| 1 | This is the character page index for ''Characters/Vampyr2018'' Citizens of Pembroke, Docks, Whitechapel and West End Districts. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | '''Do note that only the main plot spoilers are marked. If a citizen's social circle change is notable enough, it'll be spoilered too.''' |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 8 | * AerithAndBob: Perhaps as a way to enforce the OneSteveLimit, most of the citizens have unique names that go from very common like "Joe Peterson" or "Tom Watt" to unusual like "Thoreau Strickland" or "Agamemnon Baker" (and his brother "Pericles"). |
| 9 | * MoralityKitchenSink: The citizens as people go from innocent such as the homeless orphan Rufus Kingsberry, to flawed but sympathetic like Rakesh Chadana who steal from the deads but is otherwise a polite and gentle fellow, to downright evil like Cadogan Bates, the sadistic perverted landlord. |
| 10 | * VideoGameCaringPotential: It's possible to show kindness to them buy completing their quests or giving them medications when they are sick. |
| 11 | * VideoGameCrueltyPotential: On the other hand, they can be "embraced", which means killing them and feeding on their blood. [[BadSamaritan Note to mention that the aforementioned medications can be given to them with the intent of making their blood healthier to harvest]]. |
| 12 | [[/folder]] |
| 13 | |
| 14 | !!Pembroke Hospital Citizens |
| 15 | |
| 16 | |
| 17 | [[folder:Gwyneth Branagan]] |
| 18 | !Gwyneth Branagan |
| 19 | |
| 20 | [[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gwyneth.jpg]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 5 |
| 23 | ->'''Age:''' 60 |
| 24 | |
| 25 | A nurse with the longest tenure at the Pembroke and Doctor Tippets's protégé. |
| 26 | ---- |
| 27 | |
| 28 | * CoolOldLady: She's witnessed horrors that she's loath to discuss, but she's still one of the more positive persons among the Pembroke staff. |
| 29 | * HyperCompetentSidekick: When she's not the BeleagueredAssistant. She has proven herself as competent numerous times – more so than any doctor – but openly admits that if it was not for Dr. Tippets' camaraderie, she would've left the Pembroke years ago. |
| 30 | * KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: Appropriate for the time period. She low-key administers treatment without the overseeing eye of a male doctor, but, at best, nobody takes her seriously and, at worst, criticize and report her. Subverted if you kill Dr. Tippets's however — it causes Dr. Swansea to give Gwyneth a promotion to the position of a head surgeon, just without an official title. |
| 31 | --> '''Gwyneth:''' ''(on the verge of crying, with heavy sarcasm)'' It took an epidemic and the death of my mentor to show what I'm capable of. How could I be anything but happy! |
| 32 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: A rare example between elderly people. She and Tippets aren't interested in each other romantically, but they're very close friends nonetheless. If he dies, it leaves her heartbroken and wistful partly because she cannot attend Corcoran's funeral in Birmingham. |
| 33 | * OnlySaneEmployee: She's the only employee under Edgar's command who doesn't have any skeletons in her closet and she's well aware of this. [[spoiler:Well, aside from how she's covered up that Tippets has committed lethal medical malpractice.]] |
| 34 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: She had covered up Dr. Tippets' – under the influence of drugs – an error that caused a patient's death. Despite her heart's best intentions, it could've easily backfired, as Jonathan can point out. |
| 35 | * SecretKeeper: She's very much aware of her colleague Dr. Tippets's drug addiction, but opted not to report him due to the ongoing epidemic. |
| 36 | * SheepInSheepsClothing: She's unfailingly polite, refuses to speak ill of her colleagues, and in nurse Hawkins's words, loves to give pep talks. During the “Missing Ingredients” investigation you can find an incriminatory letter in Dr. Strickland and Dr. Ackroyd's office where Ackroyd expresses his concern about Branagan neglecting her professional responsibilities. Interrogating her will reveal that she's merely trying to become a full-time doctor, but her gender isn't letting her. Jonathan can either support her or rebuke her. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | |
| 39 | [[/folder]] |
| 40 | |
| 41 | [[folder:Dr. Corcoran Tippets]] |
| 42 | !Dr. Corcoran Tippets |
| 43 | |
| 44 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/corcoran1.png]] |
| 45 | |
| 46 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 2 |
| 47 | ->'''Age:''' 54 |
| 48 | |
| 49 | The head surgeon of Pembroke Hospital. |
| 50 | ---- |
| 51 | |
| 52 | * CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Downplayed. Dr. Reid can express this either literally or figuratively: the only reason Tippets shouldn't be pink-slipped is because UsefulNotes/TheSpanishFlu needs all hands on deck, however shaky they might be. |
| 53 | * HarmfulHealing: Misdiagnosed a patient, o.d.ed him, and operated on him twice, causing the latter's death. |
| 54 | * ItsAllMyFault: If Gwyneth is murdered, Corcoran stoops to blaming himself for it, saying that he should have convinced her to work in a less-exposed hospital. |
| 55 | --> '''Corcoran:''' [Gwyneth] was all I used to be, and that part of me died with her. |
| 56 | * FunctionalAddict: Subverted. Tippets is addicted to stimulants – he needs them to weather the exhaustion and promises to stop once the epidemic is defeated. Jonathan can look into it and confirm that Corcoran's already murdered a patient via anesthetic overdose. |
| 57 | * KarmaHoudini: Thanks to Gwyneth's cover-up, he's escaped justice following the medical error. If you keep quiet as well, then he'll retire after the Spanish Flu has ended, move to Cyprus, and take up fishing. |
| 58 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: A rare example between elderly people. He was never romantically interested in Gwyneth, but if she dies, he'll confess that she was much more than a simple nurse to him. |
| 59 | * PrecisionFStrike: His reaction to Jonathan telling him that people are slandering Gwyneth. |
| 60 | --> '''Corcoran:''' This kind of protest is nothing but elitist bullshit. |
| 61 | * TheObiWannabe: Though by no fault of his own. It's just that Gwyneth is just as competent as him, if not more. |
| 62 | * TookALevelInKindness: In the past, he was just another man who thought that women shouldn't be permitted to become physicians, but Gwyneth Branagan's heartfelt support eventually made him change his mind. |
| 63 | |
| 64 | [[/folder]] |
| 65 | |
| 66 | [[folder:Pippa Hawkins]] |
| 67 | !Pippa Hawkins |
| 68 | |
| 69 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pippa1.png]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 72 | ->'''Age:''' 36 |
| 73 | |
| 74 | One of the nurses who works at the hospital. She and Milton Hooks are in a secret romance. |
| 75 | ---- |
| 76 | |
| 77 | * ActionGirl: [[spoiler:If Milton is killed – either by your own hand or by collapsing the entire Pembroke area – she'll join the Guard of Priwen. She can be encountered as a rookie in Whitechapel]]. |
| 78 | * BattleaxeNurse: She's not reputed to be the nicest nurse in Pembroke and openly wishes for Harriet Jones to just die already and go to Hell. |
| 79 | * BirdsOfAFeather: She flat out admits that Milton is no saint and not the best man in the world. Then again, she's hardly a perfect woman, so she's not one to criticize. |
| 80 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Downplayed. She's an unexceptional woman working during a monstrous flu epidemic for no other reason than her faith and her dream. However, she is fully prepared to extort a payment from Pembroke's patients in return for a bed. |
| 81 | * CrisisOfFaith: Averted. She holds on to her faith despite all the horrors around her. |
| 82 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Reading her sister's letter will mention how Pippa has been considering quitting Pembroke and taking up arms against the infection in a more straightforward fashion for a while now. Talking to Usher in the Temple Church will also yield you this hint. |
| 83 | * JadeColoredGlasses: Not as much as Milton, but it's there. She once was quite idealistic, but the Spanish Flu epidemic has hit her hard. She even doesn't believe in the HappilyEverAfter to her story with her lover. |
| 84 | * HospitalHottie: One of the more attractive women in the hospital. |
| 85 | * WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Appropriate for the time period, and this worries her. |
| 86 | * WhiteCollarCrime: Is the mastermind behind a racketeering con: she informs Milton – who's the porter – of which beds are free, and he in turn, “persuades” the victims that they've to pay an admission fee. |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[/folder]] |
| 89 | |
| 90 | [[folder:Milton Hooks]] |
| 91 | !Milton Hooks |
| 92 | |
| 93 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/milton1.png]] |
| 94 | |
| 95 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 2 |
| 96 | ->'''Age:''' 34 |
| 97 | |
| 98 | The ambulance driver for the hospital. He and Pippa Hawkins are in a secret romance. |
| 99 | ---- |
| 100 | |
| 101 | * CynicismCatalyst: His entire life has been this, according to him, which contributed to his misanthropic outlook. |
