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Loyal bodyguard of Lucrezia Dormentaire. She was sent to Lotto Valentino in 1711 in order to find the fugitive who killed Lucreza's brother ten years prior. In 1711 she's also tasked with discovering the identity of the rogue bomber terrorizing the city.

!!Hong Chimei "Chi"

!!Denkuro Tougo

!!Melvi

A mysterious newcomer to the crime world with connections to the Runorattas and a suspicious physical resemblance to Maiza's late brother, Gretto. Cold and vindictive, Melvi bears a strong grudge against Firo for stealing what he sees as rightfully his - Szilard's memories - and is more than happy to make him suffer for it.

!!Renée Palamades Brinvillier

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: The twin brothers are physically identical, and wear matching outfits. The only way to tell them apart is through their hair -- Gabriel's is slicked back, while Juliano's isn't.

* CreepyTwins: When they sing their strange rabbit hunt song in unison.

* SpeakinUnison: Only once, when they sing a creepy song in perfect sync.

* TheBeautifulElite
* BlueBlood

* EvenTheGirlsWantHer

* TheHedonist
* HelloNurse

* {{Polyamory}}: With, as far as she's considered, ''all'' of the world.
* PowerIsSexy: The other source of her [[SexGod seductive]] [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer abilities]].
* ProudBeauty: [[ReallyGetsAround And she's happy to share!]]
* {{Qipao}}: Two-hundred ({{lampshaded}}) years ahead of fashion.
* ReallyGetsAround

* {{Socialite}}

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Carla's Tomboy.

* ExtremeDoormat

* GenderBlenderName

* MysteriousWaif

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Becomes one at the end.]]

* HeelFaceTurn

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After his plan to absorb Elmer fails.]]

* TheAce
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In the same unsettling way as her great-grandfather.

* FieryRedhead

* MasterActor

* SiblingYinYang: With Charon.

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Subverted. Charon's a natural redhead, but he dyed it black.
* {{Expy}}: Of Kasuka Heiwajima.

* SiblingYinYang: With Claudia.

* TheDulcineaEffect: To Carnea.
* IdiotHero
* LittleStowaway
* MagneticHero

A member of Bobby's gang, nicknamed "Troy" by Bobby because he's the resident SmartGuy with a fondness for collecting Trojans.

* BlackAndNerdy
* DeadpanSnarker
* LittleStowaway
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname

* TheSmartGuy

* LittleStowaway
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname

* LittleStowaway
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname

* DarkSkinnedBlonde
* LittleStowaway
* MafiaPrincess
* WomanInWhite

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Feminine Boy to Aging's Masculine Girl.

* StageMagician
* StepfordSmiler
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Tiny Guy to Aging's Huge Girl.

* ActionGirl
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason why she [[spoiler:[[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]]]] for Claudia.

* ChildSoldier: Working for the Mask Makers.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Probably why she gets along with Claudia so well.

* ActionGirl
* AmazonianBeauty: Aging is often described in-universe as looking as sturdy as a model of the ''T-series''. Yeah, [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} those]] models.
* BareYourMidriff: Her fashion through the whole arc.

* TheBigGirl
* BloodKnight: a milder version.
* BoisterousBruiser
* BoobsOfSteel: The unlikeliness of this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Sylvie, who wonders how she manages to have them when she has pretty much no body fat anywhere else.

* CoolBigSis: To Luchino.

* TheLadette
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Masculine Girl to Luchino's Feminine Boy.

* StatuesqueStunner

* GunsAkimbo

* TheStoic
* WeHardlyKnewYe

* BadassBeard
* BadassInANiceSuit

* ColdSniper
* CoolShades

* FriendlySniper

* WouldNotHitAGirl
* WouldntHurtAChild

* ButtMonkey

* EvilRedhead

* SoftspokenSadist

* TortureTechnician

* ActionGirl
* ActionGirlfriend
* BloodKnight
* BodyguardCrush: With Tick/Chic.

* CuteAndPsycho

* HeelFaceTurn

* KatanasAreJustBetter

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Masculine Girl to Tick/Chic's Feminine Boy

* ProfessionalKiller
* PsychopathicWomanchild

* BigDamnHeroes: With CarFu, no less.

* HiveMind: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Sham.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: [[spoiler:With Christopher.]]

* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Christopher.
* LonelyRichKid
* MindHive: [[spoiler:Shares her mind with Sham.]]

