing and try to portray him as essentially harmless and helpless, even though he’s very obviously not. It turns out to be because she’s projecting her guilt and sorrow over the loss of her brother onto him.
- First-Name Basis: With both Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde.
- Platonic Life-Partners: One of the few people Dr. Jekyll knows well enough personally to share unguarded casual banter with. Also gets along with Hyde despite his antics.
- Supreme Chef: Cooks for Dr. Jekyll and the Lodgers.
- Selective Obliviousness: Once she learns Lucy's theory that Hyde is Morcant and Jekyll's child, she immediately does all she can to protect him against his will like he is a child despite the fact that Hyde has clearly avoided the police perfectly fine without her help.
The Creature
The Creature arrives in London.
Frankenstein's monster, as famous as their creator, and presumed to have died with them in the Arctic a long time ago. This turns out to be wrong when they arrive in London, carrying an unconcious Frankenstein in their arms and being hotly pursued by Dr. Moreau.- An Arm and a Leg: Has his arm torn of in battle with Moreau.
- Ambiguous Gender: The Creature is nonbinary and can be referred to by all pronouns. They care very little about the subject in general.
- Deadpan Snarker: His first words reveal him to be this.
- Frankenstein's Monster: Well, duh.
- Genius Bruiser: Gigantic and built like a tank, yes, but well-spoken; he can recite Milton.
- Never Given a Name: Like in the original novel, the Creature has never recieved a name. He doesn't care what people call him.
- Scary Stitches: All over their body, as is par for the course with any monster of Frankenstein.
Frankenstein
- Ambiguous Gender: Was always presumed to be a man (because Victorian times), but Hyde soon notices her rather feminine appearence when he first sees her. The Creature later confirms both to Hyde and the Lodgers that Frankenstein is indeed a woman.
- Ambiguously Gay: When Frankenstein's revealed to be a woman, one of the questions the Lodgers (and Hyde) immediately want an answer to is whether that means she's into ladies, given that she was presumably in love with Elizabeth.
- Blood from the Mouth: She reveals her illness when she accidentally vomits copious amounts of blood onto Dr. Jekyll as she chews him out.
- Broken Pedestal: She seems to have a particularly seething hatred for Henry Jekyll and the Society of Arcane Science because it tries to make mad science Safe, Sane, and Consensual to the general public (though her creation says that she is just incredibly stubborn). This is especially troubling since everyone in the Society are huge fans of her's.
- Death Seeker: Heavily implied to be this, due to her life effectively being ruined by her own experiments, her lack of care regarding her health, and her refusal to see a doctor despite the fact that she was effectively dying.
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: The monster claims that she it too prideful of her own medical expertise to accept help from anyone, making her an especially difficult patient. With the revelation that the events of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein are true, it's highly likely she's a Death Seeker.
- Gender Reveal: Frankenstein's revealed as a woman to the audience and the Lodgers at the same time. It immediately results in the Lodgers bombarding the Creature with more questions.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Frankenstein goes on and on about how impressive her self-reliance is, surviving on rainwater and lizard guts, unaware that her steady diet of Fireeater Skink is why she has been vomiting blood in the first place.
- It's Popular, Now It Sucks!: In-Universe. The primary reason why Dr. Frankenstein seems to hate Dr. Jekyll and the Society of Arcane Sciences is because she thinks it tries to "sanitize" mad science, making it look more acceptable to the general populace instead of crossing boundaries and offending people in the process.
- Jerkass: She's absolutely horrid to Jekyll, despite him trying to help her.
- Jerkass Has a Point: She's right when she points out Jekyll's ideas of good and evil as essential qualities of the human soul are flawed, given that "good" and "evil" are arbitrary human categories, not inherent characteristics of things. It's something Jekyll would greatly benefit from taking to heart, but Frankenstein is so confrontational and condescending towards him, it's hardly surprising he doesn't.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: She remarks that Dr. Jekyll is "rotten on the inside". She makes these remarks because she thinks he is a Villain with Good Publicity, having no knowledge of Hyde.
- Romanticism Versus Enlightenment: The Romanticist to Jekyll's Enlightenment.
- They Copied It, So It Sucks!: In-Universe, Frankenstein is quick to tell Jekyll that a real scientist does their own experiments instead of "slavishly ape" other people's experiments when he uses recipes of other alchemists to make her medicine.note
- Wake Up Fighting: She wakes up in Chapter 6 after being nursed back to health...and immediately decks Henry in the face while giving a Big "NO!"
The Lodgers
These are the resident "rogue" scientists who lodge at the Society for Arcane Science. According to Dr. Jekyll, many of them were rescued right off the street. General
- Idiot Savant: They are all experts in their respective subjects but are so abhorrently bad at social interaction (and logical thinking to boot) that if Jekyll hadn't taken to keeping them in check and putting on a respectable face for them in society, they would most likely have been lynched sooner rather than later.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: A rather diverse collection of experts with equally diverse specializations.
