History Characters / HuntShowdown

The game's standard zombies; Grunts are easy to kill, but are ''everywhere'', being especially prevalent at the points of interest where the clues and bosses are found.

* FragileSpeedster: Hellhounds can't take much damage, but are the fastest enemies in the game other than the Spider. Also, they can really mess you up if you fail to get a headshot on them.

* WickedWasps: While the bugs swarming at you aren't clearly visible, they appear to be some form of wasp.

* AncientConspiracy: Though the exact age of the AHA is unknown [[WordOfGod according to the Devs organizations like the AHA have existed for thousands of years while the AHA dates back specifically to 17th century.]]
* BedlamHouse: The AHA runs one of these in Jackson. The conditions of the Hospital is not known exactly, what is known is that the AHA keeps witnesses and survivors there. Historically though the East Louisiana State Hospital was better than most.

* WasOnceAMan: According to the lore the Assassin was once a normal human being before being transformed into the Assassin. And while this is not seen in game in universe it has the ability to take a human form.

* AbusiveParents: Though he never states it outright Avis Jr implies his father was abusive towards him and his mother. Implied to be neglectful towards the former and violent towards the other.
* AnimalLover: Before his transformation Avis Wyndham Sr was a lover of birds and took them everywhere he went.

* MrFixit: In the years after the War and between his transformation the Scrapbeak worked as a Rag-and-Boneman collecting and repairing scrap for resale.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Avis was a veteran of the Civil War and according to his son never fully recovered from the trauma of war.

* WeakenedByTheLight: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] In Tide of Shadows Me. Chary states that Rotjaw bites at the sun, and Enola’s journal recalls her biting at the sky prior to the arival of the Delphine. This would perhaps explain why Rotjaw is only availablr during night maps and rain maps.

80 years later Rotjaw was stolen away from her “mother” -!: brought back to the land of living by the crew of the Delphine at the behest of Mr. Chary after the Delphine accidentally sailed into the Land of the Dead during a Hurricane in 1893.

A monstrous predator from another world, Rotjaw has taken refuge in the Bayou. Though not specifically a target of the Hunters, the chance to bring her down, and the rewards such a deed offer, has enticed many to try and claim its hide. Originally from the land of the dead Rotjaw was brought back to the land of living by the Crew of the Delphine who accidentally sailed into the Land of the Dead during a Hurricane in 1893.

* Extremely Protective Child: Rotjaw to a T. Enola wasn’t the only one who became stranded in the Land of the Dead in 1812 a ship filled with Redcoats also became stranded there. Some of those Red Coats attacked Enola, all of them died at Enola and Rotjaw’s hands.

* ShockAndAwe: Rotjaw’s bites are amplified with what Harold Black dubrd “necrophagic” energy which looks and functions similar to electricity except if your killed by it your soul gets turned into living electricity.

* UndeadFossils: [[Subverted]], though Rotjaw superficially resembles a Deinosuchus and Harold Black’s description of her alludes to the possibility that Rotjaw is some prehistoric crocodilian returned from extinction she was in fact hatched from a regular alligator egg that was possessed by spectral Alligators from the land of the dead

* UndeadFossils: Subverted, though Rotjaw superficially resembles a Deinosuchus and Harold Black’s description of her alludes to the possibility that Rotjaw is some prehistoric crocodilian returned from extinction she was in fact hatched from a regular alligator egg that was possessed by spectral Alligators from the land of the dead

UndeadFosil: Subverted, though Rotjaw superficially resembles a Deinosuchus and Harold Black’s description of her alludes to the possibility that Rotjaw is some prehistoric crocodilian returned from extinction she was in fact hatched from a regular alligator egg that was possessed by spectral Alligators from the land of the dead

A monstrous predator from another world, Rotjaw has taken refuge in the Bayou. Though not specifically a target of the Hunters, the chance to bring it down, and the rewards such a deed offer, has enticed many to try and claim its hide.

** Unlike the previous four bosses, which are implied or confirmed to [[WasOnceAMan have once been a person]], Rotjaw is an undead alligator.

* OptionalBoss: The first confirmed wild boss - it won't have a mission-completion bounty on it, but killing it will still net a fine payout.

* BadassGrandpa: Some tier 2 and 3 Hunters are graying veterans of the Civil War, still proudly wearing their uniforms.

* BadassGrandpa: Some tier-3 Hunters are graying veterans of the Civil War, still proudly wearing their uniforms.

* DeathIsCheap: ZigZagged. On one hand, permadeath is in full effect in this game and any Hunter you lose will stay dead for good, taking all of their gears and perks with them. On the other, as long as a Hunter has friends or the Necromancer perk, they can get back up again even if they've just been shot in the head with an elephant gun. The only way to kill a Hunter with the means to resurrect themselves is to either burn them to a crisp or wait for them to come back and kill them again until they run out of lives (which they can have as many as 5).

* BadassNormal: Subverted. All Hunters definitely use conventional means such as guns, knives, and other weapons to combat the horrors of the bayou, and they do not seem to be more or less durable than normal humans, it goes without saying they are badass. However, each Hunter seems to be able to use several supernatural abilities. Namely, they can use Darksight to find clues and track down the boss monsters, and they can then banish those monsters to Hell once they've killed them. In addition to this, they seem to be able to ignite explosives by snapping their fingers next to the wick, perhaps suggesting a small form of pyrokenesis. Since every Hunter is capable of this, it is possible that the American Hunter Association teaches these abilities to their Hunters.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillian: The Real Philip Huff Jones was a member of the White League who participated in an insurrection against the Reconstruction Era Government. Based on Dr Harold Black’s comments about black hunters facing discrimination in the awarding of contracts in the Armored Entries the fictional Philip Huff Jones inherited his historical counterparts prejudices.

* CivilWar: Following Huff’s assassination in the Summer of 1895 the AHA descends into a brutal civil war, with Hunter against Hunter for control of the organization. The game proper takes place during this Civil War.