History Characters / TheSecretWorldSolomonIslandNPCs

* VisualPun: Her CharacterBlog's profile image is a still of Creator/MichaelCaine in ''Film/GetCarter''.

* BadassBaritone: Ellis has an incredibly deep voice, a trait only amplified by the fact that he rarely raises his voice above a murmur.
** EvilSoundsDeep: [[spoiler:Later revealed to be this after his true identity is revealed.]]

* WidowWoman: Lost both her husband and son to the Fog.

* WidowWoman: Edmund Franklin hanged himself in 1972 after being driven insane by the Filth-infestation at the Blue Ridge Mine - though he still lingers on as one of the many ghosts haunting the mansion.
** WidowWitch: Not really, but gained a reputation as one.

* TheCameo: She is mentioned by Lorraine in ''The Park'' almost thirty years prior to the Tokyo Incident. Her father, the former sheriff of the town, pointed out that [[spoiler:Helen, in her younger days, was experiencing problems that were [[AmbiguousDisorder similar to Lorraine's]]. Of course, judging by her optimistic nature, she may be handling them ''far'' better than Lorraine ever could - or maybe she's just learned to hide them.]]

[[folder: Sheriff Helen Bannerman]]

* TheCameo: She is mentioned by Lorraine in ''The Park'' almost thirty years prior to the Tokyo Incident. Her father, the former sheriff of the town, pointed out that [[spoiler: Helen, in her younger days, was experiencing problems that were [[AmbiguousDisorder similar to Lorraine's]]. Of course, judging by her optimistic nature, she may be handling them ''far'' better than Lorraine ever could - or maybe she's just learned to hide them.]]
** [[spoiler: An extract from ''The Park'' reveals that Helen's father, the sheriff of Solomon Island at the time, was partly responsible for Lorraine Maillard's internment at the mental hospital.]]
* DualWielding: [[spoiler: The Filth-corrupted version of Bannerman encountered in "The Vanishing of Tyler Freeborn" attacks with dual-wielded handguns.]]

* ThePollyanna: Since the Fog rolled in, she's found herself as the de facto protector of all the survivors of Kingsmouth, trapped in a besieged police station with barely enough supplies to survive, and most of her friends among the townsfolk are either dead or besieged as well. For good measure, her life prior to the Fog wasn't all that rosy either: her father apparently died under violent circumstances, the local government interfered with a good deal of her investigations in order to enforce the masquerade, ''The Park'' implies that [[spoiler: she's suffering from some kind of mental illness]], and her husband is having an affair with Madame Roget. And yet, Bannerman remains as cheerful and optimistic as ever.

[[folder: Deputy Andy Gardener]]

* CuteKitten: Andy once kept three of these- before his father drowned them in the bay; most of his dialogue indicates that he's still deeply troubled by this. During the 2012 Halloween Event, [[spoiler: the kittens [[CameBackWrong come back in a very nasty way]]...]] and in "The Vanishing of Tyler Freeborn," [[spoiler: they show up ''again,'' this time fighting alongside the Filth-infected duplicate of Andy.]]

* OneSteveLimit: It is unknown if is at all related to [[spoiler: Steve Gardener, the park employee who went AxCrazy when he became Atlantic Island park's mascot, Chad the Chipmunk. Probably no relation, as "Gardener" is a common family name, though considering the sociopathic nature of Andy's family, it wouldn't be surprising if he and Steve ''were'' related.]]

* TooMuchInformation: During Madam Roget's prophecies of the Cat God in "The Meowling", Andy politely cuts her off when the prediction drifts towards the mutilation of cats.

[[folder: Henry Hawthorne]]

* BadassPreacher: According to Danny, he has no problem taking on zombies with a 45. magnum and burying the bodies in the very graves they rose from.

** DontExplainTheJoke: Just as often, he gives up and explains what he actually meant. [[spoiler: In "The Kingsmouth Code", after dithering about "being illuminated under the eye," he throws up his hands and outright admits that he's actually an Illuminati agent.]]
* GoodShepherd: [[spoiler: Subverted, though not to the extent of being a SinisterMinister; he does care about the community- at least enough to assure people that the disaster is ''not'' the beginning of the Apocalypse- but he's much more interested in the Illuminati.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: If you play as a Templar or a Dragon, he mistakes you for an Illuminati agent and runs his mouth on a secret Illuminati treasure trove hidden in Kingsmouth.]]

