History Characters / Preacher2016

!!CharacterSheet for ''Series/Preacher2016''. For the [[Series/Preacher2016 comic]], see [[Characters/{{Preacher}} here]].

* [[Characters/Preacher2016Angelville Residents of Angelville, Louisiana]]

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* [[Characters/Preacher2016Angelville Residents of Angelville, Louisiana]]

* [[Characters/Preacher2016Angelville Residents of Angelville, Louisiana

* [[Characters/Preacher2016NewOrleans Residents of New Orleans, Alabama]]

* [[Characters/Preacher2016SupernaturalEntities Supernatural Entities]]

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!Main Cast

[[folder:Jesse Custer]]
!!Jesse Custer
[[quoteright:299:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/custer_jesse_7.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:299:''"The bottom line is, I've been a bad preacher."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/DominicCooper

-->''"I'm going to do what all good preachers have done since the Serpent and Man's Fall: pray for the sinner. Offer peace to the restless. Avenge the innocent."''

Trying to fulfill a promise to his dead father, former criminal Jesse Custer has returned to his hometown of Annville, Texas, to lead his father’s church as the town preacher. But when he’s inhabited by a mysterious entity, he’s forced to wrestle with a new kind of mission.

* AmicableExes: While he refuses to do a job for Tulip, Jesse states he bears no ill will and speaks to her in a friendly tone.
* AntiHero:
** Jesse tries to do right but he's got a fair share of vices, including his enjoyment for more than just the occasional cigarette and drink, even indulging while alone in the church. He's also not above violence and while he does try to avoid fighting at first, often seems to [[TechnicalPacifist stop criminals by beating them down]].
** "Sundowner" muddies the water even further when Jesse says that by "saving" Anneville, he will be "free". Implying that his devotion and good deeds are all to fulfill his promise to his father, and once that's done...
* AntiNihilist: Jesse was urged to by his late father right before his death to be "one of the good guys, 'cause there's way too many of the bad." By the end of the pilot, Jesse reconsiders quitting his position and resolves to be better at his job by taking action with the people of Annville, who were all already trying his patience.
* TheAtoner: We don't know exactly what he did before he was a preacher, but they were definitely bad enough for Jesse to dodge any invitation for violence and help the people of Annville any way he can.
%%* BadassBeard
* BadassBoast:
** After being [[spoiler:captured by Quincannon]] he states that he will bring God himself to Annville in his next sermon and force him to answer for humanity's suffering.
** In the season finale, he tells Cassidy and Tulip that the three of them will find God, help him if he needs it and otherwise kick his ass.
* BadassNormal: Able to take out multiple opponents with his fists, while a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] with SuperStrength watches from a payphone. All this was before he even became a host to [[CompellingVoice Genesis]].
* BadassPreacher: A man of the cloth and against violence unless innocents are being threatened, Jesse shows he can also kick ass in a bar fight against multiple opponents.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: As a child in a fit of anger he once prayed for his father's death, which occured shortly thereafter. It's still haunting him.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Well-meaning and usually mild mannered, Jesse also won't tolerate abusive people, particularly those towards children. In the first episode, he makes Donnie squeal (like a rabbit in a trap) as he breaks his arm and in the second "baptizes" a school bus driver in scalding hot water for lusting after a prepubescent girl he drives.
* BloodKnight: During his fight with Donnie and his mooks, Jesse ''smirks'' when he punched one of them in the face and appears downright ''euphoric'' as he listened to Donnie's high-pitched screams of pain when he breaks his wrist.
* BullyHunter: Despises people who pick on those weaker than them and a father threatening to hurt his own son is what set Jesse off to break his arm.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Tulip.
* CombatPragmatist: Jesse isn't above using dirty tricks in a fight, taking advantage of the Word of God to keep people off his back and deterring a man from attacking him by sniping his dick off.
* ComesGreatResponsibility: After learning how to use the Word of God, Jesse stops Donnie from shooting him and uses his power to make Donnie put his pistol in his own mouth. Before making him pull the trigger, Jesse decides his power is a gift to help people and just tells Donnie to leave.
* CompellingVoice: With the Word of God, Jesse can make anyone do anything he says, [[ExactWords right to the letter]].
* CrisisOfFaith: Jesse clearly has issues with his faith due to all the shit he sees everyday, even giving God "one last chance" to answer him one night when he prayed.
-->'''Jesse''': If anyone were listenin' I would. Believe me, I'd pray.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Soaked in mystery and only hinted at for the most part, we are still shown that Jesse watched his father get shot and killed as a child.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Already a solid enough fighter to take on multiple opponents at once, Jesse has now become aware of his CompellingVoice.
* FunctionalAddict: Jesse smokes and drinks, but he's still doing his best to be a good preacher.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: No guns, no knives, barley an ImprovisedWeapon to be found.
* GoodShepherd: Jesse, [[AntiHero despite his flaws]], does his best to care for the community. He listens to their problems and prays for them and knows when to question the church's rules, not tolerating the "confidential" aspect of listening to sins stop him from [[spoiler:beating a pedophile who is closing in on a little girl]] while sitting idly by.
* GroinAttack: During [[spoiler:Quincannon]]'s first assault on his church, Jesse stops one of his men by shooting his dick off.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: While [[PragmaticHero Cassidy]] uses a chair to trip up an opponent in a fight, Jesse uses confrontational and very straight-forwarded battle tactics, rarely using weapons and preferring to bash people with his fists.
* HidingBehindReligion: There's no doubt that Jesse has good intentions and definitely want to improve the lives of those living in Annville. But as the series progresses, it becomes more apparent that he is abusing the Word of God and claiming that it is God's will that he does this. When he gets called out by ''actual angels from Heaven'', Jesse backtracks a bit and declares that if God truly did not want this, then He can come reclaim Genesis Himself.
* HowDoIShotWeb: Is unaware of his CompellingVoice after receiving the power, even after inadvertently commanding Ted to kill himself and a dog to stop barking. It isn't until he [[spoiler:beats a pedophile and commands him to "forget" the girl he lusted after]] that he realizes his supernatural ability.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: During the siege on the church, Jesse provides examples of his aiming skills by disarming many of Quinncannon's men, even shooting one of the weapons in a way so that it becomes lodged in its wielder's shoulder.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He really ''does'' have good intentions, but by "Sundowner" it's clear that the power of [[spoiler: Genesis]] is going to his head. He's convinced that anything he does with it now is justified as "God's will"... even (though he probably doesn't realize it yet) if it [[spoiler: ''literally'' sends [[TheWoobie Eugene]] to Hell]].
* KnightTemplar: Slowly heads down the road and as of "Sundowner", he is firmly there, refusing to believe he could possibly be wrong about anything because of the Word of God he possesses. He does eventually realize the error of his ways but it takes him [[spoiler:sending Eugene to hell]] to do so.
* LiteralGenie: His CompellingVoice acts based on the words he chooses, not necessarily his intent. This comes to horrifying realization when Jesse telling Ted to tell his mother how he feels and open his heart to her leads to him having a heartfelt conversation with her... before cutting open his chest to fulfill the second part of Jesse's command. [[spoiler:This extends to metaphysical commands, such as when he sends Eugene to hell by telling him to "Go to Hell".]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** Breaking Donnie's wrist and kicking his friends' asses really upset Jesse to the point of regretting returning to Annville and considering quitting his position.
** Jesse is deeply remorseful about [[spoiler:sending Eugene to hell. It has become so bad that Jesse is starting to hallucinate Eugene as a voice of reason and even begs [=DeBalnc=] and Fiore to go to hell and save him.]]
* NeverMyFault: His main attitude in "He Gone." [[spoiler:While he admits it was a complete accident that he sent Eugene to Hell, he nonetheless refuses to take responsibility for it, to the point of claiming that the simple fact that he was even ''able'' to send Eugene means that God wished for the poor kid to be punished anyways. Luckily, the guilt catches up with him and he spends the end of the episode using the Word to beg Eugene to come back.]]
* OnlySaneMan: His reaction to everything happening around him basically makes him this against the people of Annville.
* OnlyFriend: For Cassidy. He's basically the only character Cassidy regularly interacts with, and they've been fond of each other since they met. Emily doesn't like him at all.
* PreacherMan: Gives sermons to a small southern community and tries to help them get by in [[TheAtoner repentance]] for his own DarkAndTroubledPast.
* ReformedCriminal: Details are scarce but Jesse did jobs with the killer, Tulip and in the first episode, Donnie's son asks if to violently stop his father's abuse of his mother, saying that people talk of how Jesse used to be on the darker side of the law. Hoping to make up for his wrongdoings, Jesse now preaches the word of God.
* SmokingIsCool: Jesse is both a badass fighter and seems to smoke in places that are just odd, such as church when he's praying to God. [[note]]Admittedly, he's doing this right after his prayer is seemingly ignored, so it's out of spite at this moment.[[/note]]
* SmugSuper: Jesse is adamant that God meant for him to receive Genesis and won't even listen to actual angels telling him this isn't so. Even when Eugene says it was unfair that he forced a woman to forgive him he eventually gets angry enough with the accusations to use his voice to tell Eugene [[spoiler:to go to Hell.]]
* TechnicalPacifist: Jesse believes that violence just breeds more violence but will fight if it means defending innocent people.
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Jesse can only look on in terror after he tells [[spoiler:Eugene to go to Hell]] in a fit of anger with horrifying results.
* TranquilFury: Jesse is silently but ''phenomenally'' pissed off as he listens to a pedophile confess his urges and act clearly unrepentant about them.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: The Word of God distorts Jesse's voice.
* WifeBasherBasher: Although he's unwilling to attack Betsy's husband at first, wanting him to go to the police and still reluctant to hit him back when Betsy makes it clear she doesn't want Jesse involved, he eventually breaks her husband's arm when his threat to assault his own son sets Jesse off beyond what he's willing to sit by.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cassidy]]
!!Proinsias Cassidy
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cassidy_1.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"''Take for example right? I have zero hopes in this world mate. [[StoppedCaring And I'm bloody fantastic]]! Really, I am.''"]]
->'''Played By:''' Joe Gilgun