* TheStoic
* WiseBeyondHisYears

* CoolOldGuy

* ProfessionalKiller

* ActionGirl
* ArtificialHuman
* BladeOnAStick
* BloodKnight

* OurHomunculiAreDifferent

* NonActionGuy

* ArtificialHuman

* BattleButler: Eventually becomes one to [[spoiler:Ricardo Russo]].

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}

* FangsAreEvil

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: [[spoiler:Huge Guy to Ricardo/Lydia's Tiny Girl.]]

* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Ricardo.

* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
* OurHomunculiAreDifferent

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Chi's Blue.
* TheRival: To Graham.
* TechnicalPacifist: [[spoiler:After losing to Claire at the end of ''The Slash'' and becoming Ricardo's bodyguard. In the ninth book, he decides to [[{{Gorn}} rehabilitate himself.]]]]

* ArtificialHuman

* OddCouple: With Christopher.
* OurHomunculiAreDifferent

* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Christopher's Red.
* StraightMan: To Christopher's BunnyEarsLawyer.

* ArtificialHuman

* FeelNoPain: [[spoiler:Mostly.]]

* HeroWorshipper: To Christopher.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl
* MadBomber: [[spoiler:Becomes one after Frank's kidnapping.]]
* OurHomunculiAreDifferent

* ThrowDownTheBomblet
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters

* AntiVillain
* ArtificialHuman
* TheBigGuy

* HugeGuyTinyGirl
* LightningBruiser
* OurHomunculiAreDifferent
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable

* ActionGirl
* DanceBattler
* DeadpanSnarker
* HimeCut

* LadyOfWar
* OurHomunculiAreDifferent
* TheStoic

“The Poet” is Lamia's resident wannabe gentleman. As his name suggests he is very fond of poetry and likes to recite them at any time given, and much to everyone's dismay, he happens to recite them or make his conversation into a rhythmic banter pretty much any time he opens his mouth. Graham seems to be the only one who appreciates his poetry.

* ButtMonkey

* LargeHam
* ManInWhite
* MilkingTheGiantCow: All the time.

* NonActionGuy

* OurHomunculiAreDifferent
* PurpleProse: His poetry is made of this.
* SharpDressedMan

* TalkativeLoon

* CuteAndPsycho
* DaddysGirl
* DaddysLittleVillain
* EnfantTerrible

* [[spoiler:PrecociousCrush: On Firo after her saves her from Ladd. Of course, he's completely oblivious.]]
* RingsOfDeath

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Leeza or Liza? Or is it Riza?
* {{Tykebomb}}
* TheVoice: When she's on the field with the other members of Lamia.
* VillainousCrush: [[spoiler:Again, on Firo.]]
* WomanInWhite

* BladeOnAStick
* BloodKnight

* FromASingleCell

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Anyone who does gets an iron claw to the face.
* OnlyOneName
* ShellShockedVeteran
* ShutUpHannibal: To [[spoiler:Felt]] in 2001.

* UnstoppableRage

* AntiquatedLinguistics: Talks like this.
* DoggedNiceGuy: To Sylvie in 2002.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: After 200 years in an iceberg.
* FromASingleCell
* {{Samurai}}
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: By the time he finally comes home to Japan.

* ButtMonkey
* CharacterFilibuster: PerpSweating allows him the opportunity, much to the interrogated's annoyance. They're ''much'' less eloquent than the usual fare, and he hasn't exactly mastered breath control.

* FBIAgent

* FromASingleCell

* HotBloodedSideburns

* TheMeanBrit
* MotorMouth: When he gets excited.

* RabidCop: Comes across as this to Firo.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To some extent. Despite his {{Jerkass}} tendencies, Victor refuses to stoop so low as to take revenge on Ennis for devouring his friend. In fact, he refuses to kill another immortal for personal reasons, on the grounds that this would make him NotSoDifferent from Szilard. In addition, he's willing to [[LoopholeAbuse abuse a few loopholes]] to provide technically legal ID cards (same name, government issued, different date of birth), mostly so he doesn't have to deal with Firo getting arrested for his "obviously fake" passport again.
* SirSwearsALot: It's even noted in the DramatisPersonae.
* SmugSnake

* FromASingleCell
* ForHappiness

* CompleteImmortality

* AffablyEvil
* ApologizesALot

* CuteClumsyGirl
* DitzyGenius

* FourEyesZeroSoul

* HotTeacher: Notice a pattern?

* MadScientist

* SerialKiller
* WhiteMaskOfDoom

* DarkActionGirl

* HiddenDepths: Just look at all the spoiler tags.
* TheIngenue: [[spoiler:Or so she lets on...]]

