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Ottway
John Ottway
Played By: Liam Neeson
- Cold Sniper: His job for the company was to snipe any wolves that got too close to the workers.
- Death Seeker: The entire reason he's in Alaska in the first place is to die, and he nearly commits suicide.
- Despair Event Horizon: Following his wife's death.
- Driven to Suicide: Considers it at the beginning, putting his rifle in his mouth.
- Give Me a Sign: As part of his 'Rage Against the Heavens' he asks God to speak to him.
- Great White Hunter: Described as such by Diaz.
- Last Stand: Makes one against the wolf pack.
- The Mourning After: Still living in despair and isolation following the death of his wife.
- Rage Against the Heavens: He's pretty angry at God, and lets him know it.
- Warrior Poet: He's a tough son-of-a-bitch, but he's a thinker who recalls the poetry his father read to him.
Diaz
John Diaz
Played By: Frank Grillo
- Expy: Of Fred Ward's character Lonnie Reece from Southern Comfort, due to them being the more aggressive members of the groups who are trying to survive in the wilderness. However, unlike Reece, Diaz is more nobler and redemptive in contrast up to the very end, while Reece dies an Asshole Victim.
- Face Death with Dignity: He just lies down in a place with a good view.
- Hot-Blooded: His first appearance shows him getting into a fight. He's also aggressive toward the other survivors.
- I Will Only Slow You Down: He tells Ottway and Hendrick that he can't continue any further after suffering a knee injury. He makes peace with them and himself before they move on.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: After the crash, he mocks the other survivors for their attempts to survive and steals from the dead. Later it's revealed that he's a lonely, scared man trying to compensate.
- Peaceful in Death: After suffering a leg injury, Diaz eventually accepts his fate and sits down to rest by a river with a nice view after it becomes too painful to go on, insisting that the others leave him behind. When he hears the wolves approaching from his rear, he calmly states aloud that he isn't afraid anymore.
Talget
Jerome Talget
Played By: Dermot Mulroney
- Cruel and Unusual Death: When crossing on a rope from a cliff to some trees, the rope gives way and Talget falls through the trees and breaks several bones on his way down. He lies on the ground barely conscious for several moments before the wolves arrive to finish him off. The only respite is he didn't seem to be lucid or even aware of his situation at the end, hallucinating that his daughter was with him instead.
Hendrick
Pete Hendrick
Played By: Dallas Roberts
- Cruel and Unusual Death: He is trapped underwater in a flowing river after falling in and having his boot become lodged between some rocks, and ends up drowning despite his face being mere inches from the water's surface.
- The Heart: Of all the survivors, he's the most conscientious and believes in respecting the dead.
- Nice Guy: Hendrick is an essentially kind man.
Burke
Jackson Burke
Played By: Nonso Anozie
Flannery
Todd Flannery
Played By: Joe Anderson
- The Ditz: Flannery isn't all that bright, thinking that Ottway's wolf bite will mean he'll get some kind of rabies that equates to becoming a werewolf.
- Motor Mouth: Flannery cannot stop talking. He jabbers incessantly to anyone who's listening, and anyone who isn't. This trait deeply irritates Ottway and the other survivors.
Lewenden
Luke Lewenden
Played By: James Badge Dale
- Alliterative Name: Luke Lewenden
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: Mortally wounded after the crash, Lewenden dies in Ottway's arms.
- Face Death with Dignity: With Ottway's help, Lewenden is able to accept his death and pass away.
- Red Shirt: His entire screentime consists of him dying.
- Peaceful in Death: Ottway calmly tells Lewenden that he's going to die; his injuries are too severe and there's no way to treat them. He helps Lewenden to focus on his happy memories and just drift away into death, which he does.
Hernandez
Hernandez
Played By: Ben Bray
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Being ripped apart by wolves isn't the most pleasant way to go.
- Mauve Shirt: He gets zero characterization beyond having a kid and being frustrated by a videogame before being killed to establish that yes, the wolves are an active danger who won't keep to themselves.
- Too Dumb to Live: Walks an unreasonable distance away from the relative safety of the campfire to take a pee, which ends up getting him killed when the wolves attack him.