Cassidy is an Irish vampire and vagabond, a glutton for every possible vice, and when he stumbles across the weird town of Annville, he quickly becomes Jesse’s most wild-ass, bestest friend. Up for any kind of adventure, his hedonistic lifestyle and humanist views are constantly at odds with Jesse’s faith.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Comics Cassidy constantly wears sunglasses to hide his deeply bloodshot and all-around disturbing eyes - whether from vampirism, drug abuse, or other mishaps, who can say. Obviously for acting purposes, the actor's eyes should be visible, so this was changed. He's still no George Clooney.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite being non-human himself, he doesn't take [=DeBlanc=] and Fiore seriously when they claim to be agents of Heaven.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Apparently, striking up a friendly conversation in a jail cell is the only reason Cassidy needs to be your pal. Once Jesse says that he enjoys having him around, Cassidy becomes fiercely loyal and slaughters Fiore and [=DeBlanc=] for [[spoiler: attempting to kill]] his only friend.
* BlessedWithSuck: While Cassidy admits that being a vampire is fun, he adds that the fun only comes "sometimes."
* BoisterousBruiser: He has a very happy-go-lucky approach to fighting.
* CassandraTruth: Tells Jesse he's a [[OlderThanTheyLook hundred-year-old]] vampire while the two are drinking together. Given the tone of the conversation, Jesse laughs off his statement.
* CombatPragmatist: An AntiHero through and through, Cassidy isn't above dirty fight tactics, such as when he trips up one of Jesse's unsuspecting assailants with a stool and kicks Fiore [[GroinAttack in the crotch]] to get him to loosen his grip on his chainsaw.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Convinced that the constantly resurrecting [[spoiler:[=DeBlanc=] and Fiore]] must be involved in a cloning program and when they say they're from the government, he feels this makes sense.
* CoolShades: Grabs a pair to deal with the rising sun after escaping from the crashing plane. Since Cassidy is a drug-loving vampire, this attire makes sense.
* CurbStompBattle: Gives one to a group of vampire hunters in the introductory scene.
* DestinationDefenestration: Tulip [[spoiler: mistook him for someone else and shoved him out of a window]]. He got better, but it was messy.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first we see of Cassidy is him aboard a plane kicking the collective asses of a group of vampire hunters with anything he can get his hands on (from an AerosolFlamethrower to golf clubs, to broken champagne bottles) before jumping out of said plane (which was beginning to crash) with a bottle of blood and an umbrella.
* FascinatingEyebrow: see the character pic above.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: His lower body is reduced to exposed entrails and paste after jumping out of a crashing aircraft. Fortunately, his vampiric powers (and a cow) help him get better.
* HealingFactor: Falling from a plane and splattering on the ground leaves him only temporarily immobilized until he gets an unwitting cow to approach him and drink its blood to heal.
* TheHedonist: The quality at the core of his personality.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: After literally crashing into Annville, Cassidy comes to the bar Jesse's in and requests his whiskey of choice, before declaring he'll drink rat water if it's all they've got.
* KubrickStare: Sports one after Tulip discovers his true nature.
* MadeOfIron: Comes with being a vampire. So long as Cassidy has access to blood, he can recover from some truly horrific damage, including being split in two or shot full of bullets.
* MotorMouth: Loves to talk.
* MrViceGuy: Cassidy loves partying, taking all kinds of drugs, and has no problem killing people if it's necessary. Despite this, he takes care of Jesse when he's injured and protects him at all costs.
* NiceHat: Wears a comically oversized Vietnamese peasant hat when he has to go out in daylight.
* NoSell: He's unaffected by religious symbols, as a group of vampire hunters unfortunately finds out. See OurVampiresAreDifferent, below.
* OddFriendship: Jesse is a preacher, Cassidy is a vampire. Despite this, the two get along really well and Jesse says that he enjoys having him around. This instantly guarantees fierce loyalty on Cassidy's part.
-->'''Cassidy:''' When someone comes at one of my friends brandishing a bloody chainsaw, we’re gonna have issues.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Despite looking around Jesse's age, Cassidy's vampirism currently has him pushing the limits of a natural human life span, saying he's 119.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Cassidy burns in the sun, drinks blood, and is supernaturally strong and durable, but he lacks fangs, and religious symbols have no effect on him. A vampire slayer tries pouring holy water on him, comically to no effect.
* UndyingLoyalty: As noted above, if Cassidy likes you and considers you a friend, he'll ''always'' have your back. Threaten his friends with a chainsaw, and he'll outright destroy you - ''multiple times'' if necessary.
* SlasherSmile: Whenever he's feeling murderous; [[http://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Preacher-Cassidy.jpg also evident in one of the promos]].
* SuperStrength: Injured and in sunlight, Cassidy lifts and drags a cow closer to himself to drink its blood, even after being so injured that half his body is just a bloody paste.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tulip]]
!!Priscilla-Jean Henrietta "Tulip" [=O'Hare=]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ohare_tulip.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"We are who we are, Jesse Custer."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/RuthNegga

