History Characters / Deadbolt

* HiddenDepths: A cassette tape reveals him to [[spoiler:be an enemy of the Demons in some way.]]

* WeaksauceWeakness: It's very easy to flank a Cerberus by going around a door that it's trying to open, but can't- they have to wait for humanoid undead or the Reaper to open doors for them.

* FragileSpeedster: Succubi, can rush at the player surprisingly quickly, but don’t have much health, and a quick headshot will put them down before they can close the gap.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: As Logan demonstrates, telling others about [[spoiler:the Ash harvest gets you turned into part of the ''next'' harvest.]]

* NotQuiteDead: Bartenders, Amber & Evelynn and [[spoiler:Madam Stela]] don't stay dead unless their phylacteries are destroyed.

* BossArenaIdiocy: Amber and Evelynn have a vent connecting their two rooms, [[spoiler:which the Reaper uses to kill the two within seconds of each other and avoid a long walk between the two buildings.]]

* BadBoss: Madam Stela regularly treats her underlings horribly, [[spoiler:sacrifices them on a whim to make ash, and yells at them as the Reaper storms her compound.]]
* BlackWidow: Madam Stela is stated to have gone through several husbands, killing them for [[DisproportionateRetribution incredibly frivolous reasons]]. Of the two mentioned in the game, the one before Sir Stela was killed for not enjoying dance (while Stela loves to dance), and the one before that for liking the undead, who Stela hates [[BoomerangBigot despite being a vampire herself]]. It's unclear how many husbands she's gone through by the time the game takes place, though since she's an ancient vampire that number could potentially be vey high indeed.

* BerserkButton: If [[spoiler: sending a small army at the Reaper is any indication]], stopping the Ash production process.

** Also, [[spoiler: The portal to the Fire's world]] is made of the corpses of undead.

* LargeAndInCharge: Sergeants, Generals and Ibzan all tower above the Grunts.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Reaper’s only way to kill Timur without being hurt himself is [[spoiler:to flick a switch to activate one of his traps, destroying the entire room.]]

The leader of the Dredged and [[spoiler:architect of the plan to make the undead travel through a portal to the Fire's place.]]

* AlienBlood: He bleeds black, [[spoiler: just as the Reaper does.]]
* AntiVillain: Turns out to be a Type II, [[spoiler:due to his mistreatment in the Fire's employ.]]
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:He describes his existence as this before he turned, his only source of movement in his life aside from the Fire being a spot of mold in his apartment.]]

* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:One to the Fire, and possibly to the Reaper as well]].

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Wields one in his fight with the Reaper. [[spoiler: This is a clue towards his origin.]]
* TragicKeepsake: He keeps [[spoiler: a lighter from his past as a Reaper]] in the safe in his house.
* WalkingSpoiler: Ibzan only makes an appearance close to the end of the game, but the finale all comes down to him and his plans- his motivations only come to light during that time, and even in some secret content that can only be accessed after the game ends.

* TheBluebeard: Madam Stela goes through her husbands very quickly, killing each one as she sees fit for the slightest offenses.

* AscendedDemon: [[spoiler:As the notes in his safe indicate, his most important goal is to become a Reaper and feel the warmth of the fire, to the point where he tried immolating himself to achieve it.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: His .32 revolver, since he starts out the job with it.
** Also, judging by how he can only get it from the shop, his Scythe counts.

* DarkMessiah: [[spoiler:Ibzan is willing to sacrifice dozens of undead in order to bring the rest into the Fire's world to be warm again.]]

* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:Ibzan is one to the Fire]].

* BodyHorror: Inspection of his mugshot reveals that his lower jaw is missing and ''his braincase has been blown open''.

** BenevolentBoss: The Fire is kind to the Reaper, offering him a cat for company.
** BigGood: One to the Reaper.
** TheCavalryArrivesLate: [[spoiler:He sent a group of Candles to try to help the Reaper dispatch Vall, but the Reaper has already done so for them.]]
** EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:He takes the form of a massive amalgamation of candles.]]
** TheFaceless: Talks to the player in the form of the Flames, a fireplace in the Reaper’s house.
** WalkingSpoiler: A lot about him is revealed in the eleventh hour of the game.

The chief engineer of the dredged, with a lot of information on his hands, but not a lot of time.

* BodyHorror: Inspection of his portrait reveals that his lower jaw is missing and ''half his head is blown off''.

