History Characters / TheEvilWithin

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: For years he's poured all of his time and energy into creating STEM for one purpose: to be reunited with Laura as he remembers her. Experimenting on and killing countless helpless people is simply something that must be done to make that dream a reality.

* DashingHispanic: Downplayed. The name ''Castellanos'' indicates a European Spanish background and he's definitely a sharp-looking and badass dude, but he has a fairly gruff, no-nonsense personality and was HappilyMarried to Myra. Even after her disappearance, his relationship with Kidman always stayed as JustFriends.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Juli [[PoorCommunicationSkills doesnt actually explain]] to Sebastion as to why Leslie has to die.

* SurrealSymbolicHeads: WordOfGod says that, among other things, it represents the eponymous fixture above Beacon Memorial Hospital.

* SurrealSymbolicHeads: His entire gimmick is his safe where a head should be.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: His five-year-old daughter died in a house fire that his wife (also a detective and his former partner) believed it to be foul play and then went missing while investigating it.]].

* RuleOfSymbolism: She is formed from Ruvik's memory of his sister's tragic death, now twisted by his rage and obsession with vengeance. [[spoiler: Her appearance, weakness to fire and constant screaming are all also reference to how the real Laura died in the fire.]]

--> '''Voiced by:''' Tasia Valensa (English, ''The Evil Within''), Elizabeth Saydah (English, ''The Evil Within 2''), Rika Fukami (Japanese)

--> '''Voiced by:''' Aaron Landon (English), Kengo Kawanishi (Japanese)

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/LauraPost and Adrienne Wilkinson (English, ''The Evil Within''), Elinor Gunn (English, ''The Evil Within 2''), Creator/ToaYukinari (Japanese)

--> '''Voiced by:''' Isaac C. Singleton Jr.

--> '''Voiced by:''' Rob Brownstein (English, ''The Evil Within''), Richard Neil (English, ''The Evil Within 2''), Jin Yamanoi (Japanese)

** There are more than a few times in her side-story {{DLC}}s where she loses her cool and panics, particularly when [[spoiler: the STEM uploads her memories of her village to serve as a level in the game, or when The Administrator starts chasing after her [[GiantHandsOfDoom with giant hands of darkness]], trying to kill her for [[SpannerInTheWorks compromising her mission to retrieve Leslie alive]].]]

* SharpDressedMan: Downplayed compared to his partner, Joseph. Seb favors a herringbone WaistcoatOfStyle with his detective duds, but he leaves his collar open and his tie loosened, and he complements this with a pair of rugged dungarees and boots rather than matching trousers and dress shoes. In all, his style has a rather utilitarian and rugged quality to it while still looking reasonably dapper. He can gain this outfit again in the sequel as an unlockable.

* HateSink: Despite his FreudianExcuse, Ruvik has nonetheless committed many inexcusable atrocities and shows himself to be very despicable. [[spoiler:He's a SelfMadeOrphan (who [[GuiltByAssociationGag killed his mother who had nothing to do with his father imprisoning him]]), underwent a wide variety of ColdBloodedTorture MadScientist schemes even as a child, and seeks to steal Leslie's life to come back]]. Best cemented when he tries to use his FreudianExcuse to garner sympathy; Sebastian doesn't feel sorry for Ruvik in the slightest and tells him point-blank he brought it all on himself.

* CutsceneBoss: [[spoiler: In 2, during Sebastian's last encounter with Theodore, he's forced to go through the hospital chase with The Sadist again. Until Sebastian has had enough and kicks the gurney into him, before finishing him off with his own chainsaw.]]

* HumanoidAbomination: Of all the monsters in the game, he looks the most human in appearance.

* RuleofSymbolism: Zig-zagged. Some of them are formed from Ruvik's mind and represent many of his aspects. Others are just the result of the STEM's nightmarish influence.

* RuleofSymbolism: She is formed from Ruvik's memory of his sister's tragic death, now twisted by his rage and obsession with vengeance. [[spoiler: Her appearance, weakness to fire and constant screaming are all also reference to how the real Laura died in the fire.]]

* RuleofSymbolism: He was born from Ruvik's memory of the safe where he kept his research as well as his unbridled rage, both in general and at Jimenez for stealing his work. The safe head in particular represents how Ruvik viciously hides his past and his atrocities from others.

* RuleofSymbolism: This creature came from Ruvik's resentment for his father's religion as well as and his subsequent concept of death and rebirth, potentially even a mockery of it. This is possibly symbolized by how it is burdened by the wooden beam on its back.

* RuleofSymbolism: It's bio in the model viewer states that it was formed from Ruvik's desire to remain unseen by others, hence its ability to blend in with the environment and its sneaky behavior.

--> '''Voiced by:''' Daniel Riordan (English), Creator/TakayaHashi (Japanese)

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%%* HumanoidAbomination

[[folder: Myra Hanson]]

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: [[spoiler:Ch 9 has him attempting to garner sympathy from Sebastian by showing the detective his past, which, in many ways, parallels Sebastian's own. However, while his past is genuinely tragic, none of it justifies him becoming a SerialKiller. Yes, his father locked him in the basement and lied to his mother about his fate, but the murder of his mother was completely unjustified as she had nothing to do with the matter. Essentially, Ruvik was always a bad seed. The assumed death of his sister just brought his [[TheSociopath mad]][[AxCrazy ness]] to the surface.]] Sebastian ends up calling him out for [[MonsterSobStory trying to make him feel sorry for what happened]].

* HateSink: Despite his FreudianExcuse, Ruvik has nonetheless committed many inexcusable atrocities and shows himself to be very despicable. [[spoiler:He's a SelfMadeOrphan (who [[GuiltByAssociationGag killed his mother who had nothing to do with his father imprisoning him]]), underwent a wide variety of ColdBloodedTorture MadScientist schemes even as a child, and seeks to steal Leslie's life to come back]]. Best cemented when he tries to use his MonsterSobStory to garner sympathy; Sebastian doesn't feel sorry for Ruvik in the slightest and tells him point-blank he brought it all on himself.

* MonsterSobStory: An attempt at an InvokedTrope through showing Sebastian his history. [[SubvertedTrope It doesn't help his opinion of Ruvik.]]

* GoodIsNotSoft: Sebastian is a good guy through and through but he has no sympathy for Ruvik even after learning about his [[MonsterSobStory tragic past]].

* NiceGirl: The monster you face is not, at all, having been formed from Ruvik's disturbed psyche. The real Laura Victoriano that his memories are based on, however, was a good-hearted young woman who dearly loved her little brother, [[spoiler:enough to pull a HeroicSacrifice to save him form a burning barn]].

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* TheFaceless: He appears frequently in the DLCs to the first game but his face is always hidden. It is finally shown in the sequel.

--> '''Voiced by:''' David Forseth (''The Evil Within''), Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto (''The Evil Within 2'')

* Acrofatic: He's pretty fast despite his bulky size.

* AxCrazy: Very.