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* SuddenNameChange: He's initially referred to by John (who read his name on Arthur's office door) as Peter, but Arthur then calls him Parker, which serves as his name for the rest of the series with no in-universe explanation for the change. (The episode's initial release explained that he went by his legal name, Peter, at work, and by his father's name, Parker, among friends. However, this was cut when the first few episodes of Season 1 were remastered and re-released.)

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* SuddenNameChange: He's initially referred to by John (who read his name on Arthur's office door) as Peter, but Arthur then calls him Parker, which serves as his name for the rest of the series with no in-universe explanation for the change. (The episode's initial release explained that he went by his legal name, Peter, at work, and by his father's name, Parker, among friends. However, this was cut when the first few episodes of Season 1 were remastered and re-released.remastered.)

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!!Parker Yang

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!!Parker !!Peter "Parker" Yang


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* SuddenNameChange: He's initially referred to by John (who read his name on Arthur's office door) as Peter, but Arthur then calls him Parker, which serves as his name for the rest of the series with no in-universe explanation for the change. (The episode's initial release explained that he went by his legal name, Peter, at work, and by his father's name, Parker, among friends. However, this was cut when the first few episodes of Season 1 were remastered and re-released.)

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[[folder:Wallace Larson]]
!!Wallace Larson
Founder of the mining town of Addison and [[spoiler:cultist who sacrificed his child for power.]]
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* AffablyEvil: When we first meet him, he had just brought Arthur into his home, and spoke to him kindly, claiming to want to save the town from an evil accidentally unleashed and offering to help Arthur get back to Arkham. [[spoiler:This is, of course, a lie, but even after he reveals his true nature he still largely presents himself as friendly.]]
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* PiecesOfGod: The portal that brought him to our world shut before all of him could enter, splitting him in two – one piece resides in the Dreamlands, while the other was [[SealedEvilInACan bound to the book Arthur opened.]]

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* PiecesOfGod: The portal that brought him to our world shut before all of him could enter, splitting him in two – one piece resides [[spoiler:resides in the Dreamlands, Dreamlands]], while the other was [[SealedEvilInACan bound to the book Arthur opened.]]
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An eldritch god that resides in the Dreamlands.

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An eldritch god that resides is fractured in the Dreamlands.two and seeks to become whole again.



* PiecesOfGod: The portal that brought him to our world shut before all of him could enter, splitting him in two – one piece resides in the Dreamlands, while the other was [[SealedEvilInACan bound to the book Arthur opened.]] [[spoiler:His goal throughout the series is to reabsorb his other half – John – and become whole again.]]

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* PiecesOfGod: The portal that brought him to our world shut before all of him could enter, splitting him in two – one piece resides in the Dreamlands, while the other was [[SealedEvilInACan bound to the book Arthur opened.]] [[spoiler:His goal throughout the series is to reabsorb his other half – John – and become whole again.]]
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* PiecesOfGod: The portal that brought him to our world shut before all of him could enter, splitting him in two – one piece resides in the Dreamlands, while the other was [[SealedEvilInACan bound to the book that Arthur opened at the start of the series.]] [[spoiler:His goal throughout the series is to reabsorb his other half – John – and become whole again.]]

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* PiecesOfGod: The portal that brought him to our world shut before all of him could enter, splitting him in two – one piece resides in the Dreamlands, while the other was [[SealedEvilInACan bound to the book that Arthur opened at the start of the series.opened.]] [[spoiler:His goal throughout the series is to reabsorb his other half – John – and become whole again.]]
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* ImperfectRitual: Was brought into our world when the Cult of the Black Goat performed a faulty ritual to summon a different entity, Shub-Niggurath. Shub-Niggurath never materialized, and the King in Yellow snuck in through the portal instead.
* NotQuiteTheAlmighty: Is all-powerful... [[spoiler: within [[EldritchLocation the Dreamlands]]. In our physical plane of reality, all he can do is slowly drive people mad and attempt to lure prey to his home dimension]].
* PiecesOfGod: The portal that brought him to our world shut before all of him could enter, splitting him in two – one piece resides in the Dreamlands, while the other was [[SealedEvilInACan bound to the book that Arthur opened at the start of the series.]] [[spoiler:His goal throughout the series is to reabsorb his other half – John – and become whole again.]]

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* IntriguedByHumanity: Why he's so obsessed with Arthur, to the point of [[spoiler:reliving Arthur's entire life to find out what makes him so special – it intrigues Kayne that Arthur survived ritual that bound him with John, and that he's lived this long fighting against the King in Yellow]].