* NietzscheWannabe

* StalkerWithACrush: Has some shades of this.
* StepfordSmiler

* BlueBlood
* BunnyEarsLawyer

* ChivalrousPervert: UpToEleven, with extra emphasis on the Chivalry.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}

* HonorBeforeReason: Especially when it comes to women.

* OddFriendship: With Elmer.

* WhatsUpKingDude: Will allow this to any woman. Men as well, but only if they happen to be close friends.

* BrokenBird
* CompleteImmortality: [[spoiler:Unfortunately, she wasn't in the best of conditions when she drank the elixir.]]
* DeathSeeker

* TheDogBitesBack
* ItIsDehumanizing

* ParentalAbandonment

* ElderlyImmortal

* {{Immortality}}

* SternTeacher

* BlueBlood

* ArtificialLimbs: He has a prosthetic metal hand, which replaced his right hand after [[spoiler:Chané Laforet cut it off in 1931]]. Goose would argue that Nader was simply [[Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves]].

* GuiltComplex: Every time he thinks about schmoozing someone powerful and working his way up in a hierarchy, not to mention every time he thinks about his childhood promise. Ties in with {{Heroic Self-Deprecation}}, since he constantly engages in self-loathing.

A {{Con Man}} and an ex-member of the Lemures following his attempted uprising against them. For his betrayal, he lost his right hand to Chané Laforet. He dreams of being the {{Ideal Hero}} his {{Childhood Friend|s}} thinks he is, but is afraid that such a dream is impossible.

One of the assassins hired by Gustavo Baggetta in 1932 to destroy the Daily Days, Maria is a battle-loving BloodKnight. After losing to Claire, she somehow ends up joining the Gandor Family as one of their bodyguards. Along with Tick, she is one of the major players of the 1933 arc.

* {{Badass}}: One of the few people Claire comes close to acknowledging as a WorthyOpponent.

* {{Badass}}: Implied to be the one who destroyed Christopher's teeth.

* {{Badass}}

An assassin whose abilities, infamy and success account are comparable to that of Vino himself. In 1932, he is hired to finally put an end Vino's legacy and leave him as the ''only'' most efficient assassin in the United States.

* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: [[spoiler:He is described as Vino's one and only equal, but turns out to be quite old. Felix is not in his is prime anymore]].

* HannibalLecture: Gives one to Maria.

* GenreSavvy: Knows full well that you do ''not'' attempt to engage the ManipulativeBastard and MadScientist in any meaningful conversation, much less interrogate them. Thus he just shuts down any attempts at {{Hannibal Lecture}}s through conversation-derailing {{Character Filibuster}}s

* CelebrityResemblance: Demolisher has referred to him as "some guy who looks like AntonioBanderas."

* BlondesAreEvil

* AmazonianBeauty: Aging is often described in-universe as looking as sturdy as a model of the ''T-series''. Yeah, [[{{Terminator}} those]] models.

[[caption-width-right:208:"E-Excuse me… Tim, is this person really okay? He’s really glaring at us hard."]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To some extent. Despite his {{Jerkass}} tendencies, Victor refuses to stoop so low as to take revenge on Ennis for devouring his friend. He also does not devour Huey or Firo, both of whom are in his custody for an extended period of time. In addition, he's willing to [[LoopholeAbuse abuse a few loopholes]] to provide technically legal ID cards (same name, government issued, different date of birth), mostly so he doesn't have to deal with Firo getting arrested for his "obviously fake" passport again. To generalize, he refuses to devour anyone for personal reasons on the grounds that this would make him NotSoDifferent from Szilard.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: [[spoiler: Subverted]].

* CharacterOverlap: Elmer alludes to a fight Nile got into with [[{{LightNovel/Durarara}} Shizuo Heiwajima]] during the year they both spent in Japan. The same fight is referenced in the fifth ''Durarara!!'' book, when Shizuo comments that Chikage was almost as hard to take down as that one foreigner he fought a couple years back.

A masked SerialKiller who terrorizes the city of Lotto Valentino in 1705. Very little is known about him--not even his gender or approximate age. The Mask Maker's victims are all stabbed to death with a stiletto and their faces are covered with the same white mask worn by the killer himself. It is said that anyone who witnesses the Mask Maker will become his next target. His true identity is [[spoiler:Monica Campanella, a student at the alchemy school. She had been targeting key members of the Lotto Valentino drug trade and the slave children who acted as runners in order to increase profits for Huey's counterfeiting operation. Elmer temporarily borrows the identity in order to get Monica together with Huey.]]