[[folder: Madame Roget]]

[[folder: Norma Creed]]

* TheCameo: During ''The Park,'' Norma was one of the witnesses to Chad the Chipmunk's icepick rampage, and gave a rather traumatized-sounding testimony to local police.
** Later in the same game, it's revealed that sometime in the late 70's she was tasked by child services to take care of a newborn Callum while his mother Lorraine was being treated for mental illness. One could infer from her dialog during the main game that she may have even liked taking care of a small child again, as her own sons became increasingly apathetic towards her as they grew up. In hindsight, this only becomes even more tragic when you realize that [[spoiler: she probably never found out about Callum's demise. Even worse, if the League of Monster Slayers is right about the Bogeyman's [[RetGone feeding habits]], Norma might not even ''remember'' Callum.]]

* HiddenDepths: Norma uses "Sisyphean" in a casual sentence, then claims she doesn't know Greek mythology; offhandedly quotes Coleridge's "Ancient Mariner", then says she probably heard the line on Oprah; and uses the proper term for a flock of ravens (an "unkindness", if you were wondering), and says she reads the TV Guide instead of literature. Hmm.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Most survivors on Solomon Island are holed up in some sort of fortified or warded compound. Norma Creed stands in her front yard with a twelve-gauge shotgun. [[spoiler: Also, in "The Vanishing of Tyler Freeborn," she's the only Filth-infectee that attacks you alone and without summoning reinforcements.]]

[[folder: Danny Dufresne]]
->''Awesome! IKnewIt! First the zombies rise from the dead, then they send in the Men In Black, and then the guys with superpowers show up! This is totally like the August issue of ''Katana Guy and Headphones Girl!'' You know, the one in Antarctica with the tentacles and [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot mutant Nazi zombies]]?''

* OneSteveLimit: It is unknown if he bears any relation to Frances Dufresne, [[spoiler: the park engineer who got crushed to death in ''The Park''.]]

[[folder: Scrapyard Edgar Stone]]

* AngryGuardDog: Tango and Cash, to everyone except Edgar. They ''eat'' zombies. [[spoiler: They're even nastier when infected with the Filth.]]
* ArmCannon: The Polarity Gauntlet, which ends up becoming part of your arsenal following "The Uncertainty Principle." [[spoiler: In "The Vanishing of Tyler Freeborn," it's also his Filth counterpart's weapon of choice.]]

* FreudianExcuse: Having spent most of his childhood and adulthood being belittled and bullied by everyone except his mother and "Tom", it's not entirely surprising that Edgar's so bitter.

[[folder: Ellis Hill]]

* CareerRevealingTrait: During his introduction, Ellis responds to the player's unexpected arrival by grabbing a gun and demanding you identify yourself in an oddly official tone of voice. Once he calms down enough to shake your hand, he approves of your HandshakeRefusal, stating that a handshake can give away an identity - and pointing out the obvious wear on his own hands as proof of his career as a metalworker. [[spoiler: However, it's his professional handling of firearms and the official-sounding dialogue that hints at his true nature as a Phoenician operative.]]

** Regarding the Draug, he mentions that "the sea breeds things tough." [[spoiler: Well, a Phoenician sailor would know...]]
** When noting that the government will probably destroy Kingsmouth to prevent the Draug and the Filth from spreading, he makes a point of mentioning how they'll SaltTheEarth and make "an infamous land where nothing may be built for all of time." [[spoiler: As a Phoenician, "Ellis'" knowledge of areas that have undergone this treatment is no surprise.]]
** One of the rewards you can get for "Runaway Light" is [[spoiler: the Carthage Ring.]]

* GeniusBruiser: Though his huge frame doubtlessly comes in handy while defending the airport, most of Edgar's activities around the airport involves maintaining the machinery, monitoring the radio and improvising weaponry from the surrounding technology. [[spoiler: And spying - lots and lots of spying.]]