-->''"What happened, Preacher? Jesus take your wheel?"''

A volatile, hell-raising force of nature, Tulip O’Hare is Jesse Custer’s ex-girlfriend and one true love. She’s also a gifted criminal who’s not afraid to steal, cheat or kill to get what she wants.
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* ActionGirl: Introduced fighting a man while also driving a car and after killing him, takes out a helicopter with a homemade bazooka.
* AdaptationNameChange: Tulip is her first name in the comic. The series changes it to a nickname.
* AmicableExes: Although she says she hates Jesse, she speaks playfully and without animosity to him, only showing mild irritation when he refuses to do a job for her.
* BadassDriver: She fights a thug trying to strangle her by rigging the drive, beating the shit out of him and then driving her car to a stop before finishing him off.
* BareYourMidriff: Tulip wears a cut-off shirt that exposes her stomach. As a law breaking and immodest young woman, this suits her personality.
* BerserkButton: Seeing other woman with Jesse. She angrily bursts into Emily's home and wrecks her child's art project and screams for Emily to "stay away from [her] boyfriend" before storming out.
* BlatantLies: No, that's definitely not an ear, Jesse.
* BoisterousBruiser: Tulip is clearly having a blast as she fights off her assailants.
* ClingyJealousGirl: See BerserkButton above.
* TheCorrupter: She's hell-bent on returning Jesse to his violent, criminal ways.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: It's not been elabourated on yet, but anyone who says they "used to have a kid" certainly has one.
* DeadpanSnarker: Tulip despises Jesse's [[PreacherMan new profession]] and dismisses everything he says about the good it has brought him in a level, sarcastic tone.
* DoubleEntendre: {{Troll}}s Jesse by showing up at his church and forcing him to baptize her lest he draw attention to the fact they know each other, she thanks him for "getting [her] wet" afterwards.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: We first see her driving a car through a corn field while fighting two men and killing them both. She then befriends two small children, who help her build a ''bazooka'' out of household items. She lets the kids hide in a storm cellar while she takes out a helicopter and an unknown number of assassins before driving off with a bright smile on her face, leaving the kids absolutely starstruck. Everything about it establishes Tulip as resourceful, intelligent, shady, affable and volatile.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Tulip might be a remorseless killer and thief, but she refuses to let any harm come to the two unsupervised kids living in the house she's currently trying to lie low in.
** She's also not above beating up someone who angered her and [[DestinationDefenestration tossing him out the window]], but when she finds out that she's got the wrong guy, she immediately takes him to the hospital, cradling him in her lap and apologizing frantically the whole way. (Since Tulip doesn't know that she happened to beat up [[spoiler:Cassidy - one of the few people around with a HealingFactor -]] and thinks that he's dying, she even agrees to give him a kiss.)
* FriendToAllChildren: The only people Tulip is shown to be kind to are children. When she accidentally destroys the art project of Emily's daughter while threatening her to keep away from Jesse, Tulip apologetically worked to repair the project.
* HotForPreacher: Her and Jesse may be exes but Tulip's monologue to the two children she met in her opening scene about always pursuing the one you love, her seductive tone with Jesse and the way she sat on his lap and whispered into his ear in the second episode leave little doubt she's attracted to him.
* IKnowWhatYouFear: Tulip is the only one who knows details of Jesse's past and that he's trying his hardest to move away from them. She taunts him about them whenever she can.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Tulip dismisses [[TheAtoner Jesse's]] attempts to be a good guy by telling him that "there aren't any [[TheHero good guys]]. There are just guys." This is definitely definitely not what Jesse wants or needs to hear, but given [[GrayAndBlackMorality what we've seen]] [[CrapsackWorld of the series' world so far]], it's hard to deny that she's got a point. Even the people who try the hardest to be good, like Jesse and Emily, have definite dark sides.
* MacGyvering: Makes uses of numerous miscellaneous farm equipment, [[DuctTapeForEverything including tape]], to make a bazooka which she uses to shoot down a helicopter.
* MsFanservice: Tulip tends to wear outfits that show off her shapely [[BareYourMidriff midriff]] and her dialogue with Jesse oozes with sexual tone and entendres.
* OnlySaneMan: Relatively speaking, that is. But when [[spoiler: a woman from the house she's staying at dies after falling into a sinkhole on Odin Quinncannon's land and everyone just moves on like it's nothing]], she's indignant and calls everyone and everything out.
* OverlyLongName: Introduces herself to two children with the full Priscilla-Jean Henrietta [=O'Hare=] before saying her friends call her "Tulip".
* PottyFailure: Young Tulip was a bedwetter and commonly peed on Jesse's couch as a little girl.
* RaceLift: Tulip is a white blonde in the comic, but African-American in the TV show.
* SexForSolace: She hooks up with Cassidy in her car to help herself feel better about Jesse, although she's blank-faced and joyless the entire time.
* {{Troll}}: She likes fucking with people, especially Jesse.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Eugene Root / "Arseface"]]
!!Eugene Root / "Arseface"
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/root_eugene.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Do you ever think there are some things so bad even God won't forgive?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Ian Colletti