| 102 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: The ''very first'' line he utters is enough throw Jonathan into a stupor and really hammer in what kind of person Milton is. |
| 103 | --> '''Milton:''' <...> I'm Milton Hooks, the ambulance driver for this shithole of a hospital. |
| 104 | --> '''Jonathan:''' ''(smoothly, but with astonishment in his voice)'' That's quite a blunt introduction, Mr. Hooks. |
| 105 | * FriendInTheBlackMarket: Justified. In addition to his job as a driver, he also sells guns to civilians and is a potential merchant. His explanation's that he's already been attacked by gang members and demented patients alike while performing his duty. Subverted if Pippa is killed, however; he'll close down his shop and will halt the racket. |
| 106 | * MistakenForRacist: Assumes Dr. Reid is one when he brings up the picture which proves he's fraternizing with Pippa, a white woman. Jonathan clarifies that he's concerned because it's against regulations for staff members to see one another. This actually causes Milton to give Jonathan a pile of cash as a not-so-subtle bribe to keep it a secret. |
| 107 | * MisanthropeSupreme: Cares exceedingly little for his co-workers – save for Pippa – and patients alike. |
| 108 | * RecklessGunUsage: Downplayed. While guns aren't misused onscreen, Jonathan can point out how reckless it is to smuggle guns ''inside a hospital''. |
| 109 | * ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Sells the best double-barreled shotgun in the game which he had received as payment from a soldier. |
| 110 | * WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Appropriate for the time period, and this worries him. |
| 111 | |
| 112 | [[/folder]] |
| 113 | |
| 114 | [[folder:Dr. Thoreau Strickland]] |
| 115 | !Dr. Thoreau Strickland |
| 116 | |
| 117 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thoreau1.png]] |
| 118 | |
| 119 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 4 |
| 120 | ->'''Age:''' 33 |
| 121 | |
| 122 | An oddball experimental surgeon who is a great admirer of Dr. Reid. |
| 123 | |
| 124 | ---- |
| 125 | |
| 126 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: If Jonathan disposes of both Dr. Ackroyd and Harvey Fiddick, Dr. Strickland greets him by posing one such question; Jonathan doesn't answer until you make him answer by selecting a dialogue prompt. A double whammy if you hadn't spoken to Thoreau before. |
| 127 | --> '''Thoreau:''' ''(if Jonathan talked to him previously)'' How could this evening be good, Dr. Reid? Is it ice that runs through your veins, that you are so unaffected by tragedy? |
| 128 | --> '''Thoreau:''' ''(if Jonathan didn't talk to him previously)'' You've been with us for a long time, Dr. Reid… Why are you only talking to me now? |
| 129 | * AscendedFanboy: Of Dr. Reid's and, on a smaller scale, of Dr. Swansea's. He also wants to be a brilliant medical expert who'd endorse and conduct cutting edge experiments. [[spoiler: But he's also terrible.]] |
| 130 | * BrokenPedestal: Jonathan will become this to him if he continually devalues Thoreau's means and experiments. |
| 131 | * CharacterDevelopment: Compared to other citizens, Thoreau perhaps undergoes the most startling transformation if his Social Circle is exterminated. If Harvey dies, Strickland will recognize that his petty squabble with Dr. Ackroyd was the cause – it enabled the murderer (you) to get to him. Killing only Ackroyd will make Thoreau botch the surgery and admit that he should've been more cautious, overcoming his GloryHound tendencies. He doesn't exactly miss Ackroyd, however. If you kill both, that'll make Strickland pretty much reconsider everything he's said and done. Jonathan can either support him or belittle him. |
| 132 | * DamnedByFaintPraise: After Jonathan learns what kind of substances Thoreau had ordered for his research, he'll subtly lecture Dr. Strickland by saying his formula would best be used as a placebo after much dilution. |
| 133 | * DitzyGenius: Uses highly dangerous-to-administer drugs (e.g. opium) in his experiments on the terminally ill. Jonathan will very rightfully call him out on that. |
| 134 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: If you ask Thoreau to tell you about himself, he'll offhandedly remark on how he has always respected and looked up to Dr. Swansea. [[spoiler: Thoreau, more or less, is a miniature version of Swansea.]] |
| 135 | * GloryHound: Is a prideful man who doesn't live down failure easily. He's also not above stooping to underhanded means of attaining success and promotion. |
| 136 | * HarmfulHealing: Should Jonathan dispose of Dr. Ackroyd, Dr. Strickland will lead the operation on Harvey Fiddick... and readily amputate his arm completely after it becomes infected. |
| 137 | * TheRival: His {{foil}}, Dr. Ackroyd, and he can't stand one another. |
| 138 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Killing Dr. Ackroyd and then Harvey Fiddick will cause Dr. Strickland to become borderline crude and vile to everyone, including Jonathan. This is further exaggerated if Jonathan had not spoken to him prior Embracing the other two men. Granted, if you select the appropriate responses, he will cool off and acknowledge that he cannot use Dr. Reid as a scapegoat for his anger. Compliment him, and Thoreau will subvert this trope, becoming nice and polite to you once more. |
| 139 | |
| 140 | [[/folder]] |
| 141 | |
| 142 | [[folder:Dr. Waverley Ackroyd]] |
| 143 | !Dr. Waverley Ackroyd |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/waverley1.png]] |
| 146 | |
| 147 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 4 |
| 148 | ->'''Age:''' 37 |
| 149 | |
| 150 | An overly conservative doctor and surgeon with a bad attitude. |
| 151 | ---- |
| 152 | |
| 153 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Downplayed. No one particularly likes him, and he frequently files letters of complaint against other staff members, but he's a splendid surgeon nonetheless. He's also one of the few characters who knows that Jonathan and Dr. Swansea cannot be trusted. [[spoiler: And then it becomes clear that Dr. Ackroyd is ''absolutely right'' about ''all'' the other staff members deserving to be fired (with the exception of Nurse Branagan, who's only fault is to be too competent for a woman in 1918).]] |
| 154 | * GoodOldWays: He believes in these regarding medicine so most players will assume he's unqualified as a doctor. In fact, he's absolutely right since Dr. Strickland has let his pride blind him and [[spoiler: Dr. Swansea is a different bag of worms entirely.]] |
| 155 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Despite his undisguised rivalry with Strickland, Ackroyd admits that he'd never resort to crooked methods in order to compromise his colleague. |
| 156 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Should Jonathan Embrace Harvey, Ackroyd will curtly inform him that he can see Jonathan and Dr. Swansea act squirrelly as if they have something to hide. He is positive that one day, they'll be forced to provide answers. |
| 157 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Puts down medical advances, acts snide to Dr. Reid, and treats his fellow doctors with contempt. Then you realize [[spoiler: Dr. Swansea had awakened a primordial vampire deity,]] Dr. Strickland is a wannabe who hungers for glory and acknowledgment, Dr. Tippets does drugs and had killed a man, Gwyneth covered Dr. Tippets' mistakkes, Pippa as well as Milton are in a illicit relationship and extort patients, Rakesh is robbing the dead, and Reid is a vampire with free reign to do as he wills. He may not have all the facts but he's right to be suspicious. |
| 158 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: Dr. Ackroyd may be unpleasant and old-fashioned, but should Strickland die, he will begrudgingly admit that he's going to miss his onetime rival's youthful vigor – even if he still cannot forgive Thoreau's gambling with patients' lives. He also says that the promotion he got ''because'' of Thoreau's passing doesn't sit well with him. |
| 159 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Ackroyd expresses distrust of Jonathan immediately, stating that he doesn't trust Jonathan's true motives behind his research's advancements...which is an argument that can also easily apply to the justifications the player come up for themselves for Embracing the game's citizens. |
| 160 | * TheRival: His {{foil}}, Dr. Strickland, and he can't stand one another. |
| 161 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. He may be rude, but [[spoiler:he is the only member of the staff who hasn't performed some egregious violation that would make them worthy of being fired]]. |
| 162 | * TookALevelInKindness: Downplayed. He grows melancholic following Strickland's death and more tolerant of Jonathan on the whole, but he remains as curt as ever. |
| 163 | |
| 164 | [[/folder]] |
| 165 | |
| 166 | [[folder:Rakesh Chadana]] |
| 167 | !Rakesh Chadana |
| 168 | |
| 169 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rakesh_chadana.png]] |
| 170 | |
| 171 | |
| 172 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 4 |
| 173 | ->'''Age:''' 44 |
| 174 | |
| 175 | A former doctor from India who is now Pembroke's undertaker. He runs a small pawnshop where anyone can barter and exchange. |
| 176 | ---- |
| 177 | |
| 178 | * AffablyEvil: He's a grave robber, unrepentant, and quite cheerful about it. Even if Jonathan straight-out threatens him, Rakesh won't stop being neighborly. |