** TheCavalryArrivesLate: [[spoiler:The Candles he sent try to help take out Vall, but the Reaper has already done so for them.]]

* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:To the Demons who cross the River Styx.]]

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Puff has a darker skin color than other zombies, but whether this is supposed to be indicative of race or anything else is unknown.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Puff has a bad drawing of a naked vampire in his desk, but given that the vampire’s gender is unspecified, one might wonder.
* BenevolentBoss: Roland hates how the other undead seem to use his lackeys as cannon fodder, instructing him to "keep feeding them to the Reaper."

* TheParanoiac: Puff constantly calls in to Roland, worried about the Reaper.

* UnholyMatrimony: Roland's tape shows that he had an intimate relationship with Amber at some point.

YourHeadASplode: Regardless of where you land the killing shot on him, his head always goes up in a gorey mess when he dies.

** [[spoiler:Ibzan also describes his existence as this before he turned, his only source of movement in his life aside from the Fire being a spot of mold in his apartment.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Ibzan deeply regrets what he did to end his relationship with the Fire.]]

* BossArenaIdiocy: If Timur didn’t [[spoiler:rig a trap to blow up his entire room]], he would be unbeatable.
* DarkMessiah: [[spoiler:Ibzan is willing to sacrifice dozens of undead in order to bring the rest into the Fire's world to be warm again.]]

* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:Ibzan is one to the Fire]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Reaper’s only way to kill Timur without being hurt himself is [[spoiler:to flick a switch to activate one of his traps, destroying the entire room.]]

* MadScientist: Timur, if his need for “more time” and messages to the Reaper are any indication.

** Timur the Tinkerer has his base rigged with traps to catch the Reaper by surprise.
* WalkingSpoiler: Ibzan only makes an appearance close to the end of the game, but the finale all comes down to him and his plans- his motivations only come to light during that time, and even in some secret content that can only be accessed after the game ends.

* AssassinOutclassin: Vall meets her end this way at the hands of the Reaper.

* BoomHeadshot: Vall always aims for the Reaper's head.
* ColdSniper: Vall is very eager to take potshots at the Reaper from her sniper nest.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Vall left behind the sniper rifle the Reaper uses to kill her.
* LeadTheTarget: Vall aims ahead of the Reaper's path and will hit him if you're not careful with your movement or don't shoot out/turn off overhead lights.

'''The Reaper''' is the player character who works for an entity called the Fire and spends nights killing undead by the building at the Fire's direction.

'''Charon''' is a well-dressed spirit who works at the docks to sell weapons to the Reaper.

The '''Zombie Kingz''' are a faction of green-skinned zombies who are the primary consumers of Ash, a drug which supposedly makes the dead feel alive again, and are formed when someone passes away to a drug overdose.

'''Puff''' is a low-level manager and accountant for the Ash supply chain.

'''Roland''' is the leader of the Zombie Kingz and top manager of the Ash supply chain for his gang.

* YourHeadASplode: Regardless of where you land the killing shot on him, [[spoiler:Roland]]'s head always goes up in a gorey mess when he dies.
** Shamblers' heads also explode when their bodies get shot enough times.

The '''1000 Year Royals''' are a faction of tall, pale vampires who work in the Ash trade and are born when someone is betrayed by a lover.

'''Amber & Evelynn''' are a pair of high-ranking twin sisters who run a pair of brothels.

'''Madam Stela''' is the leader of the 1000 Year Royals, and '''Sir Stela''' is her husband. Both know all the dirty secrets behind their faction.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Evelynn has a succubus at her chair up in her room, but it's unknown if she works for her or if she's a client. However, a (notably less dressed) Incubus is lying on Evelynn's bed.
* BadBoss: Madam Stela regularly treats her underlings horribly, [[spoiler:sacrifices them to make ash, and yells at them as the Reaper storms her compound.]]

* {{BFS}}: Amber wields a blade about as tall as she is.
* TheBluebeard: Madam Stela goes through her husbands very quickly, killing each one as she sees fit for the slightest offenses.
* BoomerangBigot: The undead disgust Madam Stela, even though she is among them.

* ClassicalMovieVampire: Sir Stela wears an elaborate suit with a long, ominous cape.

* FurAndLoathing: Madam Stela wears a brown fur coat when the Reaper encounters her.
* GunsAkimbo: Evelynn wields two 10mm pistols when she fights the Reaper.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: The Bartenders and Madam Stela surely think so.
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Sir Stela gets a level name all to himself, but the Dredged kill him before the player can.]]
* UnholyMatrimony: Amber once had a relationship with Roland at some point, going by Roland's tape.

