History Characters / TheLongDark

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: His knowledge of past and future events as well as his knowledge of things Mackenzie did that he wasn't there for hint at something supernatural, but as of yet nothing about him comes off as explicitly paranormal. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, his fire never dies out no matter what while you see him]].

* TheDeterminator: Astrid has gone far ahead of Will despite them both crashing in the same plane [[spoiler:and she's apparently been injured in some way in a scuffle with convicts]], not to mention she was willing to go out into the blizzard still. Granted, the collapsing mountain slows Will down considerably, but Astrid clearly is a woman with a will ([[IncrediblyLamePun despite having divorced Will]]), and Will seems to know this due to remaining certain throughout the game that Astrid will have made it out.

* BadassGrandpa: We don't actually see him do anything particularly badass, but he's an old man who seems to have no trouble or fear of surviving a harsh winter in the Canadian wilderness all by himself.

* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: Will somehow manages to completely destroy the interior of a rifle the first time he pulls the trigger, rendering it useless and forcing him to repair it for Jeremiah in order to deal with the Old Bear. The only good thing he accomplishes with this destructive trigger pull is spooking the Old Bear and making him run off, sparing Jeremiah's life.

* BigDamnHeroes: Arrives just in time to stop the Old Bear from killing Jeremiah. Of course, [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns He breaks the rifle in the process.]]

* BadassGrandpa: We don't actually see him do anything particularly badass, but he's an old man who seems to have no trouble surviving a harsh winter in the Canadian wilderness all by himself.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: His knowledge of past and future events as well as his knowledge of things Mackenzie did that he wasn't there for hint at something supernatural, but as of yet nothing about him comes off as explicitly paranormal.

--> '''Female Sandbox character / Astrid''' : "It's not gonna be that easy for you!"
--> '''Male / Will''' : "I'm gonna kill and eat you!"

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: If the item descriptions are an indicator, nothing is better in the world than flame-broiled salmon or flame-broiled bass.

One of two protagonists of the Story mode of Wintermute and the ex-husband of Astrid. Will worked as a pilot for his personal company, the Jackrabbit Remote Air Transport prior to the lights. Prior to the game's start, he hesitantly flies Astrid to an isolated town to treat a patient despite the bad weather. But this leads to both of them being caught in the aurora and leading to a crash landing

* BackAlleyDoctor: Subverted, as Astrid is, in fact, a professional doctor with a true degree. However, for unknown reasons, she abandoned her job at a true hospital and now operates freelance, apparently going from one place to another to treat her paitents. Will lampshades this, and it is ironically the very reason why the both of them ended up off the mainland in the first place, as she and Will were headed to a remote town in the area for a patient who was apparently sick enough to warrant flying in the middle of a blizzard.

* HandicappedBadass: Despite being blind, she has fine-tuned hearing that permits hear to hear much of the activity throughout the town, and she is just as capable of using a rifle as someone who still had their eyesight.

The Trapper who lives in Mystery Lake who appears to live alone. He appears to have lived much of his life alone hunting and living off the land, only mingling with society to trade some of his game for equipment and time with a nearby Maintenance Yard's gear to help maintain his own tools. He is encountered by Will in the [[BigDamnHeroes in the nick of time as the Old Bear has him pinned down.]]

The second protagonist of Wintermute and the ex-wife of Will. Astrid was a professional and now freelance doctor before the lights. She shows up unexpectedly in Will's office to ask him to take her to a patient of her's no question's asked. Despite qualms, Will does so, but this leads to her both being separated from the pack she was carrying (And thus what she needed in the first place for the patient) and Will.

* LazyHusband: Sure, her husband has a farmstead, but Will also finds a notice in his house saying that service for power is being terminated due to never bothering to pay his electric bill and leading to an absurdly large bill. The very unclean state of the Farmstead also speaks for itself, especially considering it is likely that Will was the only other person to visit recently due to the locked door. And he also has the nerve to just lock his daughter's pearl bracelet up in a bank rather than clear out a place in his home where he could truly remember her by.

* TheAce: Has the ability to become this, should they get all skills to level 5, enabling them to be expert marksmen with both the rifle and bow, a masterful chef and tailor, a skilled fisherman, and adept with starting fires and harvesting their game. This also extends to repair and sharpening tools, but both skills still use a 0-100 based skill system from the Beta, rather than the lv 1-5 skills with perks in the current game. The reason they are able to be this unlike Will and Astrid is due to most survival play sessions lasting far longer than a story game, and there is no objective to distract them.