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* IntriguedByHumanity: Why he's so obsessed with Arthur, to the point of [[spoiler:reliving Arthur's entire life to find out what makes him so special – it intrigues Kayne that Arthur an ordinary human survived ritual that being bound him with John, to an eldritch god, and that he's lived this long fighting against the King in Yellow]]. Yellow]].
* LargeHam: Spends his two short appearances chewing the scenery with manic glee.
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* DivineIntervention: Though he refuses to help Arthur at first, Kayne eventually [[spoiler:gives Arthur a dagger that Arthur [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled uses on himself to stop the King in Yellow from retaking John]]]] – and later agrees to [[spoiler:give John back to Arthur, albeit [[LaserGuidedAmnesia with his memories wiped]]]].
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* DivineIntervention: Though he refuses to help when Arthur at first, first asks, Kayne eventually [[spoiler:gives Arthur a dagger that Arthur [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled uses on himself to stop the King in Yellow from retaking John]]]] – and later agrees to [[spoiler:give John back to Arthur, albeit [[LaserGuidedAmnesia with his memories wiped]]]].
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IntriguedByHumanity: Why he's so obsessed with Arthur, to the point of [[spoiler:reliving Arthur's entire life to find out what makes him so special – it intrigues Kayne that Arthur survived ritual that bound him with John, and that he's lived this long fighting against the King in Yellow]].
* TheTrickster:TheTrickster: He's driven by a love for causing chaos.
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* DivineIntervention: Though he refuses to help Arthur at first, Kayne eventually [[spoiler:gives Arthur a dagger that Arthur [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled uses on himself to stop the King in Yellow from retaking John]]]] – and later agrees to [[spoiler:give John back to Arthur, albeit [[LaserGuidedAmnesia with his memories wiped]]]].
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!!Eddie
->'''Voiced by:''' Harlan Guthrie
The building supervisor and maintenance man for the building Arthur's office is in.
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: Episode 1 opens with Parker's death at Arthur's (technically John's) hands.



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* MiddleNameBasis: Goes by her middle name, Sarah.


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* DeadlyBath: [[spoiler: Died by drowning in a bathtub as a young girl, in part due to Arthur's negligence]].

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->'''Voiced by:''' Harlan Guthrie



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An eldritch god whose worshippers are linked to the disappearance of Emily MacFarland.

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An eldritch god whose worshippers are linked to the disappearance of Emily MacFarland.[=MacFarland=].

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!!Amanda Cummings



!!Amanda Cummings

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[[folder:Amanda Cummings]]"Sarah" Cummings]]
The daughter of Roland Cummings and one of the members of The Cult of the Black Goat.



Arthur's daughter.



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!!Shub-Niggurath!!Shub-Niggurath / "The Black Goat"
An eldritch god whose worshippers are linked to the disappearance of Emily MacFarland.


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An eldritch god that resides in the Dreamlands.


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A mysterious, capricious entity that has taken an interest in Arthur and John's quest.

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!!!Voice Actor: Harlan Guthrie

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!!!Voice Actor: !!Arthur Lester
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!!!Voice Actor: !!The Entity / John Doe
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!!!Voice Actor: Harlan Guthrie

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!!!Voice Actor: !!Parker Yang
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!!!Voice Actor: !!Eddie
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!!Amanda Cummings
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!!!Voice Actor: Harlan Guthrie

A human who wears a gas mask, and also claims to hear voices.

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\n!!!Voice Actor: !!Kellin Holeman
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Guthrie
A human man who wears a gas mask, and also claims to hear voices.

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!!Faroe Lester
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!!Shub-Niggurath
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!!The King in Yellow
->'''Voiced by:''' Harlan Guthrie
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!!Kayne
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Characters from the Podcast series Malevolent

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Characters Tropes describing characters from the Podcast podcast series Malevolent''Podcast/{{Malevolent}}''. Note that only spoilers from seasons 2 and 3 are hidden – all spoilers from season 1 (episodes 1-12) are '''unmarked.'''



!Main Characters

Our story follows Arthur Lester and an entity that has gained use of his eyes.

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!Main Characters

Our story follows Arthur Lester and an entity that has gained use of his eyes.

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!!Arthur Lester

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!!Parker

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!!Humans

[[folder:Parker Yang]]




!!Eddie

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[[folder:Amanda Cummings]]
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!Inhuman Creatures

!!The Wraith

!Gods

!![[spoiler:The King In Yellow]]

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\n!Inhuman Creatures\n\n!!The Wraith\n\n!Gods\n\n!![[spoiler:The [[/folder]]
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!!Gods and Otherworldly Creatures
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King In Yellow]]in Yellow]]
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[[folder:Kayne]]
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* AlasPoorVillain: He may be a violent madman [[spoiler:who killed his own sister and aims to kill Arthur]], but it's still hard not to feel bad for him.
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* AccidentalChildKillerBackstory: [[spoiler: Has a reoccuring nightmare reliving the night he accidentally let his daughter drown in the bathtub.]]

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* AccidentalChildKillerBackstory: [[spoiler: Has a reoccuring reoccurring nightmare reliving the night he accidentally let his daughter drown in the bathtub.]]



* PastExperienceNightmare: [[spoiler: Has a reoccuring nightmare of his daughter's death.]]