| 179 | * BackAlleyDoctor: Justified. He had meant to join infantry for the [=WW1=], but an administrative error guaranteed that he'd be deployed as a field surgeon instead. Dr. Reid is suitably horrified by this but Rakesh reassured him that he actually did about as good – statistically – as any other trained doctor would in the situation. |
| 180 | * GallowsHumor: Chooses to joke about death during a decimating epidemic. |
| 181 | * NotAfraidToDie: He's made peace with his mortality a long time ago and has a few pearls of wisdom to share. |
| 182 | --> '''Rakesh:''' <...> I don't fear death for I won't see it. What troubles me is the pain my death will inflict to those I know. |
| 183 | --> '''Jonathan:''' You're a wise man, Mr. Chadana. |
| 184 | --> '''Rakesh:''' No, Dr. Reid. I am a foolish man. But I like to think otherwise. |
| 185 | * PetTheDog: His idle chatter points how he's planning for the corpse of the man he just robbed to be buried in the same mass grave as his wife. |
| 186 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Dr. Swansea shops at his "pawnshop" for goods. |
| 187 | * RobbingTheDead: He steals money and valuables off the cadavers in the morgue, reasoning that these people don't need them anymore. |
| 188 | * WeAreAsMayflies: Has the belief that all life is short and must be cherished because of it. |
| 189 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: Discussed. Should Jonathan talk about immortality with him, Rakesh will express how he finds the concept of true immortality horrifying rather than enticing. |
| 190 | |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Clay Cox]] |
| 194 | !Clay Cox |
| 195 | |
| 196 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clay1.png]] |
| 197 | |
| 198 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 1 |
| 199 | ->'''Age:''' 30 |
| 200 | |
| 201 | A man that Jonathan encounters as the first potential victim he can feed on. He’s the leader of the Wet Boot Boys. |
| 202 | ---- |
| 203 | |
| 204 | * AssholeVictim: He's presented to the player as a scumbag who murders an innocent in cold blood right in front of Jonathan. Other than making Pembroke Hospital district slightly more unhealthy, nobody will miss him – even his wife, when you meet her in the Docks, [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing will concede that she has saved herself the headache.]] |
| 205 | * AwfulWeddedLife: His relationship with his wife is this – she's already left him for another man despite not divorcing him. Still, [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther they do share a peculiar (very peculiar) moment or two]]. If you kill Edwina, Clay will fondly recall and reminisce about his estranged wife... up until Jonathan mentions that she had been cheating on him all this time. |
| 206 | -->'''Clay:''' ''(pensively)'' Edwina was a tough bitch. I'm sure she died how she lived; with no regrets. My wife always did what she wanted.\ |
| 207 | '''Jonathan:''' ''(somewhat smugly)'' So you knew she had an affair while you were away?\ |
| 208 | '''Clay:''' What?! Don't fucking talk to me like that. I don't want to have to show you my mean side. |
| 209 | * CardCarryingVillain: He's a violent scoundrel that profiteers off of others and doesn't regret his decisions. Even his own minions back in the East End Docks abhor him. |
| 210 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: Dr. Reid's gift of free medicine and him returning his good luck charm genuinely unnerves him. Ironically, [[JerkassHasAPoint he can end up being right]] if the player is only healing him to ensure that they will get the maximum experience boost from Embracing him. |
| 211 | * HateSink: There are very few people in the game as revolting as he, and [[CardCarryingVillain he is completely unrepentant about his awfulness]]. |
| 212 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Cox is clearly incapable of caring for anybody but himself and he proves it every day. [[spoiler: When the hospital is attacked by [=McCullum's=] men]], he first thinks that they might've been a rival gang sent to collect him. |
| 213 | * LousyLoversAreLosers: According to Edwina, he's a subpar lover, which is part of why they had a AwfulWeddedLife. |
| 214 | * SerialRapist: He had assaulted Sabrina[[labelnote:*]]see the Docks residents[[/labelnote]] and makes vulgar remarks regarding Pembroke nurses. |
| 215 | * TyrantTakesTheHelm: Replaced Archer Woodbead[[labelnote:*]]again, see the Docks residents[[/labelnote]] as the leader of the Wet Boot Boys. Archer wasn't a saint either, for sure, but Cox is murderous, churlish and surly by his very nature. |
| 216 | |
| 217 | [[/folder]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | [[folder:Thelma Howcroft]] |
| 220 | !Thelma Howcroft |
| 221 | |
| 222 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thelma1.png]] |
| 223 | |
| 224 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 2 |
| 225 | ->'''Age:''' 32 |
| 226 | |
| 227 | A patient at Pembroke Hospital who suffered a mental breakdown and now believes herself to be a vampire. |
| 228 | ---- |
| 229 | |
| 230 | * ActuallyNotAVampire: Just a mentally-disturbed woman. She once saw a real vampire feeding to heal himself; due to her already present Cotard's delusion, this experience convinced her that she's a vampire and needs blood to sustain her decaying body. |
| 231 | * TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Thelma's investigation has it turn out that despite her other delusions, vampire hunters (of the Guard of Priwen) really are spying on her. |
| 232 | * DramaticIrony: Like many others, Thelma cannot make out the vampire in Jonathan, but [[spoiler: she comes quite close if you kill Thomas.]] |
| 233 | * DramaQueen: Thelma definitely has a flair for melodrama – noticeable immediately. |
| 234 | --> '''Thelma:''' <...> To me, you are all nothing but dust blown by the winds of eternity. |
| 235 | --> '''Jonathan:''' ''(dumbfounded)'' I beg your pardon? |
| 236 | --> '''Thelma:''' What are you begging for, mortal? My clemency? Well, tonight, maybe, I'm inclined to mercy. You'll never forget the night you met Thelma Howcroft! |
| 237 | * ManicPixieDreamGirl: And she’s this to Thomas Elwood. Her bizarre behavior and raw sexuality make him feel much better about his wretched, purposeless life. |
| 238 | * TheMentallyDisturbed: According to the hospital file, she has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotard_delusion Cotard's delusion]], a mental syndrome that makes her believe she is rotting from the inside. Nevertheless, she herself thinks she's merely a little on the {{cloudcuckoolander}} side. |
| 239 | * ThePatientHasLeftTheBuilding: [[spoiler: Happens against her will if the Guard of Priwen kidnap her.]] |
| 240 | * RavenHairIvorySkin: Has messy black hair, a pallid complexion, and is regarded as drop-dead gorgeous by Thomas. |
| 241 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: When [[spoiler: the Guard of Priwen attack the hospital]] she's the only one who correctly realizes what's going on as well as the only citizen at Pembroke with any meaningful additional dialogue regarding the attack. She's still thoroughly delusional, though. |
| 242 | * TheScapegoat: She's this to the Guard of Priwen and Lady Ashbury. Priwen are right about a vampire making the hospital its playground, but erroneously pin it upon Thelma. [[spoiler: They're so overtaken by this harsh zeal that should Jonathan kill Thomas without wiping out a nearby Priwen outpost, they'll abduct Thelma and butcher her if you don't step in.]] |
| 243 | |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[folder:Thomas Elwood]] |
| 248 | !Thomas Elwood |
| 249 | |
| 250 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thomas1.png]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 1 |
| 253 | ->'''Age:''' 28 |
| 254 | |
| 255 | A veteran with horrible facial scars and one of the more despondent patients of Pembroke. |
| 256 | ---- |
| 257 | |
| 258 | * DesperatelyCravesAffection: Is willing to roleplay with Thelma Hawcroft and even allow her to bite him to drink his blood because he feels that no one will accept him for his scars (and backstory). |
| 259 | * DisappearedDad: He's too ashamed to see his children and chooses to stay at Pembroke, leaving his sister Agatha to take care of them. |
| 260 | * FacialHorror: Just look at him – however, the war is not to blame here. During his leave, he went to a brothel in Rouen, had some fun, and fell asleep without realizing a fire had started. The girl got out without waking him up. Now, Thomas bears the scars of that meeting and cannot get rid of the SurvivorGuilt. |
| 261 | * OneSteveLimit: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] as he shares his first name with Tom Watts, the barkeep of the Docks. |
| 262 | * StarCrossedLovers: Of the unrequited flavor. Despite having children, Thomas isn't willing to part with Thelma's company – loving her for her madness. |
| 263 | * TragicMonster: [[spoiler: If Thelma is killed, he will be reported missing the next night and can be found in the Old Morgue, now a hulking, savage Vulp.]] |
| 264 | * VoluntaryVampireVictim: Sort of. Not like Thelma is an actual vampire or anything, but Thomas plays along with her delusion and lets her taste his blood. [[spoiler: This gets either PlayedForDrama or PlayedForLaughs (depends) if Jonathan Turns Swansea – talking to Thomas the next night will make him divulge that he could feel Edgar sniffing his neck in the same manner as Thelma. He also mentions just how utterly terrified he was when Edgar left without a word.]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Harvey Fiddick]] |