- Ungrateful Bastards: Although it is unknown whether they are aware of how their behavior comes off themselves, their lack of care for and willingness to cooperate with Jekyll once Frankenstein arrives is rather disturbing. Especially considering the fact that he is the one who has singlehandedly been providing for them for the past 2 years.
- Interestingly. Despite being newly arrived, Jasper could tell straight away that Jekyll was not feeling well.
Mr. Bird
Mr. Bird, welcoming Jasper.
The Society's resident crypto-horticulturalist; shares workspace with Mr. Archer. Mr. Archer
Mr. Archer, welcoming Jasper.
Mr. Archer (a botanical clockwork engineer) is based off Bleeding Heart Kickstarter backer Blind Side. Archer is loyal, energetic, and ambitious, but also quite stubborn. He often butts heads with the much mellower Mr. Bird and prefers to spend his free time with the other young Lodgers, often staying out late on the town. In other words... he’s one of Jekyll’s "problem children." Dr. Maijabi
Dr. Maijabi, holding flasks of Ghosts' Blood.
The Society's ectoplasmic pathologist. He lived until middle age in a small Aboriginal village in Australia before he left in pursuit of rogue/mad science.- I See Dead People: Dr. Maijabi's covered eye has a kind of “spectral vision” – the idea came from an episode of the short horror fiction podcast Pseudopod called The Nightside Eye. As the story explains, one of the reasons pirates may have worn eye patches was to preserve their night vision. They would cover their eye when entering bright sunlight and uncover it when descending below deck, so that one eye was always adjusted to see in dim lighting. Nightside Eye adapts the idea to the sixth sense–keeping one eye covered allows it to remain always adjusted to the supernatural world.
- Will-o'-the-Wisp: A few of these are seen in Dr. Maijabi's jars, and his candlabra is lit with similar blue flames.
Mr. Griffin
Mr. Griffin, after failing to turn a cat invisible.
The Society's resident disapparative biochemist. A young Invisible Man, in fact, the very same. He's Jekyll's "problem child" - his inventions are always on the fritz, which puts him in a perpetually sour mood.- Bungling Inventor: His inventions seem to backfire on him more often than not, to the point where Jekyll considers it bad PR for the Society.
- The Eeyore: His mood is more permanent than his experiments. In fact, they're probably connected.
- Invisibility: Not yet invisible himself, but has managed to create an invisible rat infestation, along with invisible rat droppings, much to Dr. Jekyll's chagrin.
- Mystical White Hair: Whether natural or a result of experimenting on himself, it befits his choice field of rogue science.
Mr. Ranjit Helsby
Helsby, teasing Dr. Jekyll.
An exploratory bathynaut, and another one of Dr. Jekyll's "problem children." He would probably leave the Society if he wasn't completely broke.- Expy: Of Captain Nemo from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. He's a nautical brat with a rebellious streak.
Miss Lavender
Junior extremofaunic zoologist, works with Mrs. Cantilupe. She and Mrs. Cantilupe specialize in a particular breed of Lovecraftian monsters that exists on the edges of time and space. She plans to show them of at the Society's grand exhibition.
- Hidden Depths: She seems to have bit of medical knowledge, when she ends up taking care of Frankenstein while the Lodgers fight with Moreau. Oh, and she potentially has the power to reanimate ancient Lovecraftian horrors and make them her faithfull servants, should she ever need to.
Mrs. Cantilupe
Senior extremofaunic zoologist, works with Miss Lavender. One of the few married Lodgers. She and Lavender specialize in Lovecraftian horror monsters at the edge of time and space. They plan to show the at the Society's grand exhibition.
- Hidden Depths: She, like her partner Ms. Lavender, might just be able to reanimate world-ending cosmic horrors.
Mr. Pennebrygg
An automatonatomist.
Mr. Sinnett
Mr. Mosley
A hollow Earth submariner.
Mr. Tweedy
A Galvanic engineer.
Miss Flowers
An entomologic intelligencer.
- Clockwork Creature: Specializes in building these. She even brings some to help fight against Moreau and his monsters.
Mr. Doddle
An experimental confectionist.
Nicholas D. Bryson
The famous aeronaut explorer! Join him in exploring the cosmos... in a HOT AIR BALLOON!
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: An anachronistic homage to Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Mr. Luckett
A detonative homeopath.
- Having a Blast: He creates explosions by snapping his fingers. Comes in handy against Moreau's monsters.
Virginia Ito
The Society's junior neoalchemist, studying the same field as Dr. Jekyll allegedly once did.
- Easy Sex Change: She's a transgender woman. She immigrated to to England from Japan and decided to use her move as an opportunity to transition.
Other
Queen Lucy
- Badass Normal: Queen Lucy is a perfectly normal woman in this world of mad scientist, werewolves and hybrid monsters. She's still probably the most badass character in the comic.
- Bouncing Battler: According to Hyde, she once escaped from the cops by jumping up onto the nearest rooftop and sending a rotten woodbeam down on top of them. Rachel is rather skeptical about the truth of that story.