* DramaticUnmask: [[spoiler:Inverted. TheReveal of the Mask Maker's identity comes when Monica ''puts on'' the mask in front of Huey, Elmer, and Niki.]]

* ArtificialHuman

* ArtificialHuman

** LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Anyone who does gets an iron claw to the face.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Completely smitten with the misanthropic, TroubledButCute Huey Laforet. After all, you know what they say about [[spoiler:[[MisanthropeSupreme misanthropic]] [[BirdsOfAFeather birds of a feather]]...]]

* HiveMind: [[spoiler:Except that he and his father are actually ''the same person'', a water consciousness created by the Quates family and occupying multiple vessels.]]

Placido Russo's only grandchild and heir to the Russo Family. Ricardo is a calm boy who has no interest in being a mafioso, especially since his parents were killed by a car bomb just for their Russo connection. [[spoiler:Ricardo is actually a girl who was raised as a boy so that she could one day take over the Russo Family. Huey tried to use Sham to control Ricardo, but this failed because he did not realize her true gender, and Sham refused to take control of a girl. Ricardo and Sham now share their consciousness.]]

* [[spoiler:{{Bifauxnen}}]]

* [[spoiler:{{Bokukko}}]]
* [[spoiler:AChildShallLeadThem: At the end of 1934, Ricardo plans to rebuild the Russo Family, on her own terms.]]
* [[spoiler:HiveMind: Courtesy of Sham.]]
* [[spoiler:HugeGuyTinyGirl: With Christopher.]]

* [[spoiler:MindHive: Shares her mind with Sham.]]
* [[spoiler:RaisedAsTheOppositeGender: She's actually a girl named Lydia who was raised as a boy so that she could one day take over the Russo Family.]]

!![[spoiler:Former]] Felix Walken
An assassin whose abilities, infamy and success account are comparable to that of Vino himself. In 1932, he is hired to finally put an end Vino's legacy and leave him as the ''only'' most efficient assassin in the United States. [[spoiler:It turns out that the legend is quite old and not in the prime of his abilities anymore. He sold his name to three of Sham's vessels, and is currently living as a bodyguard for the Beriam family]].

Not to be confused with the Felix Walken that Claire bought his name from--that one is [[spoiler:a woman in her thirties whom Claire considers to be a WorthyOpponent. She retired after giving birth to a daughter.]]

* [[spoiler:ExpectingSomeoneTaller: He is described as Vino's one and only equal, but turns out to be quite old. Felix is not in his is prime anymore]].
* [[spoiler:LegacyCharacter: The Felix Walken name is sold from one assassin to another.]]
* [[spoiler:PassingTheTorch: Sold his name to Sham.]]

* ShroudedInMyth: [[spoiler:The legends of his feats as an assassin spread freely for too long, and people began to compare Felix with Vino--Felix himself admits that he is long past his prime.]]

A member of Lamia, a group within Larva. Christopher likes to follow his own agenda and often plays RulesLawyer with Tim's orders, doing as he pleases. Chris has constant blood-shot eyes and razor-sharp teeth. After his debut arc [[spoiler: he joins the Russo family as Ricardo's bodyguard.]]

* [[spoiler:BattleButler: Eventually becomes one to Ricardo Russo]]

* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: After being ambushed and nearly killed in Chicago, Christopher starts working for Ricardo as he loses contact with Huey.]]
* [[spoiler:HugeGuyTinyGirl: Huge Guy to Ricardo's Tiny Girl]]

* [[spoiler:TechnicalPacifist: After losing to Claire at the end of ''The Slash'' and becoming Ricardo's bodyguard. In the ninth book, he decides to [[{{Gorn}} rehabilitate himself.]]]]

* [[spoiler:WolverineClaws: His giant tiger claws.]]

A member of Lamia created less than 15 years ago. Rail is an explosives specialist with an outspoken hatred of his master and creator Huey. He hero-worships Christopher, who befriended him after a particularly traumatizing experiment. [[spoiler:Later in 1934, Rail leaves Huey's side after befriending Nice and joining Jacuzzi's gang. He is also revealed to be female.]]

* [[spoiler:{{Bifauxnen}}: At the end of the 1934 novels, Rail is revealed to be a girl.]]

** [[spoiler:FeelNoPain: Mostly.]]

* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]

* [[spoiler:HugeGuyTinyGirl]]
* [[spoiler:MadBomber: Becomes one after Frank's kidnapping.]]