| 269 | !Harvey Fiddick |
| 270 | |
| 271 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harvey_5.png]] |
| 272 | |
| 273 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 1 |
| 274 | ->'''Age:''' 42 |
| 275 | |
| 276 | A carpenter who broke his arm and just wants to get it fixed. |
| 277 | ---- |
| 278 | |
| 279 | * ClusterFBomb: If his arm is amputated, he understandably greets Jonathan by spewing one. |
| 280 | * HopeSpot: If Dr. Strickland dies, Dr. Ackroyd will mend Harvey's arm, making the man happy and content. If Jonathan Embraces Ackroyd as well, it results in serious wound infection and the arm will be cut off to save his life (in other words, there was no doctor around to treat the infection). |
| 281 | * TheMourningAfter: His wife died in one of the first zeppelin raids, and he occasionally bemoans this fact and talks about how his wife was better with the kids than he is. |
| 282 | * OnlySaneMan: Harvey is arguably the most normal patient at the hospital and really just wants his arm treated. |
| 283 | * ShellShockedVeteran: Pretty much comes with being a footsoldier in [=WW1=]. |
| 284 | * StrugglingSingleFather: His beloved wife is dead, he has two children, and he's the only one who can support them. The hospital is too overwhelmed with the Flu to help him, his kids aren't old enough to work, and there's no one to watch his children while he's away. The family is actually quite impoverished, too. |
| 285 | [[/folder]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [[folder:Mortimer Goswick]] |
| 288 | !Mortimer Goswick |
| 289 | |
| 290 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mortimer1.png]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 2 |
| 293 | ->'''Age:''' 23 |
| 294 | |
| 295 | A traumatized young man with severe throat injury. |
| 296 | ---- |
| 297 | |
| 298 | * BungledSuicide: The reason he's in the hospital. |
| 299 | * DeathSeeker: He's at a point where life is meaningless and wants to die. If Jonathan feeds off of him, his last thoughts show dying is not all it's cracked up to be. |
| 300 | ** [[HappilyFailedSuicide Nonetheless, he does realize that there may be something to life]], if his mother is murdered. He succumbed to depression a long time ago, but he establishes that he won't try to take his own life again. He doesn't want to cause the people around him any more pain – the same pain he felt when he saw his mother's corpse. |
| 301 | * MyBelovedSmother: Is annoyed by his mother's concern more than anything else. |
| 302 | [[/folder]] |
| 303 | |
| 304 | [[folder:Beatrice Goswick]] |
| 305 | !Beatrice Goswick |
| 306 | |
| 307 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beatrice_3.png]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 4 |
| 310 | ->'''Age:''' 45 |
| 311 | |
| 312 | Mortimer's doting mother. |
| 313 | ---- |
| 314 | |
| 315 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Is a devoted mother and teacher in addition to being rude as well as demanding. [[spoiler: {{Justified}} as she was extorted by Pippa and Milton on her way in.]] |
| 316 | * MyBelovedSmother: She's overly controlling and dominating to her adult son. Played with as the reason is she's worried he'll try to kill himself again. |
| 317 | * RichBitch: A mild case of it but she spends her time teaching women to be ambitious as well as career minded while also dotes on her son. |
| 318 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Got herself a private room by bribing [[spoiler:Pippa and Milton]]. Except, it wasn't so much bribery but extortion. She did want one, though. |
| 319 | [[/folder]] |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[folder:Newton Blight]] |
| 322 | !Newton Blight |
| 323 | |
| 324 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/newton1.png]] |
| 325 | |
| 326 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 327 | ->'''Age:''' 31 |
| 328 | |
| 329 | A veteran from the war, he is searching for his friend Oswald who mysteriously went missing. |
| 330 | |
| 331 | ---- |
| 332 | * {{Gayngst}}: Downplayed. If you figure out that he is in love with his friend Oswald, he will admit it but he says he is ashamed of saying it in public. |
| 333 | * ShellShockedVeteran: He and Oswald suffered severe trauma during their time in the war. Newton brought Oswald to the Pembroke in hopes of getting help for their respective psychological problems. |
| 334 | * TragicMonster: [[spoiler:If Oswald dies, Newton will go missing and the next time you find him, you'll discover he became a Sewer Beast]]. |
| 335 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He developed musophobia (fear of rats) after he became trapped in a hole for two days and rats begin chewing on his face while he was unable to do anything. |
| 336 | |
| 337 | [[/folder]] |
| 338 | |
| 339 | [[folder:Oswald Thatcher]] |
| 340 | !Oswald Thatcher |
| 341 | |
| 342 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oswald1.png]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:'''1 |
| 345 | ->'''Age:''' 33 |
| 346 | |
| 347 | Newton's friend and lover. |
| 348 | ---- |
| 349 | |
| 350 | * AfraidOfDoctors: Downplayed. He gets twitchy around doctors mostly due to having “seen enough butchers in white coats to last [him] a lifetime”, but seeing as Jonathan had risked his life to save him, Oswald allows him to stick around. |
| 351 | * DistressedDude: He is trapped in the sewers and must be rescued from ravenous Skals. |
| 352 | * HiddenInPlainSight: Should Jonathan inquire about his claustrophobia, Oswald will confront him with a puzzle: Jonathan has to guess what caused Oswald's claustrophobia. While this may cross into a MoonLogicPuzzle (as you are given two arbitrary responses of SurvivorsGuilt, FreudianExcuse, and a less-arbitrary “you were buried”), should you choose correctly, Jonathan will point out that Oswald “expressed joy at seeing the sky again” after he was rescued. [[NotBad Oswald is appropriately impressed.]] |
| 353 | --> '''Oswald:''' Jeez. You're good, doc. You're really good. |
| 354 | * IronicName: A gay man with anti-establishment tendencies shares a name with the two most famous right-wing Britons of the 20th century: Oswald Mosley and Margaret Thatcher. |
| 355 | * ShellShockedVeteran: Like many veterans of World War 1. |
| 356 | * SirSwearsALot: He's quite a tendency to use bad language – more so than the rest of the cast. Even the gift he had given Newton (a war medal) has a crudely etched '''“Fuck The War”''' on it. |
| 357 | * StraightGay: Unlike Newton, Oswald has accepted his homosexuality and sees nothing wrong with it. |
| 358 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He developed severe claustrophobia after being buried alive for a ''week'' during his time in the war. |
| 359 | [[/folder]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | |
| 362 | !!The Docks Citizens |
| 363 | |
| 364 | [[folder:Tom Watts]] |
| 365 | !Tom Watts |
| 366 | |
| 367 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tom1.png]] |
| 368 | |
| 369 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 370 | ->'''Age:''' 46 |
| 371 | |
| 372 | A former Wet Boot Boy that has turned over a new leaf and now upkeeps the Turquoise Turtle pub in the Docks. |
| 373 | ---- |
| 374 | |
| 375 | * TheBartender: Runs one of the only places that's still open, and it serves as neutral ground amidst the gangs and militia. |
| 376 | * HeelFaceTurn: Formerly a henchman for the Wet Boot Boys, he turned over a new leaf in jail and opened the Turquoise Turtle. During these troubled nights, he offers a place of sanctuary out of a legitimate love of the neighborhood. |
| 377 | * MoralityPet: For no less than two vampires; William Bishop and [[spoiler: Sean Hampton.]] |
| 378 | * OneSteveLimit: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], his name is a diminutive of "Thomas" and there is another character named Thomas Elwood. |
| 379 | * SecretKeeper: Knows Hampton [[spoiler: was abandoned as a child as well as molested by a priest]]. |
| 380 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With William Bishop before he became an alcoholic, then a Skal. |
| 381 | * WillTheyOrWontThey: He and Sabrina are in love, but neither is aware of the other's feelings. |
| 382 | [[/folder]] |
| 383 | |
| 384 | [[folder:Sabrina Cavendish]] |
| 385 | !Sabrina Cavendish |
| 386 | |
| 387 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sabrina1.png]] |
| 388 | |
| 389 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 390 | ->'''Age:''' 30 |
| 391 | |
| 392 | A waitress at the Turquoise Turtle. |
| 393 | ---- |
| 394 | |
| 395 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: She has this reputation in-universe. She's actually biracial Indian and Caucasian. |
| 396 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Faced lifelong racism due to her mixed ancestry and was molested by a customer at one point prior to the game. |
| 397 | * DefiantToTheEnd: If you Embrace her, she goes down cursing you. |
| 398 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: Customers make rude jokes about her and Tom. |
| 399 | * MistakenForRacist: Assumes this is why Jonathan is asking questions about her. He's actually just naturally curious or eyeing her up for a meal. |
