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* {{Foil}}: To Eileen. Both are deeply religious old women, although Betty serves the God of the Bible, while Eileen serves his adversary. And whereas Betty is a kind, caring, fairly normal person, Eileen is abusive to her children and is [[spoiler:shown to be capable of summoning demons to possess her own body for self-empowerment.]]
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* {{Foil}}: To Eileen. Both are deeply religious old women, although Betty serves the God of the Bible, while Eileen serves his adversary. And whereas Betty is a kind, caring, fairly normal person, person [[spoiler:whose faith doesn't really do much to save her in the end]], Eileen is only superficially polite, is abusive to her children children, and is [[spoiler:shown to be capable of summoning demons to possess her own body for self-empowerment.]]
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!!The Hoffmisters
[[folder:Eileen]]
Eileen Hoffmister, the abusive mother of David and the BigBad of the trilogy.
* AxCrazy: While she was always abusive, [[spoiler:she really turned vicious after her possession.]]
* BigBad: She is responsible for most of the trilogy’s occurrences.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Eileen is charming and kindly old woman on the surface, but underneath it all, she’s a nasty witch who’s done all sorts of evil.
* DemonicPossession[=/=]SymbioticPossession: [[spoiler:She summons a demon to enter her body, although it appears to still give her at least some control.]]
* EvilOldFolks: Child abuse, devil-worship, slavery, murder … all are things she’s done at 60 years old.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She acts way too polite to everybody, and retains this demeanor as Patrick is leaving their house, knowing full well that he saw her and Leo forcing David to participate in their ritual.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:Post-possession.]]
* PsychoSupporter: Her primary reason for her service to Satan is for the power it gives her. [[spoiler:She laid with him to conceive her son, Jackson.]]
* SinisterScythe: Wields a sickle [[spoiler:on the videotape of herself torturing Darren.]]
* WickedWitch: A rather nasty example.
* WouldHurtAChild: Oh, would she ever!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Leo]]
Leo Hoffmister, Eileen’s perverted husband.
* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:On a little girl, no less!]]
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Beheads a chicken in a ritual.
* TheDragon: While he aids Eileen and is just as bad as she is, he’s clearly only second to her. [[spoiler:He tries to kill her when she refuses to let him rape Nancy.]]
* DirtyOldMan: [[spoiler:Near the end of ''From Hell I Write,'' he leaps at a chance to rape the 5-year-old Nancy, only for Eileen to stop him.]]
* EvilOldFolks: Just as awful as his wife.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: He blows cigar smoke in a ritual.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Seriously, punching his possessed wife in the face was a really stupid move that cost him his life. Lampshaded by Patrick.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: And [[spoiler:child molestation]] isn’t off limits to him, either.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:David]]
The Hoffmisters’ troubled adopted son.
* AbusiveParents: Well, abusive adopted parents, at least. The Hoffmisters force him to participate in their rituals, and beat him if he wets himself in fear.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:David ends up as another zombie slave by the end.]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: He’s stated to always be awkward or miserable. Of course, this is entirely justified, considering his home life.
[[/folder]]
!!The Williamses
[[folder:Patrick]]
The main protagonist and narrator of ''From Hell I Write.''
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Like the rest of his family, he’s turned into a zombie slave, and goes to Hell upon his final death.]]
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:In Hell all along, to be precise.]]
* KidHero: He’s 11 years old and the narrator of the first story.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: His first reaction to the inverted cross he finds in the Hoffmisters’ house is to laugh at it, wondering “What idiot messed that up?” Justified because he’s a kid.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nancy]]
Patrick’s 5-year-old sister, although she’s 25 as of Nancy’s Angelface, which she is also the protagonist of.
* BrokenBird: The events of ''From Hell I Write'' have lead to her becoming severely traumatized, but still able to get through school just fine. She eventually gets better when she meets Jackson, [[spoiler:although that doesn’t last.]]
* FetusTerrible: [[spoiler:She realizes that she’s pregnant with Jackson’s child, who was Eileen’s biological son, conceived by her union with Satan.]]
* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Manages to be the sole survivor of From Hell I Write, and also survives Nancy’s Angelface.]]
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: [[spoiler:She finds out that Eileen is being held captive in Jackson’s house on her birthday.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Darren and Bryce]]
Patrick’s 13-year-old twin brothers.
* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:Eileen kicks Darren in the crotch on the tape Patrick found, and might have castrated him.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Patrick refers to them as “assholes”, and he’s not wrong. They’re prone to gossip and generally picking on their younger brother, albeit not that maliciously.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sarah and Vincent]]
The parents of Patrick, Nancy, Darren, and Bryce.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Along with their children, they're transformed into zombie slaves and inevitably sent to Hell.]]
* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf: Naturally, they panic when they're told someone is watching Nancy from her bedroom.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Don't get much mention in the story before [[spoiler:being zombified.]]
[[/folder]]
!!Others
[[folder:Stella]]
A girl who encounters the Hoffmisters while she’s out exploring her neighborhood. The narrator of ''Slave By Sundown.''
* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Sort of. She’s the only one shown to have escaped the Hoffmisters besides Nancy.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lucifer]]
The Devil, Satan, the master of Eileen Hoffmister and GreaterScopeVillain of the trilogy.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He’s behind most — if not all — of the events of the trilogy, [[spoiler:and it’s his grandson that Nancy ends up pregnant with.]]
* HornedHumanoid: How he’s depicted in his statue, and in Nancy’s dreams.
* LivingStatue: Eileen keeps a statue of him [[spoiler:that he may actually be inhabiting.]]
* {{Satan}}: Who else could he be? Although he’s almost always only referred to as “Lucifer”, at least by Eileen.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jackson]]
A seemingly nice guy that Nancy falls in love with, although he keeps a dark secret from her.
* AbusiveParents: Comes with [[spoiler:being the son of Eileen and the stepson of Leo.]]
* AntiAntichrist: [[spoiler:Jackson is the offspring of Eileen and Lucifer, but due to his upbringing, he’s trying to follow a more righteous path and save his mother’s soul.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Besides literally being the spawn of Satan, he suffered abuse at Eileen’s hand.]]
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler:He’s keeping his possessed mother in the basement while trying to convert her to Christianity.]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Naturally, being the offspring of Satan and a human woman.]]
* TheILoveYouStigma: He never tells Nancy he loves her, much to her annoyance.
* NobleDemon: [[spoiler:In the literal sense, he’s the HalfHumanHybrid spawn of Satan, and in the figurative sense, he wants to redeem Eileen, albeit through barbaric methods. The latter could be justified as PayEvilUntoEvil, considering his abusive upbringing.]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Unbeknownst to him, he was born of a union between Eileen and the Devil.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Betty]]
A kindly old woman and neighbor to the Williamses, she looks after Nancy and Patrick [[spoiler:after their parents disappear.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Eileen. Both are deeply religious old women, although Betty serves the God of the Bible, while Eileen serves his adversary. And whereas Betty is a kind, caring, fairly normal person, Eileen is abusive to her children and is [[spoiler:shown to be capable of summoning demons to possess her own body for self-empowerment.]]
* HolyBurnsEvil: [[spoiler:Averted. As Betty finds out, reciting the Lord’s Prayer doesn’t do much to hurt demons or witches as much as it just pisses them off enough to eviscerate her.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She's quick to help the children [[spoiler:escape from Eileen, even though she fails to do so in the end through no fault of her own.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:We’re not given much on her before she’s murdered by Eileen.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Eileen]]
Eileen Hoffmister, the abusive mother of David and the BigBad of the trilogy.
* AxCrazy: While she was always abusive, [[spoiler:she really turned vicious after her possession.]]
* BigBad: She is responsible for most of the trilogy’s occurrences.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Eileen is charming and kindly old woman on the surface, but underneath it all, she’s a nasty witch who’s done all sorts of evil.
* DemonicPossession[=/=]SymbioticPossession: [[spoiler:She summons a demon to enter her body, although it appears to still give her at least some control.]]
* EvilOldFolks: Child abuse, devil-worship, slavery, murder … all are things she’s done at 60 years old.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She acts way too polite to everybody, and retains this demeanor as Patrick is leaving their house, knowing full well that he saw her and Leo forcing David to participate in their ritual.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:Post-possession.]]
* PsychoSupporter: Her primary reason for her service to Satan is for the power it gives her. [[spoiler:She laid with him to conceive her son, Jackson.]]
* SinisterScythe: Wields a sickle [[spoiler:on the videotape of herself torturing Darren.]]
* WickedWitch: A rather nasty example.
* WouldHurtAChild: Oh, would she ever!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Leo]]
Leo Hoffmister, Eileen’s perverted husband.
* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:On a little girl, no less!]]
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Beheads a chicken in a ritual.
* TheDragon: While he aids Eileen and is just as bad as she is, he’s clearly only second to her. [[spoiler:He tries to kill her when she refuses to let him rape Nancy.]]
* DirtyOldMan: [[spoiler:Near the end of ''From Hell I Write,'' he leaps at a chance to rape the 5-year-old Nancy, only for Eileen to stop him.]]
* EvilOldFolks: Just as awful as his wife.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: He blows cigar smoke in a ritual.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Seriously, punching his possessed wife in the face was a really stupid move that cost him his life. Lampshaded by Patrick.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: And [[spoiler:child molestation]] isn’t off limits to him, either.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:David]]
The Hoffmisters’ troubled adopted son.