* HandshakeOfDoom: Recommends a HandshakeRefusal for this very reason, pointing out how it's possible for a handshake to give away too much of a person's true nature. [[spoiler: In this case, the fact that "Ellis" is actually a Phoenician operative who murdered the real Ellis Hill and replaced him in order to spy on Kingsmouth.]]

* ScaryBlackMan: Ellis remains an intimidating presence despite his outward amiability, an impression only worsened by the fact that his first scene involves him pointing a gun at you. [[spoiler: He also killed the real Ellis Hill and buried him near the skate park, which doesn't help much either.]]
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In the cinematic intro to the Dead Air mission, [[spoiler: he tells you that the radio mast "ain't the kind of equipment you can fix with duct tape and a wire hanger". It turns out that it's ''exactly'' what you need for the repairs.]]

[[folder: Eleanor Franklin]]

[[folder: Joe Slater]]

* CuriosityKilledTheCast: [[spoiler: After the ship was swept into the [[DerelictGraveyard Isle of Dead Ships]], Joe made the mistake of getting curious about an ancient sword he found on one of the surrounding boats- and stealing it. As it happened, this not only got the attention of the Draug, but also resulted in the Fog following him back to Solomon Island. Worse still, once the sword arrived back in Kingsmouth, Freddy Beaumont got his hands on it.]]
* EarAche: [[spoiler: In an attempt to blot out the "singing," Joe shoved Q-tips in his ears. Because the noise didn't abate, it took a while for him to notice that he'd ruptured his eardrums.]]
* FaceRevealingTurn: [[spoiler: When you finally catch up with him in "Dawning Of An Endless Night," he's found kneeling in the sewers with his back to you; then he turns, revealing the Draug mutations.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: "That thing brought the Fog back to Kingsmouth... ''I'' brought the Fog back to Kingsmouth..."]]

* ResistTheBeast: [[spoiler: Joe's been trying to do this, attempting to hold off his transformation by not think about change. It's had only ''partial'' success.]]
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: The physical and mental effects of his transformation have taken a toll on Joe's sanity by the time you meet him.]]

* TerribleTicking: [[spoiler: After he stole the artifact, he was subjected to numerous illusory sounds as a result of his transformation, most of them apparently produced by seagulls and hagfish- at least according to the lore entries. However, the worst of them was the "Siren Song" made by the artifact.]]
* VaderBreath: [[spoiler: His breath is often punctuated with hoarse, watery gasps, likely as a result of him transforming into one of the aquatic Draug.]]
* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler: Thanks to his exposure to the Draug's home environment or the artifact he retrieved from it, Joe is slowly transforming into a Draug.]]

[[folder: Suzie]]

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: Upon accepting the mission "Supply Run" on Bannerman's request, the player character goes to the diner to collect food supplies, only to find bloodied walls, a corpse, and a zombified Suzie.]]

* TheUnseen: She's only briefly mentioned in TSW and [[Videogame/ThePark its spinoff]] but never seen in person. Unless you count [[spoiler: her undead zombified Filth form]] in "Supply Run".

[[folder: Headmaster Montag]]

* CastingGag: He makes reference that one should use a spade rather then an axe as those tend to reverberate from the vertebrae. As this video shows the good Doctor has some experience to back up this choice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK2zEooDNrY .
* BadassTeacher: As the headmaster of Innsmouth Academy, badass credentials are required just to withstand the trauma, and Montag has them in spades. Not only is he still holding down the fort without a twinge of fear, but he also has first-hand experience of [[OffWithHisHead decapitating familiars]] [[ShovelStrike with a shovel]], [[spoiler: and has a [[EvilKnockoff Filth-infected version of him]] [[BlackMage that does battle with you]] in "The Vanishing of Tyler Freeborn."]]
* BlackMage: Though he doesn't take to the battlefield very often, it's made clear that he has a gift for destructive magic- after all, the very first spell he cast ended up killing twelve people. This is further evidenced by the barrage of elemental spells cast [[spoiler: by his Filth-corrupted self in "The Vanishing of Tyler Freeborn."]]