| 400 | * PerpetualFrowner: The customers call her "Sad Brina". She doesn't like that. |
| 401 | * ProperlyParanoid: In the past, she was assaulted by Clay Cox and no longer feels safe in the area. Which is, of course, full of vampires and criminals. |
| 402 | * RapeAsBackstory: Was molested by Clay Cox once. Tom Watts taught her some fighting techniques and how to use a gun. |
| 403 | * TookALevelInBadass: Tom trained her to fight and use a gun. Occasionally, she contemplates hunting down the guy who attacked her. |
| 404 | * WillTheyOrWontThey: She and Tom are in love with each other, but Tom isn't aware of her feelings, and they're both a bit reluctant, thanks to the jokes people ''already'' make about them. |
| 405 | [[/folder]] |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[folder:William Bishop]] |
| 408 | !William Bishop |
| 409 | |
| 410 | The very first Skal you face who was trying to feed on Sean Hampton. |
| 411 | ---- |
| 412 | |
| 413 | * TheAlcoholic: Tom describes him as a heavy drinker, and the boat Tom told you to check out in case he's sleeping in it is full of liquor bottles (...and a bloody corpse). He might have been something of a FunctionalAddict though, since Tom never took issue with the guy until Bishop acted violently on the same night you first came into the bar (because he was turned into a Skal). |
| 414 | * EnemyRisingBehind: Rises behind Jonathan while the latter is speaking to Sean Hampton. Lady Ashbury [[ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind comes to the rescue]]. |
| 415 | * NotQuiteDead: After you defeat him, he comes back rising behind you in a cut scene but [[ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind gets impaled]] by Elisabeth Ashbury before he can do any more damage. |
| 416 | * StarterVillain: The first boss of the game. |
| 417 | [[/folder]] |
| 418 | |
| 419 | [[folder:Dyson Delaney]] |
| 420 | !Dyson Delaney |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dyson1.png]] |
| 423 | |
| 424 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 1 |
| 425 | ->'''Age:''' 34 |
| 426 | |
| 427 | The town drunk who spends morning til night drunk in the Turquoise Turtle. |
| 428 | ---- |
| 429 | |
| 430 | * ActualPacifist: On some level he still believes in social change but ever since [[spoiler:his bombing]] denies violence as a means to that end. Not that it matters given that he's also given up on trying to change things himself. |
| 431 | * TheAlcoholic: Numbs himself with drink over the state of the world [[spoiler: and his guilt.]] |
| 432 | * TheAtoner: Subverted as there's nothing he feels he can do to make up for what he's done. |
| 433 | * BombThrowingAnarchist: [[spoiler:Literally. He was a terrorist who became a drunk after killing two innocents with a bomb.]] |
| 434 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:He killed an innocent couple with one of his bombs by accident.]] |
| 435 | * WalkingSpoiler: Not at all to the overarching plot, but any depth to his character besides depressed alcoholic is only contextualized by his past as an [[spoiler:anarchist revolutionary.]] |
| 436 | [[/folder]] |
| 437 | |
| 438 | [[folder:Seymour Fishburn]] |
| 439 | !Seymour Fishburn |
| 440 | |
| 441 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seymour1.png]] |
| 442 | |
| 443 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 444 | ->'''Age:''' 28 |
| 445 | |
| 446 | A thuggish man who wanders the Docks and lives with his mother. |
| 447 | ---- |
| 448 | |
| 449 | * AxCrazy: Is a mass murderer and barely registers that what he's doing is wrong. |
| 450 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He's a burden on his mother but still loves her. His investigation (searching for a necklace he bought for her as a gift that he's lost) has him express genuine thankfulness for his mother and being quite upset with himself for having lost the gift. |
| 451 | * EvenEvilCanBeLoved: {{Deconstructed|}} as Stella loves her son unconditionally, and him being a monster greatly troubles her conscience. |
| 452 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Is prone to killing people who annoy him. |
| 453 | * HateSink: There is almost nothing redeemable about him ([[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas his love of his mother is about it]], and he appears to be intensely jealous about Stella giving Rufus attention to help taint that) and if he's killed, almost everyone he knows has their life improve. |
| 454 | * LackOfEmpathy: Doesn't seem to care about the fact he's a homicidal lunatic. |
| 455 | * SerialKiller: Turns out to murder anyone who pisses him off and dumps them in a sewer outlet. |
| 456 | * TheSociopath: Seymour gets mad at people and kills them. He doesn't even sound sadistic and claims to not particularly enjoy murdering - doing it just calms his anger for a time. |
| 457 | [[/folder]] |
| 458 | |
| 459 | [[folder:Stella Fishburn]] |
| 460 | !Stella Fishburn |
| 461 | |
| 462 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stella1.png]] |
| 463 | |
| 464 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 2 |
| 465 | ->'''Age:''' 58 |
| 466 | |
| 467 | The mother of Seymour Fishburn. |
| 468 | ---- |
| 469 | |
| 470 | * GoodParents: Deconstructed as she can't inform on her son despite knowing of his crimes. |
| 471 | ** Played straight with her relationship to Rufus Kingsberry. |
| 472 | * HopeSpot: Has one when she assumes Doctor Reid might be able to get her son institutionalized. Reid, sadly, informs her that her son might be deranged but he's not criminally insane. |
| 473 | * MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: Averted. She's aware her son is a monster but can't bring herself to turn him in. |
| 474 | * ProperlyParanoid: She's unwilling to let strangers in during the plague. Jonathan has to mesmerize her to get past her door. |
| 475 | * ReplacementGoldfish: Has begun treating Rufus Kingsberry as one for her son despite him still being alive. Seymour is ''not'' happy about this. [[spoiler:If Seymour dies she'll adopt him more officially.]] |
| 476 | [[/folder]] |
| 477 | |
| 478 | [[folder:Rufus Kingsberry]] |
| 479 | !Rufus Kingsberry |
| 480 | |
| 481 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rufus1.png]] |
| 482 | |
| 483 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 2 |
| 484 | ->'''Age:''' 18 |
| 485 | |
| 486 | A young orphan with a pet rat. |
| 487 | ---- |
| 488 | |
| 489 | * HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:If Seymour dies, he moves in with Stella.]] |
| 490 | * MaliciousSlander: Victim of this, some sadistic soul nicknamed this child [[spoiler: "Rufus the Curse" for having miraculously survived the bomb that took his parents life. It's so bad he barely talks to anyone anymore.]] |
| 491 | * OrphansOrdeal: Is living on the street thanks to his parents being killed by [[spoiler: Dyson Delaney]]. [[spoiler: Gets even worse if Jonathan were to kill Stella, not only does he lose her, but Seymour starts harassing him and even kills Rufus' pet rat Jack.]] |
| 492 | * ReplacementGoldfish: Hinted at being one to Stella Fishburn for her son. |
| 493 | * SurrogateSoliloquy: Jonathan can catch a brief one about his woes with Jack the rat, by using bloodsense to spy on him. |
| 494 | [[/folder]] |
| 495 | |
| 496 | [[folder:Enid Gillingham]] |
| 497 | !Enid Gillingham |
| 498 | |
| 499 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/enid1.png]] |
| 500 | |
| 501 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 1 |
| 502 | ->'''Age:''' 70 |
| 503 | |
| 504 | An elderly dock resident who lost her son to the gang war of the Docks. |
| 505 | ---- |
| 506 | |
| 507 | * ScatterbrainedSenior: Her mind is failing due to either Alzheimer's or dementia; she loses track of conversations just a few sentences in, mistakes Jonathan for Dr. Tippets, and mistakes Martin Nightingale for her son, Jack. |
| 508 | * MercyKill: Embracing her causes her to be able to clearly recall her son, Jack, and all her happy memories of her life for the first time in years and she is actually quite grateful to be killed. |
| 509 | -->'''Enid:''' "Jack, my son, he got killed. I remember, I remember all my life. Oh, the joy. The love. What a life. Thank you." |
| 510 | * TragicKeepsake: Her son's watch can be returned to her. |
| 511 | [[/folder]] |
| 512 | |
| 513 | [[folder:Martin Nightingale]] |
| 514 | !Martin Nightingale |
| 515 | |
| 516 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/martin1.png]] |
| 517 | |
| 518 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 519 | ->'''Age:''' 20 |
| 520 | |
| 521 | A wannabe-shopkeeper in the West Docks. |
| 522 | ---- |
| 523 | |
| 524 | * FriendInTheBlackMarket: Another one of the ones Reid makes, though he's no friend. |
| 525 | * HateSink: Taking advantage of an old lady with either Alzheimer's or Dementia? Yeah, you're going to Hell. When you eavesdrop on him and Enid to discover this for certain, he mocks her as "old bat" just to make sure you abhor him. |
| 526 | * ReplacementGoldfish: Takes advantage of Ms. Gillingham's loneliness for her lost son. |
| 527 | [[/folder]] |
| 528 | |
| 529 | [[folder:Booth Digby]] |
| 530 | !Booth Digby |
| 531 | |
| 532 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/booth1.png]] |
| 533 | |
| 534 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 4 |
| 535 | ->'''Age:''' 34 |
| 536 | |
| 537 | A gangster who works for Edwina Cox. He's also her lover. |
| 538 | ---- |
| 539 | |