* [[spoiler:[[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Turned Against Her Master]]]]

A member of Lamia whose body is proportioned like a child, but is over 7 feet tall. Frank is one of Rail's closest friends. [[spoiler:He is kidnapped by Renée's team of scientists during the raid on Russo Manor, but is recovered by Huey at the end of 1934.]]

* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:Is kidnapped by Renée and Nebula in 1934.]]
* [[spoiler:HugeGuyTinyGirl]]

* [[WomanInWhite Girl In White]]
* [[spoiler:HiveMind: She's Hilton's first vessel.]]

* [[spoiler:VillainousCrush: Again, on Firo.]]

A pair of twins who, within Lamia, are in charge of information and communication. They are seemingly omnipresent, appearing in multiple places at the same time. [[spoiler:They are the consciousnesses contained within a "water"--whoever drinks it either consumes or is consumed by the consciousness. Sham only consumes males, while Hilton is in charge of females. Together, they are in control of hundreds of people across the country.]]

* [[spoiler:TheBeastmaster: Hilton controls not only women, but about a hundred female falcons as well.]]
* [[spoiler:DoubleAgent: Sham's vessels include Graham's right-hand man Shaft and a Nebula researcher, among many others. He's playing them all for his own ends.]]
* [[spoiler:IdentityAbsorption: Pulls this on anyone who drinks their water. However, there is a (yet-undocumented) chance that the reverse may occur.]]
* [[spoiler:HiveMind]]
* [[spoiler:TheMole: Sham's been feeding information to Nebula and the Daily Days.]]

* VoicesAreMental: Averted. [[spoiler:Each vessel has its own voice.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To some extent. Despite his {{Jerkass}} tendencies, Victor refuses to stoop so low as to take revenge on Ennis for devouring his friend. He also does not devour Huey or Firo, both of whom are in his custody for an extended period of time. In addition, he's willing to [[LoopholeAbuse abuse a few loopholes]] to provide technically legal ID cards (same name, government issued, different date of birth), mostly so he doesn't have to deal with Firo getting arrested for his "obviously fake" passport again.
** To generalize, he refuses to devour anyone for personal reasons on the grounds that this would make him NotSoDifferent from Szilard.

* [[spoiler:HappyPlace: After Bartolo Runorata's death, he's gone to one of these with no signs of recovery.]]

A mysterious newcomer to the crime world with connections to the Runorattas and a suspicious physical resemblance to Maiza's late brother, Gretto. Cold and vindictive, Melvi bears a strong grudge against Firo for stealing what he sees as rightfully his - [[spoiler:Szilard's memories]] - and is more than happy to make him suffer for it.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Held this view towards [[spoiler:Szilard Quates]]. He was anything but happy to discover that Firo beat him to the chase.

* SelfMutilationDemonstration: Bites his lip hard enough to bleed when introducing himself to Firo and assuring him that he wants "nothing more, nothing less" than [[spoiler:Szilard's Memories]], turning the act into a veiled death threat.

A scientist working at Nebula. Renée is a clumsy and forgetful woman who is nevertheless devoted to science, to a frightening degree. Her attractive figure is the subject of much attention from her fellow researchers, but Renée doesn't seem to care about anything not related to her experiments. [[spoiler:She was also Huey, Elmer, and Monica's alchemy teacher in the early 1700s. Renée is from a generation of immortals even earlier than the 1711 group, though details on that are still sparse.]]

* [[spoiler:{{Immortality}}]]

* [[spoiler:TheOlderImmortal: Drank the Elixir of Immortality before the 1711 group.]]
* [[spoiler:ReallySevenHundredYearsOld]]

An alchemy school classmate of Huey and Elmer, Monica is a friendly girl who works at a nearby patisserie. She has a massive unrequited crush on Huey, and the aftermath of her confession starts off the 1705 story. [[spoiler:In reality, she is the serial killer, the Mask Maker. Eventually marries Huey, but is killed by Fermet in 1710.]]

* [[spoiler:ActionGirl]]

* [[spoiler:BeneathTheMask: Under the cheerful girl-next-door exterior is the mind of a world-hating serial killer.]]
* [[spoiler:BlueBlood: She's the younger sister of Count Esperança C. Boroñal.]]
* [[spoiler: DeathFakedForYou]]: [[spoiler: After Monica killed Gardi Dormentaire, her death was faked and she took up the name Monica Campanella. Later, Huey and Elmer attempts to fake her death a second time, but they are too late and she dies for real]].
* [[spoiler:DecoyDamsel]]: After witnessing the Mask Maker and becoming a potential target, Monica gets Huey to walk her home from school. [[spoiler:Of course, Monica ''is'' the Mask Maker. Elmer set up the situation to help Monica get together with Huey.]]
* [[spoiler:DoomedByCanon: Monica's death is first mentioned in the 2002 story, two books before she actually dies.]]
* GenerationXerox: When Huey's mother [[spoiler:was put on trial for witchcraft, she smiled at Huey before she was thrown into the lake.]] In 1710, [[spoiler:Monica smiles at Huey as she disappears into the water.]]
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]