* ChekhovsGun: In one of Montag's dialogues, he mentions how some cultures fear [[MagicalCamera a photograph can steal your soul]] ([[AllMythsAreTrue and, naturally, about how they're correct]]). [[spoiler: In the end of "From Sir, With Love", the player defeats the wraith Montag created by trapping its weakened form in a slide projector - i.e., [[PhantomZonePicture capturing its soul in a photograph]].]]
* ChildrenAreSpecial: An unwavering advocate of this. He sees children as a better preservation of knowledge and thus magic than any dusty old tome. Has dedicated his life to filling their heads with as much knowledge as possible; In-fact if no one is around to mind his Cuckoolander tendencies, it will end-up as a case of MySkullRunnethOver, for said kids.

-->'''Usher:''' So... this could get worse before it gets better?
-->'''Montag:''' Oh no. I shouldn't think it would get better.

* HeroicSacrifice: In "To Sir With Love," Montag is fully prepared to ritually sacrifice himself in order to banish a wraith stirred up as a result of his childhood studies- though Usher and Carter are very quick to stop him. [[spoiler: The Dragon after-mission report indicates that he knew that there were other means of stopping the wraith, but considered the ritual out of a desire to commit suicide.]]

** [[spoiler: It is likely also one of the main things keeping the final stages of his infection at bay, if not through HeroicWillpower then at the very least his propensity to check and double check the school's wards.]]

* NoSocialSkills: He has almost no clue in regards to normal human interactions, to the point that he has to ask if he's accidentally offended anyone. However, he ''is'' trying; at one point, he admits that he "auditions" certain words for future personable conversation, with mixed success.

* PreAsskickingOneLiner: [[spoiler: Technically not actually spoken by the man himself, but rather by his Filth duplicate in "The Vanishing of Tyler Freeborn.]]

[[folder: Annabel Usher]]

-->'''Montag:''' It's funny that you should mention that.
-->'''Usher:''' Funny-comical or funny-peculiar?
-->'''Montag:''' I don't really understand the phrase. I was auditioning it for future personable conversation.
-->'''Usher:''' ...Mixed success, then.

[[folder: Carter]]

* MacGuffinSuperPerson: Because of her powers, Carter is being courted for membership by the Illuminati, the Templars, and the Dragon. [[spoiler: "Virgula Divinia" reveals that she's also been targeted by the Orochi Group as a possible candidate for the eponymous program, though the current state of the island makes retrieval unlikely.]]

[[folder: Overall Tropes]]

A tribe of Native Americans living at the foothills of the Blue Mountain, the Wabanaki have long been divided over the question of what to do with the little land they currently control: some advocate using it for profit and allowing the impoverished tribe to earn a little money; others deplore this, declaring the land too dangerous to use - for reasons that lie in ancient tribal mythology. Unfortunately, with the arrival of the Fog, the fortunes of the Wabanaki have only worsened; though they've managed to keep their trailer park well-defended and supplied, they are still surrounded on all sides: the Wendigo occupying the "traditonal Wabanki village", the zombies infesting the construction site, and the Filth-infected monstrosities swarming out of the Blue Ridge Mine...

* AncientTradition: The Wabanaki originally stayed on Solomon Island to prevent the [[SealedEvilInACan things hidden beneath it]] from ever escaping or being unconvered; this has resulted in no end of trouble for them: quite apart from the murder of a Wabanaki shaman in the controversy over the Blue Ridge Mine, several tribe members have begun to chafe over the obligation to protect something that none of them really believe in.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Edmund Franklin's murder of a medicine man was dismissed as self-defence, and the deaths of several mine workers was blamed on Wabanaki protesters, several of which went to jail for crimes they didn't commit. Even after the matter ended with the jailed tribe members being acquitted of all charges, the Wabanaki are still looked down upon by Kingsmouth's community as drunks and troublemakers.

* MagicalNativeAmerican: Averted, for the most part; magic isn't widely used among the tribe, given how much of the old knowledge has been lost in the centuries since White Settlement. When it is, it takes the form of specially-prepared talismans and rituals, or innate magical gifts - neither of which are associated with spirituality, ties to nature, or ethnicity. In addition, what magic they actually have was [[spoiler: brought to them by the Norsemen who arrived to help them during the Darkness War.]]
* NativeAmericanCasino: The Golden Wigwam being built to the north of the trailer park, intended to usher in some much-needed profits. At present, it's largely considered an eyesore and a joke among the tribe (especially since it's in the shape of a teepee, not a wigwam), not to mention embarassingly stereotypical. Plus, it's currently infested with zombies, making it even more despised.