| 540 | * AffablyEvil: Claims to be protecting the docks and the people from the chaos in the streets. Actually believes it even if there's not much he can do about influenza. |
| 541 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Is deeply in love with Edwina Cox. |
| 542 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodGangster: Fancies himself one of these. Reid is having none of it. |
| 543 | * PetTheDog: Shrugs off Reid's insults due to the fact he's a veteran. |
| 544 | * ReformedCriminal: Digby secretly wants out of the criminal life before it puts him in the ground. If Jonathan kills Edwina Cox, Digby will get a straight job working the docks instead of trying to run the Wet Boot Boys himself. |
| 545 | * SexGod: Edwina and he have a great sex life they're very open about, and she talks a lot about how Booth is a ''much'' more satisfying lover than her husband. |
| 546 | [[/folder]] |
| 547 | |
| 548 | [[folder:Edwina Cox]] |
| 549 | !Edwina Cox |
| 550 | |
| 551 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/edwina1.png]] |
| 552 | |
| 553 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 5 |
| 554 | ->'''Age:''' 37 |
| 555 | |
| 556 | Clay Cox's estranged wife. She took his place as leader of the Wet Boot Boys following his absence. |
| 557 | ---- |
| 558 | |
| 559 | * AffablyEvil: Uses her position to try to protect the area during the flu and vampire epidemic. |
| 560 | * CardCarryingVillain: Unlike Digby, who quite sensibly is very evasive about what he does for a living when you talk to him, Edwina has no problem telling you as soon as you meet her that she's the leader of the Wet Boot Boys and can have you killed if you annoy her. |
| 561 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodGangster: Played with. She's a ruthless criminal but still a (tiny, ''tiny'') bit friendlier than her husband. |
| 562 | * FriendInTheBlackMarket: She is a gang leader that can sell weapons and ammo to Jonathan, so she is this trope by default. |
| 563 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Downplayed. Its hinted that she'd kill Booth if he cheated on her, despite the fact she is still married to Clay, though to be fair they are estranged and it's not like [[HateSink he is someone deserving of any sympathy]]. |
| 564 | * TheQueenpin: Took over her husband's place as TheLeader Wet Boot Boys gang. |
| 565 | [[/folder]] |
| 566 | |
| 567 | [[folder:Ichabod Throgmorton]] |
| 568 | !Ichabod Throgmorton |
| 569 | |
| 570 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ichabod1.png]] |
| 571 | |
| 572 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 4 |
| 573 | ->'''Age:''' 36 |
| 574 | |
| 575 | A self-styled vampire hunter unaffiliated with the Priwen Guard or Brotherhood of Saint Paul's Stole. |
| 576 | ---- |
| 577 | |
| 578 | * CowardlyLion: Is assumed to be a fraud by Jonathan Reid but almost did kill a vampire once. [[spoiler: He let it go.]] |
| 579 | * EverybodyHasStandards: He's a self-proclaimed vampire hunter, but he dislikes the Guard of Priwen. They are effective, but too militaristic for his taste. |
| 580 | * FakeUltimateHero: He believes vampires are threatening the city and claims to be a vampire hunter dealing with them. He's half-right. |
| 581 | * DramaticIrony: He completely fails to recognize Reid is a vampire. |
| 582 | * IWorkAlone: He refuses to partner up in his hunt for vampires, which is why he hasn't joined with the Guard of Priwen. Priwen, for their part, think he's a fool and tell their recruits to just ignore him. |
| 583 | * LargeHam: One of the biggest in the game. |
| 584 | * VanHelsingHateCrimes: [[spoiler: Averted. He spared the only vampire he's ever met because it was one of Old Bridget's Skals.]] |
| 585 | * WrongGenreSavvy: Believes he's the heroic star of a vampire hunter story. |
| 586 | [[/folder]] |
| 587 | |
| 588 | [[folder:Rodney Grader]] |
| 589 | !Rodney Grader |
| 590 | |
| 591 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rodney1.png]] |
| 592 | |
| 593 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 594 | ->'''Age:''' 34 |
| 595 | |
| 596 | A man hiding in the sewers from the Wet Boot Boys. |
| 597 | ---- |
| 598 | |
| 599 | * AccidentalMurder: He didn't mean to kill the man he did and feels immense guilt over it. |
| 600 | * DistressedDude: He hid in the sewers to escape from his enemies. |
| 601 | * TheFaceless: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], he wears a sanitary mask that hides the lower half of his face and is never seen without. |
| 602 | * {{Irony}}: He's terrified of a local gang but the hideout he's made is literally a few dozen feet away from a colony of hungry vampires. Jonathan makes it ''very'' clear to Rodney he's going to have a ''bad'' time if he stays in the sewers. |
| 603 | [[/folder]] |
| 604 | |
| 605 | [[folder:Giselle Paxton]] |
| 606 | !Giselle Paxton |
| 607 | |
| 608 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/giselle1.png]] |
| 609 | |
| 610 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 2 |
| 611 | ->'''Age:''' 29 |
| 612 | |
| 613 | A woman living at Sean Hampton's shelter and sister of Lottie Paxton. |
| 614 | ---- |
| 615 | |
| 616 | * TheAlcoholic: Is drinking heavily due to losing her position. |
| 617 | * AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Becomes a Guard Of Priwen [[spoiler: if Sean Hampton is spared.]] |
| 618 | * AssholeVictim: How the Guard of Priwen viewed robbing her. |
| 619 | * TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: She has a serious issue with her sister despite the fact they're both dedicated to helping others. |
| 620 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Picks a fight with Jonathan Reid due to the fact she assumes he's an UpperClassTwit and misses he was, at least while alive, a saintly doctor who helped others for free. |
| 621 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Is a dedicated class warrior and bitter but that's because she's been kicked out of the trade union which provided her livelihood. |
| 622 | * PetTheDog: If you recover the trade union's money stolen from her, she'll donate it to Mrs Gillingham rather than give it back. |
| 623 | * SoapBoxSadie: Is a trade unionist during the height of the early 20th century's class struggles. Or she was until she was kicked out. |
| 624 | [[/folder]] |
| 625 | |
| 626 | |
| 627 | [[folder:Lottie Paxton]] |
| 628 | !Lottie Paxton |
| 629 | |
| 630 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lottie1.png]] |
| 631 | |
| 632 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 2 |
| 633 | ->'''Age:''' 24 |
| 634 | |
| 635 | A woman living at Sean Hampton's shelter and sister of Giselle Paxton. |
| 636 | ---- |
| 637 | |
| 638 | * AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Becomes a [[spoiler: Skal if Sean Hampton is spared.]] |
| 639 | * TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Hates her sister for being a bitter drunk and constantly harassing her for her charitable deeds. |
| 640 | * ThePollyanna: She's a friendly optimist in contrast to her sister the bitter and cynical class warrior. |
| 641 | * WhiteSheep: She is following Sean Hampton's example and helping the poor as her primary goal in life. |
| 642 | [[/folder]] |
| 643 | |
| 644 | |
| 645 | [[folder:Archer Woodbead]] |
| 646 | !Archer Woodbead |
| 647 | |
| 648 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/archer1.png]] |
| 649 | |
| 650 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 651 | ->'''Age:''' 61 |
| 652 | |
| 653 | The retired former leader of the Wet Boot Boys, currently searching for his missing son. |
| 654 | ---- |
| 655 | * DistressedDude: Jonathan first encounters Archer being attacked by skals. |
| 656 | * NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: In Archer's day, the Wet Boot Boys defended the poor. |
| 657 | * RetiredBadass: Was once the boss of the Wet Boot Boys. |
| 658 | [[/folder]] |
| 659 | |
| 660 | !!Whitechapel Citizens |
| 661 | |
| 662 | [[folder:Darius Petrescu]] |
| 663 | !Darius Petrescu |
| 664 | |
| 665 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darius1.png]] |
| 666 | |
| 667 | ->'''Voiced By''': David Acton |
| 668 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 2 |
| 669 | ->'''Age:''' 63 |
| 670 | |
| 671 | An old Communist activist from Romania that runs a print shop and helps chase off anyone investigating Nurse Crane's illegal dispensary. |
| 672 | ---- |
| 673 | |
| 674 | * ChummyCommies: Played With. He works to help the Whitechapel's district and is a staunch Communist. He is also something of a GrumpyOldMan towards Jonathan, but considering the circumstances and others doing what they must to survive, he can't be blamed. |
| 675 | * DirtyOldMan: Subverted. He is obviously attracted to Camellia, but when Jonathan asks if he is in love with her, he denies it stating the age difference between them is too great. Maybe if he was younger, who knows... |
| 676 | * OddFriendship: Potentially develops one with Jonathan Reid despite he's a Romanian communist and Jonathan Reid is a rich upper class British doctor. He's especially confused if he finds Jonathan wandering around giving people like him medicine. |
| 677 | [[/folder]] |
| 678 | |
| 679 | [[folder:Camellia]] |
| 680 | !Camellia |
| 681 | |
| 682 | [[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/camellia.jpg]] |
| 683 | |
| 684 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 5 |
| 685 | ->'''Age:''' 19 |
| 686 | |
| 687 | A mute florist who is a complete mystery to Whitechapel's citizens. |