* [[spoiler:TheLostLenore: The Mask Maker's legacy is one of the driving forces of the 2002 plot, and Monica's death in particular is part of Luchino's main motivation.]]
* [[spoiler:LoveMakesYouEvil: Started her killing spree in order to facilitate Huey's counterfeiting operation. Without his knowledge.]]
* [[spoiler:NietzscheWannabe]]

* [[spoiler:StepfordSmiler]]
* [[spoiler:UnholyMatrimony: With Huey, sometime between 1705 and 1710.]]
* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Monica is a cold-blooded serial killer who hates the world, but she becomes your typical SmittenTeenageGirl whenever Huey's involved.]]

* [[WhatsUpKingDude What's Up Count Dude]]: Will allow this to any woman. Men as well, but only if they happen to be close friends.

A witness of the Mask Maker's serial killings. Niki meets Huey and Monica during an unfortunate run-in with a group of thugs. She is later saved by Elmer from those same thugs, and ends up staying at Esperança's estate as Elmer's guest. [[spoiler:Niki is actually one of the young slaves that the residents of Lotto Valentino use as tools for a lucrative drug trade. At the end of the 1705 story, despite Esperança's offer to house her, she leaves Lotto Valentino. In the 1711 story, she falls for Fermet and volunteers to take his place under the guise of a Mask Maker as a distraction to Advenna Avis escape and dies in the process. Tragically, she never realizes that this is all orchestrated by Fermet.]]

* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Guardian]]: Her guardian[[spoiler:/master is one of these.]]

* [[spoiler:CompleteImmortality: Unfortunately, she wasn't in the best of conditions when she drank the elixir]]
* [[spoiler:DeathSeeker]]
* [[spoiler:DoggedNiceGirl: Towards ''Fermet''. Yeah, this doesn't end well.]]
* [[spoiler:TheDogBitesBack]]
* [[spoiler:ItIsDehumanizing]]

* [[spoiler:WoundThatWillNotHeal: Niki drank the immortality elixir while she was still recovering from the severe burns she received from Fermet's trap. Not the best idea, it turns out.]]

** HookHand: Decides to switch it out for one of these for certain occasions, [[spoiler:such as {{Self Mutilation Demonstration}}s]]

* [[spoiler:ElderlyImmortal]]
* [[spoiler:{{Immortality}}]]
* [[spoiler:TheOlderImmortal: Just like Renée, he has been immortal since before 1705.]]

The leader of the Rotten Eggs, a gang composed of disgruntled aristocratic youth. His real name is [[spoiler:Maiza Avaro]].

* [[spoiler:YoungFutureFamousPeople: In-universe.]]

Loyal bodyguard of Lucrezia Dormentaire. She was sent to Lotto Valentino in 1711 in order to find the fugitive who killed Lucreza's brother ten years prior. [[spoiler:This is a cover story. The real mission is to determine the truth behind the rumors of the elixir of life and the Mask Maker's counterfeit gold (so that she can claim both for House Dormentaire)]]. In 1711 she's also tasked with discovering the identity of the rogue bomber terrorizing the city.

* [[spoiler:CompleteImmortality: Implied, as Lucrezia has shared the Elixir of Life with her subordinates.]]

* [[spoiler:CompleteImmortality: Since Huey joined Dormentaire as part of a deal he cut with Lucrezia, both Huey and Elmer only drank half of their shares (any amount of the Grand Panacea will grant immortality) and sent the rest to her. Lucrezia drank Huey's, while Niki and other House Dormentaire associates got Elmer's]]

* [[spoiler:FakingTheDead: Lucrezia wasn't anywhere near her alleged transport ship when it was blown out of the water - she was hanging out at Esperanza's in disguise. The whole thing was a ruse to justify seizing the city so they could find the research they wanted]]

* [[SexyManInstantHarem Sexy Woman, Instant Harem]]: And at least one's in her bed every night.

* TheTeamBenefactor: Funds and provides tools for Victor, Szilard and [[spoiler:Huey]]'s alchemy research.