Teenager Eugene Root has the heart of a saint and the face of a monster. Despised by most, he finds solace in Jesse’s sermons and is the new preacher’s biggest fan.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Doesn't look anywhere ''close'' to as bad as he did in the comics in the AMC series.
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: In the comics, Arseface didn't shoot a girl (and then himself) because she rejected him. He and a friend made a suicide pact to emulate their idol Kurt Cobain.]]
** Partially subverted as he does feel genuine remorse over what he did and seeks to atone for his actions. Doubles as he's one of the few nicer characters in the series.
* TheAtoner: Although a good kid, he's still tormented by his attempted [[spoiler: murder/]]suicide and feels he needs to atone in the eyes of God.
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:At the conclusion of "Sundowner", his requests for Jesse to undo the Word of God forcing a woman to forgive Eugene causes Jesse to become angry and accidentally use the Word of Eugene, seemingly sending him to hell.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: His disfigurement was brought about by attempting to kill himself with a shotgun to the face.
* IfICantHaveYou: He shot the local prom queen because she rejected him.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Socially anyway. He accepts his disfigurement as punishment for his suicide attempt but wants to go to church and interact with the community. His father won't let him.
* ImaginaryFriend: [[spoiler:Jesse's guilt over sending Eugene to hell has manifested into the form of a hallucination of him.]]
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Only ever referred to as "Arseface" in the original comic but given the first name "Eugene" in the show. Although after their first interaction, Cassidy describes him as "arseface."
* NiceGuy: Eugene has a good heart; he's supportive of Jesse, he's respectful of his own father's wishes for him to stay out of church and is a devout Christian. He also has a great deal of personal integrity, refusing to accept what he wants if it comes at the cost of someone else's safety or free will.
* TheUnintelligible: His disfigurement muffles his voice to the point of requiring subtitles. Jesse has no trouble understanding him, however. Fitting, as his comic counterpart is shown in the featured picture for this trope's page.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: No doubt one of the few genuinely nice people in the series. [[spoiler:Who literally got sent to hell as consequence for calling Jesse out on his abuse of "The Word."]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Of a sort. After being baptized he goes to see Jesse, and tells him that he doesn't feel any different than before, wondering if his place in God's plan is where he already is. [[spoiler: This causes Jesse to re-embrace his rage, and he goes to the house of a school bus driver who had been having sexual thoughts about a young girl. He proceeds to break into his house, fill his bathtub with boiling water and baptise him in it, while telling him to "forget her." On the other hand, this causes Jesse to realise his power, and he later attempts to use it to make a comatose girl with severe brain damage "see."]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: The poor guy tries to do anything to win his father's approval.
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives Jesse a serious rebuke for forcing people to see the light. [[spoiler: And gets literally send to hell for it.]]
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[[folder:[=DeBlanc=] & Fiore]]
!![=DeBlanc=] & Fiore
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fiore_deblanc.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"We're custodians."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Anatol Yusef & Tom Brooke

Strangely mysterious government agents [=DeBlanc=] and Fiore are heading up a top-secret investigation that has led them right to the doorstep of Jesse Custer. They're quickly revealed to be angels, sent from Heaven to recapture the entity giving Jesse his power.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Less so than other cases in that they still had the same essential role in the story, but it's still there. The comic book versions of the two, while certainly incompetent, where a lot less loopy.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Fiore and [=DeBlanc=] are teased as a romantic couple, though the concept of angel sexuality makes this a bit nebulous. [=DeBlanc=] calls Fiore "my dear" and strokes him on the cheek. He also risks threatening the travel agent to hell rather than let Fiore pay for their fare with sex. They both consider being separated from each other to be almost as bad as visiting Hell. In the season finale, [[spoiler:after the bus drops Fiore off at the pick-up spot]], he looks to be on the verge of tears, as [[spoiler:[=DeBlanc=] may be dead]].
* AnArmAndALeg: Cassidy turns Fiore's own chainsaw on him to saw through his shoulder and chop off the arm, still carrying the bladed weapon.
* BaldOfAwesome: [=DeBlanc=].
* ButtMonkey: Fiore's turning into a little bit of one—he's been on the receiving end of not one, not two, but THREE [[GroinAttack Groin Attacks]] in the two major fights he and [=DeBlanc=] have been in, and he's had at least one more onscreen death than [=DeBlanc=], more than a few of which were played for laughs.
* {{Cloudcoocoolander}}: They are both rather odd in mannerisms, mostly explained by the fact that they have little idea of how Earth's culture works. Fiore take it beyond even that at times.
* DeadpanSnarker: [=DeBlanc=] is the more cynical and humorous of the two.
* DeathIsCheap: These two are pretty much butchered and have the crap fatally beaten out of them every single day, but the fact that they can resurrect after death simply means that for them, it's just another day. Their fight with the Seraphim takes this to [[UpToEleven truly]] absurd levels, being killed dozens of times over only to come back for round two with her within mere moments.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: [=DeBlanc=] is seemingly killed permanently by the Saint of Killers. In the comics neither of the two died]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:[=DeBlanc=] gets shot by the Cowboy in "Finish the Song". He doesn't rejuvenate.]]
* NoSocialSkills: [=DeBlanc=] is the talker of the two for good reason; Fiore is blunt, impatient and blank-faced.
* ManChild: Fiore, who lacks social skills and needs looking after by [=DeBlanc=].
* TheMenInBlack: They appears during the aftermaths of the power targeting preachers and being able to enter the crime scene displays their level of government authority. They are later revealed to be government representatives for Heaven.
* NotQuiteDead: A running theme:
** Despite being killed and thoroughly dismembered via chainsaw by Cassidy, [=DeBlanc=] and Fiore both inexplicably return for the end of episode 2, talking with Sheriff Root.
** After being killed again by Cassidy, this time via being run over by a van, they're back within moments, and even have a conversation with Cassidy next to their former corpses.
** "Sundowner" opens with a brawl that results in them, and the Seraph sent to take them down, dying over and over, leading to their motel room being covered in a pile of corpses a few feet deep by the time the fight's over.
** [[spoiler: Possibly averted as of "Finish the Song" - the Cowboy executes [=DeBlanc=] at point-blank range in the bowels of Hell. Given Fiore's trembling reaction, the fact that they are already in Hell, and the mythic nature of the Cowboy's revolvers from the source material, it is likely that the angels' DeathIsCheap trump card will not work this time.]]
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The duo lack wings and seem to be of human-level strength and endurance. They also "respawn", which brings them back to life whenever they die, though there is variation in the time and place of their resurrection.
* UnreliableExpositor: [=DeBlanc=] informs Root that he and Fiore are "with the government" ... after we've seen them try to coax Genesis out of Jesse using an old can and a folk song, attempt to kill him with a chainsaw, and ''die''. They do clarify this a bit when dealing with Cassidy; namely, it's not ''our'' government they work for. [[OurAngelsAreDifferent It's Heaven's]].
* RunningGag: Whenever asked for payment, they hand over their wallets.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They're always seen together, and they clearly have a very close relationship.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Saint of Killers]]
!!The Saint of Killers / The Cowboy
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cowboy_6.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I love my horse. I love my wife. I love my little girl. And, as for Jesus, he can join us all in Hell."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Graham [=McTavish=]