[[folder: Old Joseph (Joseph Cajiais)]]

* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: Immediately distinguished by the tasselled buckskin jacket he wears.

* SeniorSleepCycle: As "Dreamcatcher" demonstrates, he's prone to nodding off in his chair. Justified not only by his age, but by the fact that the ongoing state of emergency has cut into sleeptime for just about ''everyone'' on the island.

[[folder: Paul and Anika Gamelin]]
->'''Paul:''' It didn't cross my mind that anyone would pay to bag themselves a Wendigo or Sasquatch... but I'm not the brains of this outfit. Turns out a lot of folks would- when you ask in the right places- folks from out of state.
->'''Anika:''' Business is a bit slow, so if you're staying around, it's open season on whatever's got no right to walk or crawl here!

* HunterTrapper

[[folder: Joe and Frank Madahando]]

* GetRichQuickScheme

[[folder: Red]]

* CoolOldGuy
* CoolUncle

* DeadpanSnarker

-->'''Red:''' (glancing in the player's direction) Besides, you never know when the joker's going to show up.
-->'''Kyra:''' I thought we were playing chess.
-->'''Red:''' Kiddo, when you get to be my age, you're allowed to mix metaphors.

[[folder: Amitola "Ami" Dexter]]

[[folder: Kyra Dexter]]

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Comes off as this at first, though she's hardly in an ideal situation and Ami mentions she's worried about her father who went missing when the Fog hit. As the main quest goes on she begins to show more maturity and hospitality in the player's presence.

-->'''Kyra:''' What's the hurry? It's not as if we'll be having visitors ever again-
-->(Turns around and notices the player)
-->'''Kyra:''' Oh, visitors.

[[folder: Tyler Freeborn]]

* TheDeterminator: He is going to learn the truth behind the Fog, no matter what. [[spoiler: This drive ultimately concludes with Freeborn donning a gas mask and marching right into the Fog.]]
* FatalForcedMarch: [[spoiler: His story arc concludes with him donning a gas mask and wading into the Fog on foot. It costs him his life.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: During his first videolog, he wonders why the Orochi Group refuse to help anyone on the island - and speculates that the survivors might be under quarantine. [[spoiler: Studying the Orochi Group's findings later in the mission reveals that the survivors have all been infected by an airborne strain of the Filth found inside the Fog.]]

* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler: By way of AndYourRewardIsClothes; after finally discovering Tyler's body on Solomon's northern coast, the player gains Tyler's fang necklace.]]

[[folder: Jack O'Lantern]]

* SerialKiller: Briefly interpreted as this by the locals after Jack murdered three girls in the summer of 2002; in order to prevent the town's many secrets from being uncovered in the manhunt, Kingsmouth's council decided to run with this explanation by framing a transient farm worker for the crimes - [[spoiler: ironic, considering Jack's origin story.]]

[[folder: The Black House]]

* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Mentioned in ''The Park'', being maligned as "The Devil's Whore" in graffiti around the abandoned amusement park.]]

* KillItWithFire: How the original owner met her death - [[spoiler: after an angry mob burned her house to the ground.]]
* LonelyFuneral: [[spoiler: True to form, no mourners showed up at Carrie Killian's funeral.]]

[[folder: The Bogeyman]]

* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler: Nathaniel Winter wanted to become the greatest magus in the world, and when the Illuminati refused his overtures, he was prepared to do ''anything'' to seize the power he wanted - even if it meant abandoning his family and sacrificing the lives of countless hundreds of workers, customers and children.]]

* BlackBugRoom: [[spoiler: Appears to temporarily imprison Lorraine in one of these during the finale of ''The Park.'' In her case, it's a constantly-repeating recreation of her home and all its depressing contents, each of them growing more disturbing with every iteration; it's so traumatizing that Lorraine is reduced to tears by the realization of just how badly she treated Callum.]]

-->'''Lorraine:''' Just... just leave me alone...
-->'''The Bogeyman:''' Fool. You always were.