Five identical girls, all calling themselves Phil, who live in the castle with Elmer. Prior to his taking up residence in the castle, they lived in the village, where they were regarded as demonic by the villagers. [[spoiler:In fact, all five are vessels of a single "water" being created by the Quates family.]]

* [[spoiler:ArtificialHuman: Her bodies were grown as homunculi in a lab.]]

* [[spoiler:FlawedPrototype: Her bodies do not visibly age, but have very short lifespans.]]

* [[spoiler:HiveMind: She's a "water" being with five bodies.]]

* [[spoiler:HumanoidAbomination: Technically, Phil is a consciousness from another plane of reality about which nothing is known. Elmer speculates that she could be nonsentient and mimicking human behavior to survive, but chooses to believe that she is a person.]]

* [[spoiler:OurHomunculiAreDifferent]]
* [[spoiler:PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: She wants to allow at least one of her bodies to be tortured and killed by the villagers to ease Felt's (supposed) pain at his father's death. Nile and Elmer quickly veto the idea.]]

The mayor of the village. Highly suspicious and hostile toward outsiders. [[spoiler:A homunculus/water being who escaped from the Quates family's lab and tried to live as a normal villager. After the death of his human wife, he had a bit of a breakdown and became determined to destroy the village and its creators.]]

* [[spoiler:ArtificialHuman]]
* [[spoiler:FreudianExcuse: He truly snapped when his wife died due to the outdated medical practices of the village, with Dez knowing that modern technology such as the lab used could have saved her]].
* [[spoiler:HiveMind: Dez, his son Felt, and a couple of flesh-blobs are all controlled by one consciousness.]]
* [[spoiler:IdentityAbsorption: Tries to do this to the villagers, then Czes, then Elmer]].
* [[spoiler:OurHomunculiAreDifferent]]
* [[spoiler:TurnedAgainstTheirMasters]]

Dez's son. He is kinder and more open-minded than his father. [[spoiler:Except that he and his father are actually ''the same person'', a water consciousness created by the Quates family and occupying multiple vessels.]]

* [[spoiler:ArtificialHuman: The Felt body is a homunculus.]]
* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: Becomes one at the end.]]

* [[spoiler:GenderFlip: At the end of the story, his/her only body is one of Phil's little-girl bodies.]]
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* [[spoiler:HeelRealization: Pushed into it by Elmer and Phil.]]
* [[spoiler:HiveMind]]
* [[spoiler:OurHomunculiAreDifferent]]
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown: After his plan to absorb Elmer fails.]]

* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: for the misdeeds his ancestors committed to create the village.]]
* [[spoiler:FatherlyScientist: to Phil, although rather ineffectual for most of her life.]]
* [[spoiler:IAmNotMyFather: Nor is he his grandfather. Or his great grandfather. Or his...]]
* [[spoiler:IdenticalGrandson: To the point that Elmer initially mistook him for Szilard.]]
* [[spoiler:SinsOfOurFathers: Self-inflicted. Maiza also reacts rather badly upon first hearing his name.]]
* [[spoiler:WhiteSheep: All the Quateses from Szilard on down seem to have been amoral mad scientists except for him.]]

A world-renowned actress who is aboard the luxury cruise liner ''Entrance'' to promote her new movie, ''Mode Gears 2--Shark Flight''. Claudia is an outgoing 14-year old solipsist, and is the great-granddaughter of Claire and Chane. [[spoiler:At the end of 2002, she decides to put all of her funds into a private investigation to find the kidnapped Illness.]]

* [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Great-Granddaughter]]: Eye color aside, Claudia's practically an OppositeSexClone of her great-grandfather Claire, and is growing up to resemble him more and more.

* [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Great-Great-Grandson]]: Charon looks exactly like a younger Huey Laforet.

The leader of a small gang of delinquents. He (along with the gang) stows away on the ''Entrance'' in order to get revenge on the Martillo Family for taking back the camera they stole. Bobby is the great-grandson of Jacuzzi and Nice, though he has none of Jacuzzi's crybaby attitude. He has what seems to be some of Jacuzzi's [[MagneticHero Magnetic Hero-ism]], though. [[spoiler:At the end of 2002, he and his gang join the Martillo Family.]]

A stowaway girl who runs into Bobby's gang while trying to find a hiding place. She stowed away on the ''Entrance'' in order to find Angelo. [[spoiler:Carnea is actually the only living blood relative of Angelo's boss, who was recently assassinated. Carnea never knew about her father's involvement in the drug industry, but became the organization's leader after his death. At the end of 2002, she goes to New York with Angelo, who starts working for the Martillo Family.]]