Not an angel but a supernatural being recruited to hunt Jesse. An ex-soldier who fought in the American Civil war. In 1881, he heads on a journey through the unforgiving desert to find medicine for his ailing daughter.
----
* AdaptationalBadass: Not so much the Saint, but his former, human self. [[spoiler:In the comics, he had already been killed, sent to hell, and granted his supernatural powers before massacring the townsfolk of Ratwater. Here, he completes his RoaringRampageOfRevenge while he is still [[BadassNormal an ordinary human being]].]]
* AdaptationNameChange: Of a sort. He's never referred to in the show as the Saint of Killers (or...[[NoNameGiven anything]], really), but all press materials, interviews and official sources refer to him as such.
* TheCynic: He comes from a hard life and when asked by an optimistic traveler if he believes America to be a paradise, he immediately shoots the notion down.
* TheDreaded: Considering his ability to [[spoiler:seemingly permanently kill anything he shoots, even [[DeathIsCheap angels]]]], he is feared by those he encounters who know who he is.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Cowboy is certainly not a good or nice man, [[spoiler: but seeing the tragic fate of a family in a dangerous western town, the mother gang-raped while her son is forced to watch and her husband is killed, motivates him to try and prevent another family from falling victim to the same fate. It doesn't end well...]]
* AHellOfATime: [[spoiler: It is revealed that the Cowboy has been trapped in Hell since his death, which - for him - means that he is forced to endlessly relive the sequence of events leading to his family's death. Of course, he is also permitted to relive his RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the entire township of Ratwater, whom he holds culpable for the tragedy. As far as classical and contemporary depictions of damnation go, this is damn near cathartic.]]
* OneManArmy: Throughout his life, he was infamous as a killing machine - death made manifest. And this is very much proven in his flashbacks as he slaughters essentially an entire town of people, civilians and gunslingers alike, all without even getting his duster grazed.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler: As he leaves the town the Saint has an attack of conscience, remembering the sad fate of the family he witnessed earlier, and goes back to warn the family of travelers who helped him earlier. Only when he gets there he finds they are selling Native American scalps for coin, then he is beaten and attacked by the people who he thought would have hurt the family, and gets his horse killed by a preacher who claims to remember him from the Battle of Gettysburg. This means he doesn't get back in time to give his daughter medicine, and finds both her and his wife dead with crows eating what remains.]]
* PerpetualFrowner: Even after being warmly invited for dinner by a group of travelers, the Saint continues to give a glum expression and almost never speaks to anyone throughout, showing his grim outlook on life.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: After his wife and daughter die because of the thugs that prevented the Saint from getting to them in time, the Saint is shown arming up with an incredible number of guns, implying that a truly epic one of these is about to happen. This is confirmed in "Finish the Song", wherein the murderous ex-soldier returns to Ratwater and slaughters men, women and children alike.]]
* TheStoic: Never shows any emotion and seeing a warning sign accompanied by many scalped bodies on a tree doesn't even get a change of expression from him. [[spoiler: Seeing a woman being raped with her husband's corpse next to her, while her son is forced to watch, doesn't get a reaction from him either, at the time...]]
* TheQuietOne: He rarely speaks, even before his embittered rampage. He doesn't say anything to his wife when he leaves to get medicine for his daughter. While dining with a group of travelers, he only gives one sentence: "It ain't," when asked if he believes America to be paradise. When he visits the doctor, he wordlessly hands over the scrap of paper with the requested medicine.
[[/folder]]

!Residents of Annville
[[folder:Emily]]
!!Emily Woodrow
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/woodrow_emily.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Lucy Griffiths

A young widow and single mother of three, Emily excels in the practicalities of life, juggling several jobs and upholding her church duties for Preacher Jesse Custer, but simmering beneath the surface are a whole lot of dark and debased desires.
----
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Implied to have feelings for Jesse.
* CanonForeigner: Probably the most prominent example in the first season.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Is presumably killed along with everyone else in Annville after the methane explosion.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: She was willing to let Cassidy [[spoiler: consume Miles]] just so she wouldn't have to feed him any of the animals Tulip bought.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: She goes from a nice, if somewhat emotionally troubled woman to [[spoiler: ''feeding Miles to Cassidy!'']]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Only knows Jesse as the other person in town besides her who cares enough to keep the church running; Cassidy is just a free-loader who holes up with Jesse; and Jesse does everything he can to keep any knowledge about Tulip away from her. No idea about any of the strange powers, vampires, or criminals in town. [[spoiler:She eventually learns about Cassidy's true nature in "Finish the Song".]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Due to everything in Annville being blown to smithereens. There's a ''chance'' she'll have survived somehow, of course, but WordOfGod says not to hold your breath on this one.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: Mild example but the stress of working multiple jobs and dealing with annoying church-goes like Ted puts a strain on her and when Jesse, who seems to be her only colleague, says he intends to quit, she responds to her loud kids by snapping their iPad.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sheriff Root]]
!!Sheriff Hugo Root
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/root_hugo.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's a wild world out there."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/WEarlBrown

-->''"Prancing around like everything's polka dots and moonbeams. It is a monster swamp. Murders, mayhem, escaped lunatics. Gol-darned monster swamp."''