* HighClassGlass: Outfitted with a monocle [[spoiler: which you steal after his death, using it to decode his/Winter's will.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: An insane, hideously deformed EmotionEater with a depraved sense of humour, [[spoiler: Nathaniel was once fully human before his desire for greatness overtook his senses and led him to siphon the emotions of everyone who entered his park into himself, transforming into the disfigured monstrosity you run into.]]
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: [[spoiler: A very dark case; while still human, Nathaniel Winter grew obsessed with gaining magical power, at one point attempting to buy his way into the Illuminati for the chance to learn. After being turned down, he eventually devised a scheme to imbue himself with magic: it involved buying a design for an Anima Capacitor from a legendary architect, building an amusement park based on the blueprints, and allowing the rides to harvest magical energy from the fear and joy of children and channel it into him. Unfortunately, though it gave him magical powers and a form of immortality, it also transformed him into the Bogeyman.]]
* ImmortalityImmorality: [[spoiler: Though it wasn't the possibility of eternal life that originally drew Winter to the anima capacitor, it definitely made the opportunity more attractive; if anything, it made him even more determined to continue construction, even in the face of the mounting death toll. As the Bogeyman, he continues this tendency by flat-out murdering children in his attempts to sustain his immortality.]]

* KickTheDog: Arguably, his role in ''The Park'' consists of one long, uninterrupted spree of vicious dog-kicking against both Lorraine and Callum. Because their emotions make them unsuitable for the Bogeyman's appetite, he isn't doing this for the sake of eventually feeding on them, but for sadism's sake. Over the course of the game, he torments Lorraine with horrific visions, gleefully taunting her for her failures as a parent; towards the end, [[spoiler: he uses his powers of illusion to trap her in a nightmarish reincarnation of her own house, bombarding her with traumatic stimuli until her mind's on the verge of snapping.]] As if this wasn't bad enough, [[spoiler: just when it looks as though Lorraine might be able to rescue Callum, the Bogeyman seizes control of her and forces the young mother to stab her child to death with an ice-pick.]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: After decades of tormenting and killing everyone who crossed his path, the player character finally puts him down after a gruelling fight at the end of ''A Carnival Of Souls'' quest.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Early in ''The Park,'' a note by the League of Monster Slayers claims that anyone the Bogeyman kills is essentially erased from human memory, with only children being able to remember that the victim ever existed. Though the writer suggests that this could just be a tall tale spun by the Innsmouth Academy kids to frighten townies, it might explain how the Bogeyman has survived for the last thirty years without being investigated by other Secret Worlders. [[spoiler: It also might explain why nobody knows exactly what happened to Callum.]]

* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The Bogeyman feeds off the fear and joy of his victims, most commonly children, though he's not exactly choosy about his victim's ages - or how he feeds: if he doesn't get the chance to harvest these emotions from patrons riding the octotron and the rollercoaster, he's more than happy to attack his prey head-on, often killing them in the process. [[spoiler: This trope was also the centrepiece of Nathaniel Winter's plan to gain magic power: he used the rides as siphons for the laughter of children, channelling the extracted energy into him and transforming him into a powerful magical spirit. In exchange, the park's creation and continued existence required the deaths of ''hundreds'' of people.]]
* RefusedByTheCall: [[spoiler: When he was still human, he tried to buy his way into the Illuminati, but money buys neither sanity nor talent.]]
* RichReclusesRealm: [[spoiler: The Park started out as the passion project of millionaire construction tycoon Nathaniel Winter; he took to spending more and more time at the park as the years went by, devoting huge sums of money to ensure it continued to follow his designs, even bribing government officials to ensure it remained open spite of the growing death toll. In the end, Atlantic Island Park was permanently shut down, and Winter retreated into the park full-time, never to be seen again. In reality, the park was his effort to achieve immortality by using HumanResources harvested from guests; having managed to finally get this method to work, he now rules over the abandoned park as the immortal Bogeyman.]]
* SanitySlippage: Visitors to Atlantic Island Park tend to suffer a great deal of this as the effects of Archibald Henderson's curse and the Bogeyman's emotion-draining powers start to distort their minds. Some, like the surviving construction workers, were lucky enough to escape with only a crushing sense of disquiet that lasted until they left the grounds; others, like Chad the Chipmunk [[spoiler: and Lorraine Maillard]], were permanently distorted by their time at the amusement park, descending into insanity, murder, and even suicide. [[spoiler: Nathaniel Winter himself began experiencing this as the Anima Capacitor began to transform him into a monster, going from an overambitious plutocrat to a ravening monster as the redirected energies start to alter his body.]] Even Nicholas Winter finds himself slowly giving up any plans of selling the park, ultimately resolving to stay and follow in his father's footsteps.

* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: A bogeyman by name and nature, though he disparages the traditional Bogeyman hunting grounds in favour of an abandoned amusement park. Richard Sonnac indicates that he's just one of a entire breed of monsters subsisting on children - fortunately a dying race by now. [[spoiler: He doesn't mention if all the Bogeymen were once human like Winter, though the Halloween 2014 mission indicates that Winter's transformation can be replicated.]]
* TickleTorture: [[spoiler: A note in ''The Park'' indicates that he attempted to directly harvest the laughter of a kidnapped child by tickling him - ''killing him in the process'' when the victim's lungs gave out under the strain.]]

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler: If Nathaniel Winter had any humanitarian goals in mind for his newfound power, the sheer influx of energy pretty much obliterated any desire to use it for good.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: The Bogeyman doesn't have any qualms about harming children over the course of his harvest. [[spoiler: ''The Park'' gives him an opportunity to prove this by tickling one Innsmouth student to death and manipulating Lorraine into stabbing Callum to death.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After his last surviving child was murdered by one of the scarecrows that Henderson had built to protect her, the sorcerer slit his own throat with a razor.]]
* EvilOldFolks: Apparently got up to the worst of his crimes well past middle age, hence his popular monicker of "Old Man Henderson."

* KnightTemplarParent: After losing his wife, his son and his eldest daughter to various calamities around the island, Henderson became ''insanely'' overprotective of his last surviving daughter, Samantha, and often quarreled with her over the lengths he would go to keep her safe. After catching her having sex with one of the farmhands, he flew off the handle and transformed the unfortunate young man into [[spoiler: Jack O'Lantern.]] Then, he went so far as to murder several unsuspecting passers-by in order to harvest their organs for use in his animated scarecrows, just so he could have a tireless security force to protect Samantha. [[spoiler: Tragically, he failed to take into account that his creations might want revenge against him, and they eventually went on to murder Samantha just to get at him. The discovery drove Henderson to suicide.]]

* PosthumousCharacter: Dead for over a century by the events of the game, though few people know why or how he actually died. [[spoiler: The Buzzing reveal that he killed himself.]]

[[folder: Jack Boone]]

* NiceGuy

[[folder: Sandy "Moose" Jansen]]

* BadassBiker

* BewareOfHitchhikingGhosts: In the Halloween 2013 event it turns out that during his arrival in Kingsmouth, Moose had a run-in with a vanishing hitchhiker; naturally, this quests ends with you tracking down and destroying said hitchhiker's murderer.
* [[ConscienceMakesYouGoBack Conscience Makes You Stay]]: Well-acquainted with the secret roads, he could have easily have left Kingsmouth at any time he liked. However, admiration for the survivors (plus a crush on Andy Gardener) kept him from making his escape.
* TheDrifter

* WarriorPoet

[[folder: John Wolf]]

[[folder: Nicholas Winter]]

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Despite his best efforts, by his final mission, Nicholas ends up getting just as obsessed with the park as his father was. [[spoiler: Thankfully, you wreck the Anima Capacitor before he gets any ideas of becoming the next Bogeyman.]]

[[folder: Daniel Bach]]

* JerkAss: The game's website describes him as "an asshole with a deathwish" and Bach firmly agrees with it.

[[folder: Sam Krieg]]

* TheAlcoholic: To the point that he was actually booked into a rehab clinic for it. [[spoiler: The Dragon decided that Krieg was too important to spend his life in sobriety, and had him replaced with a lookalike for the duration of his stay.]] Needless to say, even with his supplies limited to what little the other survivors can deliver to him, Krieg hasn't considered sobering up at any point.