* [[spoiler:AChildShallLeadThem: The current boss of her father's gang.]]

* [[WomanInWhite Girl In White]]

* [[spoiler:MafiaPrincess]]

The head of the group of assassins known as Mask Makers, Luchino is a stage magician who boards the ''Exit'' under the cover of a performer. He is the Boss of the Mask Makers. However, he dislikes the feeling of killing, to the point of physical sickness (usually manifested in a great deal of vomiting). He wants to find Huey and demand answers from him why he killed a certain Campanella. [[spoiler:It's revealed that Luchino is, in fact, a descendant of Huey and Monica. At the end of 2002, Elmer joins him and Aging in trying to find out the true culprit behind these incidents.]]

* [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask The Man Wearing the Kingly Mask]]: Everyone treats Luchino with respect befitting the leader of the Mask Makers, and Luchino himself lives up to his reputation of being a merciless assassin. What he doesn't show his team, though, is the fact that he has a great deal of psychological difficulty in killing people.

* [[spoiler:TheReveal: He's a descendant of Huey and the only woman he ever loved, Monica.]]

* [[spoiler:WhatADrag: Inflicts this on Bride by tying him to ''Entrance'' as it skids by ''Exit''.]]

A member of the Mask Makers, Illness is one of the main combatants of the group. She befriends Czes and Claudia on the trip despite her actual reason for being on the ship. Like Luchino, she has a tendency to get nauseous after a killing spree. [[spoiler:Since infancy, Illness was worshipped as a god by a branch of SAMPLE and experienced constant abuse at their hands. When the branch was annihilated by the Mask Makers, she was taken in as one of them. At the end of the 2002 story, she is kidnapped by SAMPLE to become their next leader.]]

* [[spoiler:AbusiveParents: Illness's parents were part of the SAMPLE branch that tortured her. Her father was one of the people who personally inflicted horrific injuries on her.]]

* ChildSoldiers: Working for the Mask Makers.

* [[spoiler:MarriageToAGod: After Illness becomes SAMPLE's next leader, Viralesque decides that she will be married to their next god-candidate Czes.]]

* [[spoiler:TakingTheBullet: Along with Czes, she takes the bullet for Claudia.]]

[[spoiler:Life is actually Fermet, working as a [[DoubleAgent Triple Agent]] who is also working with SAMPLE as well as Angelo.]]

A professional assassin currently working for a South American drug cartel, Angelo is seeking revenge for his recently-assassinated boss. He is working with the Demolisher to fight the Mask Makers on the ''Entrance''. He runs into Firo at the ship's casino, and upon finding out about Firo's immortality, teams up with him against the Mask Makers. [[spoiler:At the end of the 2002 story, he joins the Martillo Family along with Carnea.]]

* ColdSniper --> FriendlySniper

* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Assassins Have Standards:]] A self-proclaimed man of principle, Angelo won't shoot women, children or elders.

* [[spoiler:HenpeckedHusband: Angelo mentioned that back home in Spain, his wife has the final word]].

* PromotionToParent: To Carnea. she sees Angelo as her own father.

* WeaponOfChoice --> SniperRifle: Rivaling with Death from the Mask Makers.
* WouldNotHitAGirl: Along with...

* [[spoiler:[[AnArmAndALeg An Arm And Another Arm]]: His arms are cut off when he gets caught between the ''Entrance'' and the ''Exit'' as they skid past each other.]]

* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath: Loses his arms and is eaten by sharks.]]

* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity: Viralesque offers the dying Bride the incomplete elixir of life, but he refuses and jumps into shark-infested waters.]]

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Nile got schooled on this by none other than [[{{Durarara}} Shizuo]].

* CharacterOverlap: Elmer alludes to a fight Nile got into with [[{{Durarara}} Shizuo Heiwajima]] during the year they both spent in Japan. The same fight is referenced in the fifth ''Durarara!!'' book, when Shizuo comments that Chikage was almost as hard to take down as that one foreigner he fought a couple years back.

* CharacterOverlap: Saki in one of the ''{{Durarara}}'' books mentions meeting an American stuntboy [[IdenticalStranger with an uncanny resemblance to Kasuka Heiwajima.]]

* IdenticalStranger: To Kasuka Heiwajima of ''{{Durarara}}''; Saki (of that series) points it out [[TheVerse in-universe]].

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The narrative compares Angelo to AntonioBanderas and his roles on movies such as OnceUponATimeInMexico.

* TallDarkAndHandsome: Noted to be so (mostly owing to the fact that he's basically AntonioBanderas).

* UpperClassWit