Sheriff Root is Annville’s local lawman, a tough, conservative redneck who loves his deformed son but is dubious of Eugene’s faith in Preacher Custer.
----
* AdaptationalBadass: The show version of Root is a lot more perceptive and intelligent than he was in the comics, not only able to deduce Cassidy being a vampire from few bits of circumstantial evidence but also devise an effective interrogation method. In addition, while his most impressive feat in the comics was to get the drop on Tulip and Jesse, in the series he is able to draw and shoot a charging Cassidy without breaking a sweat.
* AdaptationalHeroism: He's hardly a nice guy, but he's far more sympathetic and human than the racist, homophobic, frothing-at-the-mouth, abusive one-note jerk from the comics.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Was in Annville when the methane explosion took out the entire town, presumably killing everyone but the Seraphim.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Like Tulip, he's disgusted by Odin's utter LackOfEmpathy for a dead woman. He also derisively refers to the townsfolk as 'jackals' for their bloodthirsty voyeurism.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sheriff Root shows a disgusting lack of concern for Betsy when her husband beats her and doesn't let his son attend church, but as certain facts come to light his actions become much more understandable. He also makes it clear that he loves his son, despite their differences, and has been jaded by the horrible things he's witnessed as a lawman.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** He refuses to act on Jesse's fears that Donnie is a DomesticAbuser, but it's later revealed to be SafeSaneAndConsensual BDSM play.
** [[spoiler:He seems overly harsh towards his son, who only seems to want to [[WellDoneSonGuy be nice and make Dad happy]] but when you learn that Eugene tried to commit a murder-suicide because the girl he had a crush on wasn't interested and she's still a vegetable because of it you can understand why he's a little conflicted about the issue.]]
* OverprotectiveDad: His behavior in Episodes 2 and 3 indicate that he keeps Eugene out of church and the public out of paranoia rather than embarrassment, and some of his dialogue indicates that he ''memorizes'' cases where parents lost their children [[AdultFear in especially horrible ways.]] [[JustifiedTrope This is somewhat justified]] by the fact that he already nearly lost his son, and it puts him in marked contrast with his comic book counterpart. "The South Will Rise Again" shows that almost all of Annville has it out for Eugene, going anywhere from denying him entry to a cafe [[ItIsDehumanizing and calling him "It"]], to death threats and ''attempted murder'' (as demonstrated by a [[AxCrazy crazed]] Terri Loach), showing just how necessary this approach is.
* RageBreakingPoint: After a particularly restless night caused by someone leaving a ''loaded shotgun'' in his son's room with [[KickTheDog graffiti painted saying "finish the job"]], his son tries to comfort him. Unfortunately, this involves trying to awkwardly trying to cut his omelette for him despite his protests. Being on edge already, he snaps, screaming "Why don't you just do like they say and FINISH THE JOB!?" He immediately recoils, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone looking like he just shot him]], and is clearly shocked by his own words. As Eugene walks out, he looks like he's about to cry.
* TheSheriff: Of Annville.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Donnie]]
!!Donnie Schenck
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/schenk_donnie_6.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"The South will rise again"]]
->'''Played By:''' Derek Wilson

Quincannon’s right-hand man, Donnie is all brawny ambition. When Preacher Jesse Custer resurfaces and publicly undermines Donnie’s role as the town bully, Donnie becomes hell-bent on evening the score.
----
* TheBully: Donnie's the bully of the town, picking on anyone and everyone.
* BullyingADragon:
** He attacks Jesse for interfering with his marriage. His bullying tactics and threats are ineffective and he roundly gets his ass kicked.
** The second time he pulls a gun on Jesse in the bathroom stall, who unfortunately for Donnie has just realized the [[CompellingVoice power of his voice]] and ends up with his gun in his own mouth, almost made to blow his own brains out before Jesse lays off.
* ButtMonkey: He's made to squeak like a rabbit after threatening to hurt his son in front of Jesse, mocked by his kid's peers for said noise when letting his kid onto the school bus and finally, when trying to shoot Jesse, finds himself at the receiving end of {{The Hero}}'s CompellingVoice, seated on a toilet with his own gun in his mouth.
* DespairEventHorizon: Upon finding out the truth about God the reveal left Donnie in a near catatonic depression.
* DomesticAbuse: His son believes that he's beating his wife but in reality the two participate in consensual sadomasochistic sexual activities.
%%* TheDragon: Donnie was not the penultimate threat to Jesse leading up to facing Quincannon. So far, he is not TheDragon.
* DressedToKill: He dresses in his Confederate uniform for the assault on Jesse's church.
* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted. [[spoiler:Partway through "El Valero", after seeing just how futile the fight against [[OneManArmy Jesse]] is, he goes to his car, places his head in the trunk, pulls out his gun and pulls the trigger. We don't see him again until he shows up in the church, sporting a pair of [[SteelEardrums bleeding ears]] and feeling very proud of himself.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:He's in Annville when it blows up, and presumably dies along with everyone else who hadn't left and wasn't immortal.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time the viewer sees him, he's [[GunsInChurch firing a rifle at a squirrel right outside of the church]] and proudly stating that he "Abe Lincolned" it by shooting it in the back of the head. All you need to know about how much of a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain {{Jerkass}} he is.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The one redeeming trait Donnie has is his genuine love for his wife and son.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the season finale, Donnie becomes Jesse's ally after undergoing an off-screen HeelRealization and out of gratitude for preventing him from becoming an actual murderer.
* HenpeckedHusband: At first, it seems that he's an overbearing abuser. The reality is that he's just the dominant in a consensual sadomasochistic relationship, and his wife has all the power.
* HiddenDepths: In the season finale he's shown reading ''GorillasInTheMist''.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a sadistic, violent bully.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He at least genuinely cares for his family and [[Spoiler: seemingly learns from Jesse's act of mercy towards him and uses it to (eventually) become a better person. Too bad about the town then...]]
* LifeOrLimbDecision: [[spoiler: He goes as far as wrecking his own sense of hearing to be immune against Jesse's ability.]]
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Despite coming off as a dumbass bully and ButtMonkey for seven episodes, he is the first person in the series to come up with a counter to The Word: [[spoiler: inducing deafness. [[SteelEardrums With a gunshot]].]]
* NumberTwo: To Odin Quincannon, whom the CorruptCorporateExecutive even refers to as his right-hand man.
* PetTheDog: He does take the time to explain to his son, a little awkwardly, that the pain he inflicts on Betsy is consensual, and he seems to find it important not to have his son thinking the worst of him.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He's a Confederate sympathizer and his wife even repeats the words, "The South will rise again," to him to cheer him up.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: After antagonizing Jesse throughout the series entirety he received an off-screen HeelRealization and became Jesse's ally. [[spoiler: Too bad it was all for nothing when he and the rest of the civilians of Annville got blown up.]]
* {{Sadist}}: Donnie is a sadist of the highest order; he loves hurting people, regardless of who it is. He even breaks the nose of an underling just to make himself feel better and get through the day.
* SteelEardrums: Averted and invoked. [[spoiler:Just before the final raid on Jesse's church, Donnie goes to his car, sticks his head in the trunk, and fires his revolver inside it, looking to have killed himself...until he sneaks up to Jesse, gun in hand and with a pair of burst eardrums, rendering The Word useless against him.]]
--> "What was that? ''I can't hear you.''"
* WouldHurtAChild: After attacking Jesse, he states his intentions to go beat his son for telling Jesse about him beating his wife. This level of depravity is what sets Jesse off enough to kick Donnie's ass.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Odin]]
!!Odin Quincannon
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/quincannon_odin.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"We grow or we die."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JackieEarleHaley

-->''"What if there's ice and darkness? What if there's beasts with cloven hooves and tortured children and screams that curdle your blood? What if they tear you apart real slow-like, with chains and spikes? What if it's deeper than that, like some say, and you spend all eternity living your worst memory over and over and over? Or what if you feel nothing? Except for all the pain you caused everybody else? Jeez."''