'''Voiced by: '''Gwynyth Walsh

* DestructiveRomance: She and her husband seemed to never get along. In fact, while they remained married as the Bakers, Gray Mother never even considers talking to him anymore, largely thanks to disagreements between the two leading to them living apart, their daughter's death thanks to her husband forsaking AdultFear, and a feud over whether the Pearls will be buried with her or not. This clearly takes it's toll on her, as for what seemed to be ever since then, she has become very bitter and hostile, with little faith in anyone or humanity in general.

* PosthumousCharacter: Her Husband and Daughter. Her Daughter... you only need to look above to find out. Her Husband, however, Will finds him dead near his farmstead and serving as lunch for a wolf who will happily turn around and dive at Will for seconds. It didn't help that [[SuicidalPacifism Mr. Baker refused to kill anything even if his life depended on it, which likely is what let the wolf get at him in the first place.]]

* PosthumousCharacter: Her Husband and Daughter. Her Daughter... you only need to look above to find out. Her Husband, however, Will finds him dead near his farmstead and serving as lunch for a wolf who will happily turn around and dive at Will for seconds.

* ActionSurvivor: Other than knowing how to use a rifle, they don't seem to have any special skills. With the exception of Astrid, they can fly a plane, and to make up for it Astrid is a professional doctor, but those useless skills as far as the game is concerned.

The second protagonist of Wintermute and the ex-wife of Will. Astrid was a professional and now freelance doctor before the lights. She shows up unexpectedly in Will's office to ask him to take her to a patient of her's no question's asked. Despite qualms, Will does so, but this leads to her both being separated from the pack she was carrying (And thus what she needed in the first place for the paitent) and Will.

!! The Sandbox Survivor

The unnamed playable character in the Sandbox mode, and the only playable character in the Early Access version of the game. They were piloting an airplane across Northern Canada when the Aurora suddenly fried all of the electronics. They bailed out of the plane, and now find themselves alive, but alone, in the snowy Canadian wilderness.

-> '''Voiced by: '''Creator/MarkMeer (male) / Creator/JenniferHale (female)
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* ActionSurvivor: Other than knowing how to use a rifle, the player doesn't seem to have any special skills. They can fly a plane, but that's a useless skill as far as the game is concerned.
* {{Angrish}}: The character will scream and say barely intelligible things if attacked.
* BadassBeard: Version .377 shows the male character has brown hair and a full, thick beard.

--> "It's not gonna be that easy!"
--> "I'm gonna kill and eat you!"

* BoyishShortHair: The female character has a very short hair, even shorter than the male's.

* TheDreaded: The Old Bear is this in that challenge.
* KleptomaniacHero: Well, it's not like there's anyone else out in the game to care.
* MagicPants: No matter how many wolves or bears maul the character, there will be no damage to their underwear.

* PurelyAestheticGender: The voice of the character is the only real difference between male and female.

* SuperPersistentPredator: No matter where you go, he'll track you there eventually.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: If the item descriptions are an indicator, nothing is better in the world than flame-broiled salmon or flame-broiled bass.

* PurelyAestheticGender: Other than the silhouette of the character, and their voice, there's no difference between male and female.

* ActionSurvivor: Other than knowing how to use a rifle, the player doesn't seem to have any special skills. They can fly a plane, but that's a useless skill.

* MagicPants: No matter how many wolves or bears maul the character, there will be no damage to the character's underwear.

* ActionSurvivor: Other than knowing how to use a rifle, the player doesn't seem to have any special skills.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: If the item descriptions are an indicator, nothing is better in the world than flame-broiled salmon.

The unnamed playable character in the Sandbox mode, and the only playable character in the Early Access version of the game. They were piloting an airplane across Northern Canada, when the Aurora suddenly shut down all of the electronics. They bailed out of the plane, and now find themselves alive, but alone, in the snowy Canadian wilderness.

--> "Its not gonna be that easy!"
--> "Im gonna kill and eat you!"

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: If the item descriptions are an indicator, nothing is better in the world than salmon cooked over an open flame.

--> ''Character:'' You want some of this!

--> ''Character:''(with low thirst) I think the guy that drank his own pee doesn't seem so crazy now.

-> '''Voiced by:'''Creator/MarkMeer (male)/Creator/JenniferHale (female)

--> '''Voiced by:'''Creator/MarkMeer (male)/Creator/JenniferHale (female)

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarkMeer (male)/Creator/JenniferHale (female)

* PurelyAsetheticGender: Other than the silhouette of the character, and their voice, there's no difference between male and female.