* AbusiveParents: Well, abusive adopted parents, at least. The Hoffmisters force him to participate in their rituals, and beat him if he wets himself in fear.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:David ends up as another zombie slave by the end.]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: He’s stated to always be awkward or miserable. Of course, this is entirely justified, considering his home life.
[[/folder]]
!!The Williamses
[[folder:Patrick]]
The main protagonist and narrator of ''From Hell I Write.''
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Like the rest of his family, he’s turned into a zombie slave, and goes to Hell upon his final death.]]
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:In Hell all along, to be precise.]]
* KidHero: He’s 11 years old and the narrator of the first story.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: His first reaction to the inverted cross he finds in the Hoffmisters’ house is to laugh at it, wondering “What idiot messed that up?” Justified because he’s a kid.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nancy]]
Patrick’s 5-year-old sister, although she’s 25 as of Nancy’s Angelface, which she is also the protagonist of.
* BrokenBird: The events of ''From Hell I Write'' have lead to her becoming severely traumatized, but still able to get through school just fine. She eventually gets better when she meets Jackson, [[spoiler:although that doesn’t last.]]
* FetusTerrible: [[spoiler:She realizes that she’s pregnant with Jackson’s child, who was Eileen’s biological son, conceived by her union with Satan.]]
* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Manages to be the sole survivor of From Hell I Write, and also survives Nancy’s Angelface.]]
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: [[spoiler:She finds out that Eileen is being held captive in Jackson’s house on her birthday.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Darren and Bryce]]
Patrick’s 13-year-old twin brothers.
* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:Eileen kicks Darren in the crotch on the tape Patrick found, and might have castrated him.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Patrick refers to them as “assholes”, and he’s not wrong. They’re prone to gossip and generally picking on their younger brother, albeit not that maliciously.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sarah and Vincent]]
The parents of Patrick, Nancy, Darren, and Bryce.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Along with their children, they're transformed into zombie slaves and inevitably sent to Hell.]]
* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf: Naturally, they panic when they're told someone is watching Nancy from her bedroom.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Don't get much mention in the story before [[spoiler:being zombified.]]
[[/folder]]
!!Others
[[folder:Stella]]
A girl who encounters the Hoffmisters while she’s out exploring her neighborhood. The narrator of ''Slave By Sundown.''
* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Sort of. She’s the only one shown to have escaped the Hoffmisters besides Nancy.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lucifer]]
The Devil, Satan, the master of Eileen Hoffmister and GreaterScopeVillain of the trilogy.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He’s behind most — if not all — of the events of the trilogy, [[spoiler:and it’s his grandson that Nancy ends up pregnant with.]]
* HornedHumanoid: How he’s depicted in his statue, and in Nancy’s dreams.
* LivingStatue: Eileen keeps a statue of him [[spoiler:that he may actually be inhabiting.]]
* {{Satan}}: Who else could he be? Although he’s almost always only referred to as “Lucifer”, at least by Eileen.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jackson]]
A seemingly nice guy that Nancy falls in love with, although he keeps a dark secret from her.
* AbusiveParents: Comes with [[spoiler:being the son of Eileen and the stepson of Leo.]]
* AntiAntichrist: [[spoiler:Jackson is the offspring of Eileen and Lucifer, but due to his upbringing, he’s trying to follow a more righteous path and save his mother’s soul.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Besides literally being the spawn of Satan, he suffered abuse at Eileen’s hand.]]
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler:He’s keeping his possessed mother in the basement while trying to convert her to Christianity.]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Naturally, being the offspring of Satan and a human woman.]]
* TheILoveYouStigma: He never tells Nancy he loves her, much to her annoyance.
* NobleDemon: [[spoiler:In the literal sense, he’s the HalfHumanHybrid spawn of Satan, and in the figurative sense, he wants to redeem Eileen, albeit through barbaric methods. The latter could be justified as PayEvilUntoEvil, considering his abusive upbringing.]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Unbeknownst to him, he was born of a union between Eileen and the Devil.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Betty]]
A kindly old woman and neighbor to the Williamses, she looks after Nancy and Patrick [[spoiler:after their parents disappear.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Eileen. Both are deeply religious old women, although Betty serves the God of the Bible, while Eileen serves his adversary. And whereas Betty is a kind, caring, fairly normal person, Eileen is abusive to her children and is [[spoiler:shown to be capable of summoning demons to possess her own body for self-empowerment.]]
* HolyBurnsEvil: [[spoiler:Averted. As Betty finds out, reciting the Lord’s Prayer doesn’t do much to hurt demons or witches as much as it just pisses them off enough to eviscerate her.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She's quick to help the children [[spoiler:escape from Eileen, even though she fails to do so in the end through no fault of her own.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:We’re not given much on her before she’s murdered by Eileen.]]
[[/folder]]