| 688 | |
| 689 | ---- |
| 690 | * CuteMute: She's quite beautiful, and doesn't speak a word. |
| 691 | * HeadTurningBeauty: Richard Nithercott is completely smitten with her, and Darius Petrescu likely would have proposed to her if he was younger. |
| 692 | * TheImmune: She's the only human character in the game other than the district Pillars who never becomes sick no matter what. |
| 693 | * InnocentFlowerGirl: A lovely young woman that sells flowers. She can also die tragically if Jonathan decides to feed on her. |
| 694 | * MeaningfulName: A florist named after a flower. |
| 695 | * MysteriousWaif: Nobody really knows where she came from and she most certainly isn't native from Whitechapel. Even if Jonathan drains her, he is unable to figure out where she came from her memories. |
| 696 | * NiceGirl: According to those who know her. It's telling that her dying thoughts are a lament for all the good she could have done. |
| 697 | * NoSell: Jonathan's CompellingVoice is completely useless against Camellia since, as a mute, she can't be compelled to tell him her secrets. |
| 698 | * OnlyKnownByHerNickname: No one knows her real name, so they call her "Camellia" after her favourite flower. |
| 699 | * PluckyGirl: Darius Petrescu notes her bravery, saying that if she'd been around when he was younger, they'd've won the revolution. |
| 700 | * RiddleForTheAges: What her real name and background are remain a mystery no matter what you do. |
| 701 | * StatuesqueStunner: She's quite tall and frequently noted to be quite attractive. |
| 702 | * TheVoiceless: She can't speak at all due to being born a mute. You can hear her voice when you kill her. |
| 703 | * WhatTheHellHero: Though she is unable to vocalize, her dying thoughts express this if Jonathan kills her: |
| 704 | -->'''Camellia''': ''Oh, cruel thief. I had so many things to give to this world. You stole all my tears and all my joys to come''. |
| 705 | [[/folder]] |
| 706 | |
| 707 | [[folder:Cristina Popa]] |
| 708 | !Cristina Popa |
| 709 | |
| 710 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/christina1.png]] |
| 711 | |
| 712 | ->'''Voiced By''': Rebecca Gethings |
| 713 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 4 |
| 714 | ->'''Age:''' 23 |
| 715 | |
| 716 | A Romanian immigrant that works as a prostitute in Whitechapel. |
| 717 | ---- |
| 718 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: Embracing her after [[spoiler:Embracing Clayton will have her last words admit that she could have loved Clayton "...if we had had more time. If we had been less selfish."]] |
| 719 | * BrokenBird: Life in England has been very hard for her, enduring cold and hunger and being forced to sell her body on the streets. When Jonathan tells her that she is at risk of catching the plague or spreading it for others, she states that she doesn't care so long as she still has enough money for a meal. |
| 720 | * ChastityDagger: While she is not chaste nor is ever seen using it, she drops a knife after being killed. Considering her line of work, it makes sense she would be armed for self-defense (unfortunately it didn't do her any good). |
| 721 | * DisposableSexWorker: If Jonathan decides to feast on her blood. |
| 722 | * DoesNotLikeMen: Her situation forcing into prostitution has unsurprisingly embittered her toward men. It's not for nothing she suspects Jonathan's proposing SexualExtortion when he gives her medicine. |
| 723 | * HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Though very cynical and jaded by her job, uses her money to support herself and her brother. She also praises Nurse Crane's effort to help the population of Whitechapel. |
| 724 | * MarriedToTheJob: She is so focused on accruing money to support herself and bring her brother over to England that [[spoiler:she stole Clayton's wallet after they slept together.]] Of course, [[JustifiedTrope prostitution is not the most lucrative of occupations]] to make the reason for this preoccupation obvious, but nonetheless [[spoiler:the theft is naturally a difficulty for their relationship]]. |
| 725 | * SexualExtortion: If Jonathan gives her medicine, she initially suspects him to attempt this, to his horror. |
| 726 | [[/folder]] |
| 727 | |
| 728 | [[folder:Loretta Swanborough]] |
| 729 | !Loretta Swanborough |
| 730 | |
| 731 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/loretta1_1.png]] |
| 732 | |
| 733 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 734 | ->'''Age:''' 30 |
| 735 | |
| 736 | A snake-oil saleswoman who sells her tonic to the people of Whitechapel during the plague. |
| 737 | ---- |
| 738 | |
| 739 | * BrotherSisterTeam: Loretta sells the Swanborough cordial, [[spoiler: her brother Mason makes it. The death of either will quickly mess things up for them - Mason's death will cause Loretta to accidentally blind herself in an attempt to make the Swanborough cordial. Similarly, she's no less bitter about it than Mason was.]] |
| 740 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Loretta might be a phony hack, but she warns Jonathan to stay away from [[EvilDebtCollector Cadogan Bates]] for preying on the migrants. |
| 741 | * {{Hypocrite}}: She accuses Nurse Crane's dispensary of being a scam even though Loretta herself sells a fake miracle cure to the people of Whitechapel. |
| 742 | * ItsAllMyFault: Loretta still blames herself for her brother[[spoiler:'s blindness, as she knocked him over and he was blinded from hitting his head by the fall. She steadfastly works with him and sells the Swanborough cordial in part because of this.]] |
| 743 | * LaserGuidedKarma: After [[spoiler:accidentally blinding her brother and]] [[SnakeOilSalesman selling a worthless tonic to the people of London]], [[spoiler:her brother's death will quickly cause her to get blinded in an attempt to to create the tonic herself, rendering her blind and almost helpless.]] |
| 744 | * PetTheDog: For all of the fact she's a charlatan, her money is used to provide for her blind brother. [[spoiler:She also claims to be interested in continuing her brother's work after his death rather than plain greed, but her attempt to create the Swanborough cordial quickly blinds her from the chemical vapors.]] |
| 745 | * SnakeOilSalesman: She sells a tonic that supposedly cures the Spanish flu effortlessly. Jonathan can snark about its effectiveness. |
| 746 | [[/folder]] |
| 747 | |
| 748 | [[folder:Mason Swanborough]] |
| 749 | !Mason Swanborough |
| 750 | |
| 751 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mason1.png]] |
| 752 | |
| 753 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 754 | ->'''Age:''' 30 |
| 755 | |
| 756 | Loretta's younger brother. He was a skilled chemist before an accident blinded him. |
| 757 | ---- |
| 758 | * AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Without Loretta, [[spoiler:because you Embraced her, he becomes a skal.]] |
| 759 | * BrotherSisterTeam: His sister Loretta sells the Swanborough cordial, [[spoiler:and Mason makes it. The death of either will quickly mess this up for them - Loretta's death will cause Mason to be unable to provide for himself and get turned into a skal.]] |
| 760 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Idle dialogue from him has him express a certain gladness that he can't see what's happening in present-day London from how bad it sounds. [[spoiler:After curing him of blindness, he makes good on that expression by deciding he'd rather blind himself again than look at it more.]] |
| 761 | * InspirationallyDisadvantaged: {{Inverted|}} - he continues to practice chemistry despite being blind...[[spoiler:by synthesizing the complete snake oil that is the Swanborough cordial which Loretta sells. He does this only because chemistry is his passion and he bitterly thinks the cordial being bunk is a good revenge upon the world since he's now seen as useless due to being blind.]] |
| 762 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:The formula for the blindness cure you give him has the optic nerve of a Skal as its key ingredient. So somehow this blind dude was able to obtain a Skal's eye for himself.]] |
| 763 | * ReedRichardsIsUseless: Completing Mason's investigation [[spoiler:causes a legitimate cure for blindness to be created which works on Mason...and that's about it. [[StatusQuoIsGod He blinds himself again]] soon after seeing the horrible state London's in and nothing further happens despite how groundbreakingly useful and valuable that cure could be.]] |
| 764 | * SnakeOilSalesman: The Swanborough cordial that Loretta sells? [[spoiler:That was actually Mason's idea. He enjoys being able to practice chemistry still and is good with cheating everyone who buys the stuff because he's bitter at himself being considered blind and useless.]] |
| 765 | * StatusQuoIsGod: Completing his investigation [[spoiler:will cause a cure for his blindness to get created, but Mason blinds himself the next day because he can't stand looking at the current state of London.]] |
| 766 | [[/folder]] |
| 767 | |
| 768 | [[folder:Father Tobias Whitaker]] |
| 769 | !Father Tobias Whitaker |
| 770 | |
| 771 | [[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ft_tobias.jpg]] |
| 772 | |
| 773 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 5 |
| 774 | ->'''Age:''' 45 |
| 775 | |
| 776 | A priest who constantly [[TheEndIsNigh preaches about the impending end of the world]] in front of Whitechapel's main church. |
| 777 | ---- |
| 778 | |