* ColdSniper: Often amuses himself by shooting zombies from atop the lighthouse, and is easily recognized by his cold and antisocial demeanor. In fact, other survivors have become a bit wary about him because of this, and worry that they might end up getting shot the next time they attempt to deliver supplies to the lighthouse.

* JadeColouredGlasses

* MadArtist: Borderline example, in that he's cynical, curmudgeonly, morbid, alcoholic, tormented by dreams of the Secret World, and edging steadily closer to homicidal tendencies: in one letter, he openly fantasizes about murdering one of his more obsessive fans, and he's gotten into the habit of shooting at unwanted visitors - zombie or not - with a sniper rifle. [[spoiler: The 2013 Halloween event reveals that he's also under the influence of a being that might be connected with the Filth.]]
* TheMuse: [[spoiler: "Dr Armitage," an enigmatic and possibly Filth-connected entity that perpetuates his existence through the works of numerous authors - one of them heavily implied to be Creator/HPLovecraft. Those who accept his deal are blessed with inspiration and success; in return, they write Armitage into one of their stories.]]

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Of the Dragon, who engineered his rise to popularity and his eventual fate by ensuring he made contact with Dr Armitage.]]

[[folder: Karen Olson]]

* NonActionGuy: Olson was specifically assigned to coordinate, advise and apparently nothing else, which can be a bit of a problem when trying convince the much more action-oriented Sarge of a particular course of action.

[[folder: Sarge]]

[[folder: Marianne Chen]]

* OrganTheft: It's revealed that Marianne had a run-in with a group of Orochi organ harvesters during a mission to New Orleans; though she was spared, the group "harvested" her partner and forced her to keep quiet about it. [[spoiler: Later in one of the Halloween 2013 missions, you end up having to track down and kill the now-Filth-infected harvesters.]]

* SoleSurvivor: Of the CDC team in the Blue Mountains. [[spoiler: On a broader scale, her suit protecting her from infection by the airborne Filth may eventually leave her as one of the only people left alive on Solomon Island ''period'', with the possible exception of the Wabanaki.]]

* NiceHat: Wears a Ringmaster's top hat. [[spoiler: ''The Park'' actually suggests that this was part of Nathaniel Winter's original getup, having been seen dressed in a ringmaster's outfit in a cutout at the park entrance.]]

* NiceHat: Like Wolf, he's easily recognized by his cowboy hat.

* NiceHat: Like Boone, wears a cowboy hat.

* NiceHat: Wears a very distinctive floppy hat throughout the game.

--> Voiced By: Jenny O'Hara

* BaldOfAwesome: Immediately distinguished by his clean-shaved scalp and the fact that he's been running the defence of an entire airport on his own since the Fog arrived.

* TheCameo: In ''The Park'', you find a psychiatrist's report on Lorraine Maillard that briefly mentions Susie as her employer.

* BadassMoustache: Immediately distinguished by his impressive soup strainer.

* NotSoDifferent: Makes this observation about you, and also remarks that the two of you are both "fixers" with a job to do, come hell or high water. [[spoiler: And he's not talking about the mechanical kind of fixing, either.]]

* BadassBeard

--> Voiced By: Bob Joles

--> Voiced By: Leigh Allen Baker

--> Voiced By: Armin Shimerman

--> Voiced By: Andrew Kishino (Joe), Irwin Keyes (Frank)

--> Voiced By: Dave B. Mitchell

--> Voiced By: André Sogliuzzo (''The Secret World'') Andrew Kishino (''The Park'')

--> Voiced By: Andre Sogliuzzo

--> Voiced By: Andre Sogliuzzo

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Utters one of these in the opening to "Carter Unleashed."
-->Miss Usher and Mr Montag want me on the bench for this game, and I know it's to keep their star player from being injured mid-season, but it feels more like being put in the penalty box. I want to step up to bat... I mean, I want to help out! I can use my powers - the really freaky ones.
-->({{Beat}})
-->You know they warded this school from the inside because of me?
-->({{Beat}})
-->I'm tired of being scared of it, being made sick by it! Maybe that's how my powers want to be used - for me to just say the words and tear it all down!