- Cool Big Sis: Well, cool big sister in-law to Rachel, ready to help her out.
- Polyamory Chapter 10 introduces Lucy's husband and wife.
- Shrouded in Myth: It's somewhat dubious whether she really did escape police by dropping a pillar on them, but she clearly has wild reputation.
- The Queenpin: Leads a rather well-organised gang.
Constable Jenkins
Jenkins, as Dr. Jekyll arrives.
A constable who works under Sergeant Brokenshire alongside Constable Wipple; attempts to arrest Jasper on account of being a werewolf. Constable Wipple
Wipple conversing with Dr. Jekyll.
A constable who works under Sergeant Brokenshire alongside Constable Jenkins; attempts to arrest Jasper on account of being a werewolf. Sergeant Enoch Brokenshire
Brokenshire orders Jasper to be restrained.
A no-nonsense sergeant who is generally not in favor of what he calls "mad scientist types," but has so far been swayed by Jekyll's good reputation, even if he doesn't trust him fully. Also has a soft spot for puppies.- No-Sell: After the incident with Moreau he isn't swayed by Henry's charm.
- Pet the Dog: Quite literally his weakness, as exploited by Dr. Jekyll.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Played With. He's willing to give Henry the benefit of the doubt when it comes to his lodgers but calls him out on his crap when Hyde and the lodgers cause too much trouble.
Dr. Moreau
The same one as from as the character from The Island of Doctor Moreau. A dangerous mad vivisectionist, who has been banned from London.
- Ax-Crazy: To judge his appearence and behavior, he was already pretty unstable when he arrived in London. After Hyde nearly kills him in the fire from their battle, he loses what little sanity he had left. In spite of suffering severe burns the police have to strap him to a gourney to prevent him from trying to hurt others. He then spits Jekyll in the face when he sees him at the station.
- Mad Scientist: Of the truly dangerous and unscrupulous kind. While the Lodgers still have a working moral compass, he's abandoned his long ago. Unfortunately, the public doesn't distinguish between him and the Lodgers.
- Exhausted Eyebags: He has some rather large bags under his eyes, adding to his sickly appearence.
- The Dreaded: The Lodgers are terrified when they hear Moreau is back in London.
Morcant
An old werewolf introduced in the Bleeding Heart prequel. Dr. Jekyll and Dr.Lanyon nursed her back to health after she collapsed at the porch of the Lanyon family's cottage 15 years ago, and Dr. Lanyon suspects their encounter with her and the subsequent emotional connection she formed with Dr. Jekyll might have been When It All Began.
- Interspecies Friendship: Forms one with Dr. Jekyll
- Our Werewolves Are Different: Rather than a human that occasionally turns into a wolf she seems to be a wolf that occasionally turns into a human. A ridiculously large and old wolf that is. Her wolf-form also has a few anatomical differences from normal wolves, such human-like hands and long toes on her feet like a rat.
- Really 700 Years Old: She looks to be around the same age as Lanyon and Jekyll but laments the loss of "old traditions" like alchemy and spellcasting. She is suprised that Jekyll knows how to brew something as old and lost to time as a healing potion.
- When It All Began: Implied that her encounter with Lanyon and Henry is this. Despite never showing up in the actual web comic, her and whatever influence she had on Jekyll is getting more and more focus as Lanyon suspects she might have charmed him in some way
Not-Lanyon
The mental construct of Jekyll’s idea of the perfect gentleman. Takes on the visual appearance of Dr Lanyon and lives inside Jekyll’s head.
- Anthropomorphic Personification: Of Jekyll’s idea of the perfect gentleman. He just happens to take the form of Dr Lanyon.
- The Blank: As of chapter 12, due to Jekyll discovering that Lanyon isn’t as perfect as he seems, Not-Lanyon no longer has a face and is, instead, a humanoid shaped white space in Lanyon’s clothes.
- Dirty Coward: For all his confidence and bravado with Hyde, the moment the nightmares show up he flees immediately, leaving Hyde chained up and alone.
- Doppelgänger Gets Same Sentiment: Jekyll ends up fleeing partially because Not-Lanyon’s appearance troubles him.
- Good Is Not Nice: He may be Jekyll’s inner gentleman but, in his first appearance, he tries to kill Hyde. He’s also unsympathetic to Jekyll.
- Lack of Empathy: Not-Lanyon is unable to understand Jekyll’s feelings and treats them all rather coldly.
- No Name Given: As of yet, there has been no real name given for him in canon but Jekyll does briefly call him Not-Lanyon.
- Faux Affably Evil: With Hyde, Not-Lanyon acts rather teasing, smiling and even bopping Hyde on the nose, pleasantly explaining the situation at hand. Although, it’s very obvious that he looks down on Hyde by the things he says.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: It’s not that wanting Jekyll to be a better person is a bad thing but there are probably better ways to go about it rather than cutting Hyde’s head off.