A small, decrepit man with the unscrupulous iron will necessary to be the most powerful man in Annville County, Texas. The chief employer in town, Odin runs Quincannon Meat & Power, a 125-year-old family run cattle slaughterhouse business.
----
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Odin is almost deformed looking in the comics, while in the show he's merely below average height and bald.
* AffablyEvil: Quincannon may be the BigBad of the first season but he's fairly polite to Jesse, even well disagreeing with everything he stands for.
* BaitTheDog: In Episode 5, Odin has become religious thanks to Jesse's [[CompellingVoice Word of God]] and tells the mayor that he intends to do business with the eco-friendly company at last. When he does finally see them at the end of the episode, he's very genial, offering them drinks and speaking politely... until he suddenly pulls out a shotgun and kills all of them without [[LackOfEmpathy changing expression]].
* BaldOfEvil: There's not a hair on his head or a touch of mercy in his soul.
* BigBad: In the first season, Quincannon is the biggest opposing force to Jesse, butting heads with him over the land rights for his church.
* BrutalHonesty: Odin doesn't employ even a hint of tact when he tells those of his employees that have blunt weapons that they are human shields.
* CessationOfExistence: He believes that there is nothing beyond death and as such cares nothing for church services. [[spoiler: The reason he believes this is that after his entire family was killed in a horrible cable car accident, he took apart their corpses as well as the corpse of a cow. Not seeing a soul or spirit within his family's viscera, he comes to the conclusion that human beings are just meat underneath; nothing less and nothing more.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Quincannon is introduced with his men intimidating a couple to sign over the rights to their house to increase his company's profitability. As the season goes on, he becomes more proactive in increasing his business' expansion and makes moves on Jesse's church for the land.
* DeadpanSnarker: He cruelly mocks Donnie for being a right hand man without his right hand without even changing tone.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:He's presumably very near to the centre of the blast that destroys Annville, since it originates at his factory and he's shown to be in his office at the time. Of all the Annville characters he's the least likely to have survived - and the outlook isn't good for anyone except the [[DeathIsCheap Seraphim]] to begin with.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:He cherished his family and his StartOfDarkness began when they died in a ski accident.]]
* ExactWords: Jesse commanded him to "serve God". He did not specify ''which'' God. [[spoiler: As Odin believes that only physical things exist, he serves the "God of Meat" aka the God of the physical world, and therefore wants to tear down Jesse's church as a place of worship of a nonphysical God]].
* ExcrementStatement: Angrily pisses on a pamphlet from an eco-friendly company whose ideas the mayor was urging him to consider.
* FakeGuestStar: Credited as a "special guest," but he appears in as many episodes as series regulars Eugene ([[spoiler:counting hallucinations]]), Donnie, and [=DeBlanc=].
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He wears a pair of thick glasses and...well, look at the rest of his tropes.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: His entire family died in a freak ski accident. This caused a SanitySlippage in him, as well as a hate for the christian god, as well as believing in the ''God of Meat''.]]
* HopeSpot: When God finally shows Himself, the only question Odin has to ask is if his daughter is there with him. Much to his relief and joy, He confirms this. [[spoiler:Then the truth is revealed and Odin joins other Parishioners in destroying the Church before going into full-on SanitySlippage]].
* HollywoodAtheist: A very straight example. [[spoiler: The death of his family]] has convinced him that there is no god or afterlife, and he's bitterly hateful towards religion for spreading what he regards as lies.
* LackOfEmpathy:
** He ignores the looks of discomfort from the home owners while intimidating them into giving up their land for his company. As he lists the employment fields Quincannon Meat & Power provides, he even boredly drones off, completely uninterested in the couple's plight.
** When Donnie feebly tries to pick up Odin's lunch tray, he irritably dismisses him and laments having a right hand man "without a right hand".
* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler: "MEAT!"]], combined with him beginning to praise his own [[spoiler:"God of Meat"]], after [[spoiler:Jesse]] unwittingly causes him to, indicates a sharp and permanent drop in his sanity.
* SanitySlippage: While Quincannon is already pretty mentally unhinged, [[spoiler:the revelation that God is missing drives him over the edge, especially when he had just been told by "God" that his daughter was in Heaven with Him. The last we see of him is him cradling a child-sized wad of meat dressed in what is presumably his daughter's parka.]]
* TheSociopath: Ultimately subverted; at first, he seems to be a clear-cut case of an unfeeling sociopath. He appears bored at the best of times, and irritated the rest of the time. He prefers his solitude, during which he listens to animals being slaughtered on audiotape. He also allows his men to run wild, doing whatever they like as long as it doesn't impact negatively on him. When a young woman is killed due to a sadistic game his men were playing, Odin gets up and gives a speech only because it's expected. He makes it obvious he doesn't give a shit, merely telling the boys to be careful with rough-housing and the girls to watch their step. And yet, it's gradually revealed that he does have human feelings and his demeanor is brought on by cynicism and depression. He's still a dangerous killer, but he has loved and lost.
* VillainsOutShopping: Most of the time, he's seen in his office playing video games or painting models.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Miles]]
!!Mayor Miles Person
->'''Played By:''' Ricky Mabe

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: While Emily had no knowledge of this and seemingly did it without any reason, the audience knows that Miles is covering four murders by Odin Quincannon and supports his shady practices in general. He even flat out told Emily at one point that Quincannon Meat and Power will always come before the church]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He's a friendly guy and really does want his dying town to flourish, but he's so meek and easily cowed that he allows Odin Quincannon to run roughshod over everybody. Miles also feels somewhat entitled to Emily's affections, and his constant pursuit of her is both disrespectful and borderline obsessive: he's clearly trying to wear her down and make her feel like she owes him. In one scene, he's preparing breakfast for her children and shows concern over whether the milk is still fresh, but the second Emily goes he carelessly lets the kids use it anyway.
* DoggedNiceGuy: To Emily. She resigns herself to allowing him to run errands for her, but dislikes him on the whole. She even occasionally has sex with him, while simultaneously telling him that they're never going to become a couple. He starts to get more aggressive toward the end of the first season.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Betsy]]
!!Betsy Schenck
->'''Played By:''' Jamie Anne Allman

Donnie's wife who suffers from his physical abuse. Her son comes to Jesse asking him to hurt Donnie to end his beatings.
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* ParentingTheHusband: Betsy calls out Donnie on his moping around after getting humiliated by the Preacher.
* SafeSaneAndConsensual: She admits to having a thing for BDSM, which is mistaken for spousal abuse by her son. Of all the things that Donny has done, being a wife-beater isn't really one of them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Linus]]
!!Linus
->'''Played By:''' Ptolemy Slocum

-->''"No matter how hard I try, these urges, they're like big ropes pulling me."''