'''The Dredged''' are skeletons who are the main producers of Ash, which they use for their own purposes, and are created when someone takes their own life.

'''Timur the Tinkerer''' is the chief engineer of the dredged, with a lot of information on his hands, but not a lot of time.

'''Ibzan''' is the leader of the Dredged and [[spoiler:architect of the plan to make the undead travel through a portal to the Fire's place.]]

'''The Demons''' are a group of mercenaries hired by the top members of the Dredged for protection of personal assets, interests, and projects.

'''Vall''' is the top sniper among the Demons.

'''The Fire''' is the Reaper's boss who instructs him on his targets.

* {{Hellhound}}: Are dangerous, fast, three-headed enemies in this game.

* UnholyMatrimony: Roland's tape states that he had a relationship with Amber at some point.
* WeaksauceWeakness: It's very easy to flank a Cerberus by going around a door that it's trying to open, but can't.

'''Bartenders''' are brutish vampires who wield shotguns.

* UnholyMatrimony: Amber is suggested to have had a relationship with Roland at some point, going by his tape.

* Missing Reflection: Some of their levels have mirrors in them, but the 1000 Year Royals themselves don't have any reflections.

* TheUnfought: Sir Stela gets a level name all to himself, but [[spoiler:the Dredged kill him before the player can.]]

* TheGhost: The Trideads that Puff stole the Tommy Gun from are mentioned once, but never come up again in the entire game.

* LosingYourHead: The Shamblers have their heads separately attached from their bodies, and killing the head will kill the body too.

'''Succubi''' are female vampires in minidresses who dual-wield knives

* {{BFS}}: Amber wields a blade about as tall as the Reaper is.

* KnightOfCerebus: The plot really starts to kick up when the Dredged are first introduced by [[spoiler:executing Sir Stela]].

* TrapMaster: Technicals can lay down mines which detonate if the Reaper steps on them.

'''Cerberi''' first make their appearance in the first few levels (but appear in later ones) and appear as large, three-headed attack dogs.

''The Zombie Kingz'' are a faction of green-skinned zombies who are the primary consumers of Ash, a drug which supposedly makes the dead feel alive again, and are formed when someone passes away to a drug overdose.

'''The 1000 Year Royals''' are a faction of tall, pale vampires who work in the Ash trade and are born when someone is betrayed by a lover.

* SuperHearing: Hellhounds can hear through several walls and floors to track the player down.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: The Reaper has a humanoid shape, but his head is most likely not a mask, can fall long distances unscathed, and has black blood.

'''Hellhounds''' first make their appearance in the first few levels and appear as large, three-headed dogs.

'''Puff''' is a low-level manager for the Ash supply chain.

* BenevolentBoss: Roland hates how the other undead seem to use his lackeys as cannon fodder, instructing him to “keep feeding them to the Reaper”.

* TheGhost: The Trideads that Puff stole the Tommy Gun are mentioned once, but never come up again in the entire game.
* {{Hellhound}}: Are dangerous, fast enemies in this game.

'''Amber & Evelynn''' are a pair of high-ranking vampire sisters who run a brothel.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Evelynn has a succubus at her chair up in her room, but it's unknown if she works for her or if she's a client. However, a (notably less dressed) Incubus is lying on Evelyn's bed.

* MsFanservice: Some fans are quite taken with the Succubi, given their minidresses and how it’s explained they’re sexually active (up to showing some half-naked via ToplessnessFromTheBack in one level).

'''Technicals''' wear dark gray overcoats, and wield grenade launchers.

* WalkingSpoiler: Ibzan only makes an appearance close to the end of the game, but the finale all comes down to him and his plans.

* MoreDakka: Maidens can kill the player in a single accurate burst from their assault rifles, and Patriarch hold down the trigger when hosing down the player.

** EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Him takes the form of a massive amalgamation of candles.]]

** AirVentPassageway: The Reaper can turn into smoke to pass through air vents to flank enemies more easily.
** AlienBlood: The Reaper bleeds black, in contrast to every other enemy in the game.
** AmbiguouslyHuman: The Reaper has a humanoid shape, but his head is most likely not a mask, can fall long distances unscathed, and has black blood.
** BadassLongcoat: Wears quite the fashionable trench coat.
** DropTheHammer: The Reaper can buy a Hammer which deals much more damage than punching an enemy would.
** GunsAkimbo: Death & Taxes are wielded one in each hand. Their accuracy is low to make up for it, however.
** HollywoodSilencer: The Reaper can buy a pistol, SMG, and shotgun equipped with these.
** KnifeNut: Can buy a kitchen knife as a weapon, which swings quickly but does low damage.
** OneHitPointWonder: He dies to a single hit.
** OneManArmy: With the right positioning and weapons, nothing's stopping him from mercilessly going from room to room mowing down enemies left and right.
** RevolversAreJustBetter: The first weapon the Reaper gets access to, and with enough skill, the only one you'll ever need. Revolvers you can purchase include Death & Taxes, a pair of revolvers wielded two at a time, Revenant, a powerful but loud HandCannon, and Headhunter, a SniperPistol that can kill every enemy in the game in one headshot.
** SinisterScythe: A fairly expensive weapon that the Reaper can use is a scythe that can kill a lot of enemies in one hit and lunges the Reaper forward when he uses it.
** SkullForAHead: His head may or may not be just a mask.
** StealthExpert: You can sneak through levels without getting seen at all until the right moment passes to strike, especially with suppressed weapons.
** ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Throwing a melee weapon is always enough to take out most basic enemies.
** WallOfWeapons: Maintains one for each weapon he buys.
** WeaponOfChoice: His .32 revolver, since he starts out the job with it.
*** Also, judging by how he can only get it from the shop, his Scythe counts.

** ArmsDealer: Sells weapons to the Reaper in exchange for the souls of the undead.
** TheDreaded: [[spoiler:To the Demons who cross the River Styx.]]
** HiddenDepths: A cassette tape reveals him to [[spoiler:be an enemy of the Demons in some way.]]
** {{Psychopomp}}: Has the Reaper bring him souls of the dead so he can bring them to the afterlife.
** OurSoulsAreDifferent: The Reaper gives them over to Charon in exchange for weapons.

** AddledAddict: A cassette tape indicates that most of the Zombie Kingz lead a miserable existence dependent on Ash.
** AmbiguouslyGay: Puff has a bad drawing of a naked vampire in his desk, but given that the vampire’s gender is unspecified, one might wonder.
** BenevolentBoss: Roland hates how the other undead seem to use his lackeys as cannon fodder, instructing him to “keep feeding them to the Reaper”.
** FragileSpeedster: Bullies can rush you down with their crowbars fairly easily, but can be killed in just a few shots.
** TheGhost: The Trideads that Puff stole the Tommy Gun are mentioned once, but never come up again in the entire game.
** {{Hellhound}}: Are dangerous, fast enemies in this game.
** LosingYourHead: The Shamblers have their heads separately attached from their bodies, and killing the head will kill the body too.
*** Also, security cameras are a detached zombie head that scream when the Reaper comes close, but shooting them will silence them.
** MoreDakka: The Tommy Gun in Puff’s basement packs a lot of firepower and can clear several rooms with its massive magazine.
** TheParanoiac: Puff constantly calls in to Roland, worried about the Reaper.
** SuperHearing: Hellhounds can hear through several walls and floors to track the player down.
** StoneWall: Bouncers can soak up some amount of gunfire, but are only really a threat at close range and can be taken out fairly easily outside of that.
** UnholyMatrimony: Roland's tape states that he had a relationship with Amber at some point.

