History Characters / TheSinkingCity

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!!Anna [[spoiler: Cavendish]]

!!Granny Weaver / [[spoiler: Anne Osborne]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Like Reed, Glenn bears a physical resemblance to H.P. Lovecraft.

* KillingInSelfDefense: Sidney killed Herbert Grover because he was shooting at them. However, Sidney was robbing the man at the time.

** Whether to turn Lewis Flynn over to Robert Throgmorton and the police for certain execution. If you release him, you're letting a murderer go but if you don't, he's possibly not guilty by reason of insanity.

* SympatheticMurderer: Lewis Flynn, the suspect in your first case, claims he only committed the murder during a supernaturally-induced psychotic break and can't remember doing it, and that he has a family to provide for and was the subject of racial discrimination. You can either help him escape or turn him over to what will essentially be a lynch mob. [[spoiler: Much later in the game you find evidence strongly indicating the murder was premeditated, backed up by how methodical the killing and crime scene were and how calm Lewis seems all things considered, suggesting that his sob story about committing the murder while controlled by supernatural forces was a load of bunk. You do find evidence he does indeed have a family, and the racial prejudice he faced as an Innsmouther may have played a role in his willingness to commit the murder.]]

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler: Fought at the end of "Silence Is Golden", a completely optional side case.]]

[[folder: Bethany]]

[[folder: Charles Reed]]

[[folder: Johannes van der Berg]]

[[folder: Robert Throgmorton]]

[[folder: Ebernote Blackwood]]

[[folder: Harriet Dough]]

[[folder: Anna]]

[[folder: Glenn Byers]]

[[folder: Brutus Carpenter]]

[[folder: Graham Carpenter]]

[[folder: George Cavendish]]

[[folder: Billy Drunnon]]

[[folder: Lewis Flynn]]

[[folder: Fred]]

[[folder: Dr. Grant]]

[[folder: Daryl Grimes]]

[[folder: Joy Hayden]]

[[folder: Joseph Hill]]

[[folder: Caleb Lyons]]

[[folder: Gordon Meyer]]

[[folder: Milton Pierce]]

[[folder: Jimmy Price]]

[[folder: Sidney "Squint" Stokes]]

[[folder: Albert Throgmorton]]

[[folder: The Thing Beneath Oakmont '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']]

[[folder: The Dreamer]]

[[folder: The Fecund Mother]]

[[folder: Usha]]

[[folder: Dagon]]

[[folder: Granny Weaver]]

[[folder:Caleb Lyons]]

* CloningBlues: Is capable of birthing near-perfect duplicates of existing people who can quickly take on their likeness' personalities and mannerisms, as seen with [[spoiler: the Brutus duplicate]]. It also seems to take her several tries to get a clone "right". You can find several naked "failed" clones of [[spoiler: Brutus]] in her lair that are too simple-minded to be of any use, and in one investigation you'll find the Redemption Church using a building as a dumping ground for the bodies of numerous "failed" clones.

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler: The Fecund Mother produced a duplicate of him that Graham is training to take the real Brutus's place. In the Fecund Mother's lair you can also find several "failed" clones that are too simple-minded to serve Graham[=/=]the Redemption Church's purposes.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Is a barefooter.

* BadassBaritone: Rather gruff and grumbly throughout the game, especially when he's interrogating and intimidating people.

* BadassBaritone: His voice is very deep and known for sounding quite commanding when he needs something done. There's a reason Innsmouthers are afraid of him, after all.

* ShootTheDog: She brutally kills Joy's dog and sews its innards into a teddy bear as a warning to her.

* AntiAntiChrist: [[spoiler: He's the one designed to bring Cthulhu's seed to Cythlla and start the EndOfTheWorld. He may not succeed in thwarting it but he can certainly try.]]

** Does Ebernote want to free [[spoiler: Cythlla or does he want the Dreamer's Seed so he can avert the apocalypse for revenge?]]

* AmbiguousSituation: His condition by the end. [[spoiler: When Reed sees him in Cthygonnar before the ending choice, is he still dead and just another hallucination, or did he [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascend to a higher plane]] and manifest to take a small part in the destiny he was denied?]]

* IJustWantToBeSpecial: [[spoiler: His whole M.O. His actions against the E.O.D., his desire to help Harriet and his attempts to save Reed are motivated by his desire to acquire the Dreamer's Seed for himself and become chosen. Doubles as a FreudianExcuse as he initially held a privileged position due to his mother's belief that he had the Seed, and was thus their messiah. When he was found to not only lack it, but any Deep One traits, his family became cold and resentful towards him to the point of disowning and abandoning him when they all returned to the sea. This starts his quest to acquire it to spite his family and the Deep Ones. He gets positively ecstatic if Reed agrees to the ritual, and tries to kill you if he doesn't. He almost succeeds, resulting in one of the few times the Deep Ones intervene directly.]]

* OutOfFocus: Despite her critical importance to a large chunk of the plot, Reed only meets her in person once. [[spoiler: And she either dies by his hand in said scene, or dies offscreen while he is recovering in the hospital.]]

* WouldNotHarmAnInnocent: If he kills two innocent people in the game, he will go irrevocably insane and kill himself.

* AccidentalMurder: He claims that he blacked out when Albert started screaming, and when he awoke, he was halfway across the port and Albert was dead.

[[folder: Glenn Byers]]
!!Glenn Byers

A resident of The Shells who becomes instrumental to the plot of the late game.

* FingerInTheMail: The men who kidnapped his wife sent him her finger when he refused to cooperate.
* FrameUp: [[spoiler: Drunnon forced him to seemingly murder Johannes van der Berg and frame Reed for it, as part of Johannes's final test of Reed's sense of morality.]]
* IdenticalStranger: He looks ''very'' similar to Reed (though ''much'' less scruffy, worn, and scarred), something both of them are confused about. It's left ambiguous whether this is a convenient coincidence, or if larger forces orchestrated their resemblance.
* IHaveYourWife: His wife and son were kidnapped [[spoiler: by Billy Drunnon and the Yellow Kings]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: He can't live with the guilt of killing a man and getting away with it, so he's prepared a confession for Reed to pass along after his family is returned. It's up to Reed whether that confession makes it to the cops or not.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Like Reed, Glenn bears a physical resemblance to H.P. Lovecraft.

[[folder: Brutus Carpenter]]
!!Brutus Carpenter

The elderly patriarch of the Carpenter Grand Family, and a powerful figure in Oakmont's criminal underworld. He asks Reed to solve the mystery of an attempt on his life in exchange for smuggling Fred out of the city.

* HiddenDepths: After Reed proves himself a capable ally, he's willing to listen to him about his treatment of the Innsmouthers and agree that his attitude towards them has caused a SelfFulfillingProphecy of them causing trouble for him. He can also be convinced that Oakmont needs optimism and good leadership rather than more fierce protection.

* INeedAFriggingDrink: Sidney's remorse is confirmed by examining the empty liquor bottle in his home.