The local school bus driver who harbors dark urges.
----
* AssholeVictim: He suffers under Jesse's hand, and he hasn't technically done anything wrong. It's very clear, however, from his lack of remorse during confession that he's very much a ticking time bomb, justifying what Jesse did to him. [[spoiler:The little girls killing him once they learn [[HaveYouSeenMyGod the state of religion]] doesn't bring many tears either.]]
* GroinAttack: [[spoiler: The girl he lusted after castrates him with a machete.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Is told by Jesse to forget about the girl he lusts after. Unfortunately, the Word of God operates under ExactWords and Linus greets the little girl as if it was the first time they've met.
* OutOfFocus: After his, er, "baptism", he's not a plot important character for the rest of the season [[spoiler: up until and including his brutal death]]
* PaedoHunt: Jesse becomes enraged after learning about Linus' pedophilia and savagely forces his face into boiling water before using his CompellingVoice to order him to forget the girl he lusted after.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ted]]
!!Ted Ryerson
->'''Played By:''' Brian Huskey

An irritating but friendly churchgoer who comes to Jesse to complain about his mother's critical opinion of him.
----
* AndShowItToYou: The unfortunate result of being told by Jesse to "[[ExactWords open your heart]]". He does so in front of his elderly mother.
* LonelyFuneral: Sadly, only Jesse and Emily attend his funeral.
* MeaningfulName: His name is a clear reference to Ned Ryerson, the character played by Creator/StephenTobolowsky in ''Film/GroundhogDay''. They're rather similar; nice but irritating guys who have pretty much the same conversation with the protagonist every day while refusing to take a hint about how annoying they are.
* MotorMouth: He continuously talked to Jesse about his problems, to the point of calling him in the middle of the night to do so.
* MyBelovedSmother: Poor Teddy has ''issues'' with his mother, who manages to be overbearing from Florida.
* SacrificialLamb: His death by [[ExactWords opening his heart]] to his mother shows the audience for the first time how the power inside Jesse works.
[[/folder]]

!Other Characters

[[folder:John]]
!!Rev. John Custer
->'''Played By:''' Nathan Darrow

Jesse Custer's father and former preacher of Annville.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: He's quite different from his comic counterpart, who was an often irreverent ex marine. This version is straight-laced and openly religious
* AntiNihilist: John urges Jesse to be a good guy since there's "too many of the bad."
* DareToBeBadass: "We Custers don't cry. We ''fight''."
* DeathByOriginStory: His death is what ultimately puts Jesse where he is at the start of the series and goes a long way to explain why he is the way he is.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: He shows no fear whatsoever in the face of death.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's long-dead by the time the show begins.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Surprisingly enough for this series, this is played mostly straight. From what has been revealed about him so far, he's both devoutly religious and traditionally manly.
* ToughLove: John appeared to have not only put Jesse to work in maintaining the church they resided in, but also regularly thrashed him with his belt in front of other children in order to "set an example."
[[/folder]]

[[folder:[=MacReady=]]]
!![=MacReady=]
->'''Played By:''' Justice Leak

A preacher in the frontier town of Ratwater.
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* CompositeCharacter: In the comic, [=McCready=] was the leader of a gang of thugs, one of whom was an ex-preacher. In the show, [=MacReady=] is the (decidedly thuggish) preacher of a frontier town.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:He shoots the Cowboy's horse out of spite.]]
* SinisterMinister: He's a vulgar, sadistic piece of work who presides over a town of monstrous people.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Carlos]]
!!Carlos
->'''Played By:''' Desmin Borges

Jesse and Tulip's former criminal associate, who they both seek vengeance against for screwing them over during a bank robbery.
----
* GreenEyedMonster: Was jealous of the [[spoiler:love Jesse and Tulip had for each other]], so he purposely sicked the bank guards against them which resulted in [[spoiler:the loss of their child in Tulip's womb.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Susan]]
!!Susan
->'''Played By:''' Juliana Potter

A seraphim from heaven sent to track down Jesse.
----
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Fiore & [=DeBlanc=] hack her arms and legs off to restrain her.]]
* GlacierWaif: She's a Terminator in a soccer mom's body.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:She ends up being the only survivor of the methane explosion that wipes out Annville. However, she is killed by the Cowboy while wandering the destroyed town. Since she failed to respawn, she appears to be dead for good.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Spoiler Character]]
!!Fake God
->'''Played By:''' Mark Harelik

An angel who pretends to be God to hide from the world that he is missing.
----
* HaveYouSeenMyGod: He's put in place to keep from humans that God is missing.
* NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: Despite claiming to be the all-knowing creator, Jesse's questioning reveals this to be a front, as the angel acting had no idea about Genesis or Eugene being sent to Hell.
* WalkingSpoiler: Being privy to the details of Heaven's running, shortly after he appears Jesse is able to discover that God is missing.
[[/folder]]

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Quincannon is introduced with his men intimidating a couple to sign over the rights to their house to increase his company's profitability.

* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler: "MEAT!"]]

* KnightTemplar: Slowly heads down the road and as of "Sundowner", he is firmly there.

* SmokingIsCool: Jesse is both a {{Badass}} fighter and seems to smoke in places that are just odd, such as church when he's praying to God. [[note]]Admittedly, he's doing this right after his prayer is seemingly ignored, so it's out of spite at this moment.[[/note]]

* AmbiguouslyGay: Fiore and [=DeBlanc=] are teased as a romantic couple, though the concept of angel sexuality makes this a bit nebulous. [=DeBlanc=] calls Fiore "my dear" and strokes him on the cheek. He also risks threatening the travel agent to hell rather than let Fiore pay for their fare with sex. They both consider being separated from each other to be almost as bad as visiting Hell. In the season finale, [[spoiler:after the bus drops Fiore off at the pick-up spot]], he looks to be on the verge of tears, as [[spoiler:[=DeBlanc=] is truly dead]].