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* PastExperienceNightmare: [[spoiler: Has a reoccuring reoccurring nightmare of his daughter's death.]]
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* CosmicPlaything: From the start he finds himself serving as the host to an entity that robbed him of his eyesight, and it all just gets worse from there.
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Our story follows Arthur Lester and an entity that has gained use of his eyes.

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* SymbioticPossession: More so as the series progresses, [[spoiler:to the point that Arthur makes a deal with Kayne to bring John back.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: They fight and argue pretty frequently throughout the series, but they gain a respect and appreciation for each other as the series progresses. Doesn't stop them from bickering, however.



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!Inhuman Creatures

!!The Wraith

!Gods

!![[spoiler:The King In Yellow]]
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* TookALevelInKindness: When Arthur is in a coma for a few months, John is still awake within his body but unable to interract with the world. During this time he has time to think, and also starts to appreciate the regular vists from a nurse named Lily, who talks to Arthur/John. As a result, he starts to gain a greater appreciation for humanity.

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* TookALevelInKindness: When Arthur is in a coma for a few months, John is still awake within his body but unable to interract with the world. During this time he has time to think, and also starts to appreciate the regular vists from a nurse named Lily, who talks to Arthur/John. As a result, he starts to gain a greater appreciation for humanity.humanity.

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!!Parker
!!!Voice Actor: Harlan Guthrie

Arthur's late partner.

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!!Eddie
!!!Voice Actor: Harlan Guthrie

The building supervisor and maintenance man for the building Arthur's office is in.

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!!Kellin Holeman
!!!Voice Actor: Harlan Guthrie

A human who wears a gas mask, and also claims to hear voices.

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* SealedEvilInACan: John was originally sealed in a book before said book found it's way to Arthur. [[Spoiler: it's later revealed that Arthur wasn't the first person to accidentally free John...]]

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* SealedEvilInACan: John was originally sealed in a book before said book found it's way to Arthur. [[Spoiler: it's [[spoiler: It's later revealed that Arthur wasn't the first person to accidentally free John...]]
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* SealedEvilInACan: John was originally sealed in a book before said book found it's way to Arthur. [[Spoiler: it's later revealed that Arthur wasn't the first person to accidentally free John...]]
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* EmergentHuman: Part of John's personal journey and character arc is in gaining his humanity [[spoiler: separate from the King in Yellow]]
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* TheAtoner: Argues to spare the Wraith because he feels the need to offer redemption, and later expresses a desire to become a better person, though he does hurt plenty of people along the way.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He may be an eldritch entity, but that doesn't mean he can't be a good person... Sometimes...
* EldritchAbomination: Well, technically [[spoiler: a small part of one.]]
* ALighterShadeOfGrey: He might be responsible for a few deaths, and he might curse out and threaten Arthur, but compared to most of the antagonists we come in contact with, he's not so bad.
* TookALevelInKindness: When Arthur is in a coma for a few months, John is still awake within his body but unable to interract with the world. During this time he has time to think, and also starts to appreciate the regular vists from a nurse named Lily, who talks to Arthur/John. As a result, he starts to gain a greater appreciation for humanity.
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* PragmaticHero: Especially as the series progresses, at one point he opts to kill a woman who is after him despite John's protests, and even earlier considered killing the wraith outright. All things considered, you can't really blame him...

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* PragmaticHero: Especially as the series progresses, at one point he opts to kill a woman who is after him despite John's protests, and even earlier considered killing the wraith outright. All things considered, you can't really blame him...him...

!!The Entity / John Doe
!!!Voice Actor: Harlan Guthrie

An entity who becomes bound to Arthur and functions as his eyes. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that he is a piece of the Yellow King that became separated from him and now wishes to be his own person.]]

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** AccidentalChildKillerBackstory: [[spoiler: Has a reoccuring nightmare reliving the night he accidentally let his daughter drown in the bathtub.]]
* BlindMusician: The story starts with him having lost his eyesight, and he's a talented piano player and composer.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: As the series progresses, he seems less terrified of many of the entities he comes across and situations he finds himself in, and starts focusing simply on survival.
* GoodIsNotNice: Generally a kind enough guy, and typically wants to avoid hurting innocent people and even takes it upon himself to help certain individuals. That doesn't mean he'll put up with being threatened, or that he won't get angry and lash out, however.
* GreyingMorality: At first he actively avoids killing or hurting others. By the time we get to The Caves, he's much less adverse to violence.
* PastExperienceNightmare: [[spoiler: Has a reoccuring nightmare of his daughter's death.]]
* PragmaticHero: Especially as the series progresses, at one point he opts to kill a woman who is after him despite John's protests, and even earlier considered killing the wraith outright. All things considered, you can't really blame him...
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Characters from the Podcast series Malevolent
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!Main Characters
!!Arthur Lester
!!!Voice Actor: Harlan Guthrie

A private detective from Arkham, Massachusetts, who is sent a mysterious book that causes him to loose his eyesight and be bound to a mysterious entity.

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