** AmbiguouslyBi: Evelynn has a succubus at her chair up in her room, but it's unknown if she works for her or if she's a client. However, a (notably less dressed) Incubus is lying on Evelyn's bed.
** BadBoss: Madam Stela regularly treats her underlings horribly, [[spoiler:sacrifices them to make ash, and yells at them as the Reaper storms her compound.]]
** BatOutOfHell: The Nightcrawlers are massive werebats armed with silenced [=PDWs=], and are EliteMooks to boot.
** TheBluebeard: Madam Stela goes through her husbands very quickly, killing each one as she sees fit for the slightest offenses.
** BoomerangBigot: The undead disgust Madam Stela, even though she is among them.
** DrowningMySorrows: One vampire is shown to drink in the afterlife to forget the anguish of how they died.
** DualWielding: Succubi wield two knives, one in each hand.
** FragileSpeedster: Succubi, can rush at the player surprisingly quickly, but don’t have much health, and a quick headshot will put them down before they can close the gap.
** HeKnowsTooMuch: As Logan demonstrates, telling others about [[spoiler:the Ash harvest gets you turned into part of the ''next'' harvest.]]
** LooksLikeOrlok: Bartenders are bald with longer ears and more upturned snouts than most.
** MightyGlacier: Nightcrawlers have a slow walking speed, but you’re pretty much dead once you’re in their range, and they can soak up a lot of gunfire before dying.
** MoreDakka: The Nightcrawlers’ suppressed PDW has the highest fire rate out of any weapon the Reaper can wield.
** MsFanservice: Some fans are quite taken with the Succubi, given their minidresses and how it’s explained they’re sexually active (up to showing some half-naked via ToplessnessFromTheBack in one level).
** NotQuiteDead: Bartenders, Amber & Evelynn and [[spoiler:Madam Stela]] don't stay dead unless their phylacteries are destroyed.
** SharpDressedMan: Incubi wear suits almost all the time.
** ShotgunsAreJustBetter: The Bartenders and Madam Stela surely think so.
** UnholyMatrimony: Amber is suggested to have had a relationship with Roland at some point, going by his tape.
** VampiresAreSexGods: The Fire notes that vampires are the most sexually active undead, and even have brothels.

** AndIMustScream: They’re constantly filled with the despair that drove them to take their lives, and the Generals revive them whenever they die, so they can’t even attempt suicide again.
*** [[spoiler:Ibzan also describes his existence as this before he turned, his only source of movement in his life aside from the Fire being a spot of mold in his apartment.]]
** TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Ibzan deeply regrets what he did to end his relationship with the Fire.]]
** BossArenaIdiocy: If Timur didn’t [[spoiler:rig a trap to blow up his entire room]], he would be unbeatable.
** DarkMessiah: [[spoiler:Ibzan is willing to sacrifice dozens of undead in order to bring the rest into the Fire's world to be warm again.]]
** DrivenToSuicide: The Dredged are formed from the soul of someone who died of suicide.
** DropTheHammer: Sergeants carry around sledgehammers, which the Reaper can use after killing them.
** EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:Ibzan is one to the Fire]].
** HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Reaper’s only way to kill Timur without being hurt himself is [[spoiler:to flick a switch to activate one of his traps, destroying the entire room.]]
** HumanResources: The Dredged make Ash from the bodies of other undead.
*** Also, [[spoiler: The portal to the Fire's world]] is made of the corpses of undead.
** KnightOfCerebus: The plot really starts to kick up when the Dredged are first introduced by [[spoiler:executing Sir Stela]].
** LightningBruiser: Sergeants can close the distance very quickly to smash the Reaper with their sledgehammers, and can soak up lots of gunfire before going down.
** MadScientist: Timur, if his need for “more time” and messages to the Reaper are any indication.
** MoreDakka: Grunts wield assault rifles which they can use to kill the Reaper from an uncomfortably long distance in one burst.
** TakenForGranite: The Generals can turn the Reaper into Ash.
** TrapMaster: Technicals can lay down mines which detonate if the Reaper steps on them.
*** Timur the Tinkerer has his base rigged with traps to catch the Reaper by surprise.
** WalkingSpoiler: Ibzan only makes an appearance close to the end of the game, but the finale all comes down to him and his plans.

** AssassinOutclassin: Vall meets her end this way at the hands of the Reaper.
** BatterUp: Cardinals carry a baseball bat which ignites when they swing at you.
** BoomHeadshot: Vall always aims for the Reaper's head.
** ColdSniper: Vall is very eager to take potshots at the Reaper from her sniper nest.
** GatlingGood: Patriarchs' miniguns take a while to spin up, but if the Reaper is anywhere near them when they go off, he ''will'' die.
** HoistByHisOwnPetard: Vall left behind the sniper rifle the Reaper uses to kill her.
** LeadTheTarget: Vall aims ahead of the Reaper's path and will hit him if you're not careful with your movement or don't shoot out/turn off overhead lights.
** MoreDakka: Maidens can kill the player in a single accurate burst from their assault rifles, and Patriarch hold down the trigger when hosing down the player.
** MightyGlacier: Patriarchs can take a lot of punishment, and while their miniguns are slow to spin up, not a lot aside from killing the offending Patriarch can save you if it goes off.
** PrivateMilitaryContractors: Apparently sell out their services to the undead, and the Dredged in particular are good customers of theirs.

** EvilFormerFriend: Ibzan is one to [[spoiler:the Fire]].