| 779 | * AmbiguousSituation: He seems to know a lot more about what's really going on than he lets on but comes off as psychotic to Jonathan because of his allusions (and may actually be AxCrazy). |
| 780 | * AntiIntellectualism: He looks down on scientists and when Jonathan introduces himself as one, he states he "must be more lost than he expected". |
| 781 | * ApocalypseCult: Outright believes that London must be cleansed with fire so it can be saved from the plague, and it's implied he is crazy enough to kill himself along with everyone else because "God will know His own". |
| 782 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: His shock at being told Samuel was grave robbing implies he may still have a semblance of Christian morals left in him...but we're not quite sure how he rationalizes that with burning sick people alive. |
| 783 | * CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:Amidst his apocalyptic ramblings he mentions that the Red Queen has arisen and is causing the plague. Jonathan dismisses this as him being insane, but guess who turns out to be the BigBad.]] |
| 784 | * TheExtremistWasRight: For all his insane ramblings, [[spoiler:he is the first character to foreshadow the Red Queen's existence before she is revealed, and he is correct about the plague being engineered by her to punish mankind]]. |
| 785 | * HidingBehindReligion: Jonathan accuses him of using religion and the threat of the infection to justify his murderous tendencies. |
| 786 | * HateSink: His every word drips condescension and he preaches violence and ignorance. Also he's lighting sick people on fire! |
| 787 | * KillItWithFire: His M.O., as well as what he thinks should be done to the city in response to the infection. |
| 788 | * MoralMyopia: Despite [[KillItWithFire his burning the plague-stricken]], he is initially distressed to Jonathan tell him that Samuel was grave robbing, though he recovers soon to remain stalwart on his good opinion of Samuel. |
| 789 | * PetTheDog: Legitimately mourns his partner Samuel, should Jonathan bring him news of his death, and pays Jonathan for his trouble, stating that Samuel would have done the same had their positions been reversed. If you tell him Samuel was grave robbing, Whitaker is also (surprisingly) initially shocked by this news which is probably more respect for other people than one would expect out of him. |
| 790 | * SerialKiller: Seeks out sick people that he deems "sinful" in infected areas, douses them in kerosene, and [[KillItWithFire immolates them]]. |
| 791 | [[/folder]] |
| 792 | |
| 793 | [[folder:Vicar Joseph Larabee]] |
| 794 | !Vicar Joseph Larabee |
| 795 | |
| 796 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joseph1.png]] |
| 797 | |
| 798 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' ''Unknown'' |
| 799 | |
| 800 | The vicar of Whitechapel's St. Mary's church. |
| 801 | ---- |
| 802 | |
| 803 | * MortonsFork: [[spoiler:He is the only civilian whose death is completely scripted and there is nothing you can do about it. During Mary's boss fight, she will feed on him to regain some of her health, or you can prevent it... By [[KickTheDog feeding on the Vicar yourself]], which pragmatically is the more beneficial option since it prevents Mary's boss fight from dragging out even longer. It ''is'' possible to save him by killing Mary before she can drain him (though you have to be insanely over-leveled to pull it off), but he still completely disappears from the game afterward]]. |
| 804 | * TheRival: To Father Whitaker, though Larabee decides to pay no attention to his antics. |
| 805 | |
| 806 | [[/folder]] |
| 807 | |
| 808 | [[folder:Cadogan Bates]] |
| 809 | !Cadogan Bates |
| 810 | |
| 811 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bates1.png]] |
| 812 | |
| 813 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 1 |
| 814 | ->'''Age:''' 45 |
| 815 | |
| 816 | A slumlord that preys on the district's immigrants by renting them squalid flats. |
| 817 | ---- |
| 818 | |
| 819 | * AssholeVictim: One of the people which no one will miss and everyone will be glad of being dead. |
| 820 | * EvilDebtCollector: He personally collects his tenants' rents which is how he finds himself in need of rescuing when one of his flats is overrun by Skals. He also may talk to him about having heard of the "Colossus" and pondering if he should ask for him, so he's also considering employing someone to threaten and commit violence to collect his rent. |
| 821 | * HateSink: He was seemingly created to seriously test the patience of any player aiming for a "Not Even Once" run, especially since his Mesmerize Level of 1 means he can be Embraced as soon as Jonathan meets him, regardless of story progression. It's probably not a coincidence Jonathan sounds like he's barely concealing his fury when he says goodbye to Bates. |
| 822 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Bates is the kind of guy who admits extorting his tenants to Jonathan's face, yet admires Nurse Crane doing the best she can to help Whitechapel's district. Except it's not out of respect for her good work and sacrifice, but because the more people she can save, means more money to line his pockets. |
| 823 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: While he is technically not a villain (i.e., his only implication in the plot is an optional rescue mission where he is ''the victim'', he is just a civilian citizen and killing him will have negative consequences), Bates rants about immigrants all the time and is a misogynist that sexually exploits female tenants. His moral failings will truly test a player's commitment to a "Not Even Once" playthrough. |
| 824 | * SexualExtortion: He offers female tenants another way to pay their bills than money. |
| 825 | * UngratefulBastard: If his obvious racism from saving him wasn't enough for you, he continues to display his unpleasantness by saying you shouldn't be hoping for a reward when Jonathan first greets him after having saved him by asking if he recalls Jonathan saving him. |
| 826 | [[/folder]] |
| 827 | |
| 828 | [[folder:Benjamin Palmer]] |
| 829 | !Benjamin Palmer |
| 830 | |
| 831 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/benjamin1.png]] |
| 832 | |
| 833 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 1 |
| 834 | ->'''Age:''' 34 |
| 835 | |
| 836 | A homeless veteran who is constantly feuding with his son Albert. |
| 837 | ---- |
| 838 | * AbusiveParents: The first thing Jonathan sees upon entering Whitechapel is Benjamin attempting to shoot Albert in the face for stealing his drugs. Benjamin misses, but even he doesn't know if he actually meant to fire. |
| 839 | * TheAlcoholic: Is constantly drunk, no doubt affected by him [[ShellShockedVeteran being haunted from his service in World War I]]. [[spoiler:He sobers up if Albert dies to embark on a crusade against the Wet Boot Boys, whom he thinks killed him.]] |
| 840 | * PapaWolf: Despite being a single man who just yesterday was constantly sloshed, [[spoiler:Albert being Embraced will cause him to sober up and openly oppose the Wet Boot Boys.]] |
| 841 | * ParentsAsPeople: He tests this trope to its limits considering you first meet him [[AbusiveParents narrowly failing to shoot his own son]], but his demons of alcoholism and PTSD strain their relationship to put it mildly. In his own words [[spoiler:if you give him the Wet Boot Boys' recruiter's note]] "I love my Albert, sir, believe me. It's just that...well, I'm an arsehole I suppose." [[spoiler:He makes good on his love of Albert if Albert is Embraced - mistaking the Wet Boot Boys as the cause for Albert's death, he publicly warns against the Wet Boot Boys and defaces their signs.]] |
| 842 | * ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:Embracing Albert causes him to sober up and begin a personal crusade against the Wet Boot Boys, believing they caused his death.]] |
| 843 | * ShellshockedVeteran: He has PTSD from World War I. |
| 844 | [[/folder]] |
| 845 | |
| 846 | [[folder:Albert Palmer]] |
| 847 | !Albert Palmer |
| 848 | |
| 849 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/albert1.png]] |
| 850 | |
| 851 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 1 |
| 852 | ->'''Age:''' 18 |
| 853 | |
| 854 | A young man who is trying to join the Wet Boot Boys. |
| 855 | ---- |
| 856 | * FreudianExcuse: Growing up on the streets with an abusive drunk of a father made Albert into a rather nasty person. |
| 857 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's abrasive to Jonathan for no reason. [[spoiler:He's also stealing his father's medicine to sell so he can prove himself to the Wet Boot Boys.]] |
| 858 | * MilesGloriosus: Despite his eagerness to join a gang [[spoiler:and willingness to claim [[SelfMadeOrphan he killed his own father]] if Benjamin was Embraced, Embracing Albert will lead to some rather childish last words in Jonathan's head, either begging that he'll be good if Benjamin was not killed or petulantly saying he's had it and hates "you all".]] |
| 859 | * SelfMadeOrphan: {{Invoked|}}. [[spoiler:If Jonathan kills Benjamin, Albert takes credit for the deed to impress the Wet Boot Boys.]] |
| 860 | [[/folder]] |
| 861 | |
| 862 | [[folder:Barrett Lewis]] |
| 863 | !Barrett Lewis |
| 864 | |
| 865 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barrett_1.png]] |
| 866 | |
| 867 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 4 |
| 868 | ->'''Age:''' 43 |
| 869 | |
| 870 | A merchant who is constantly bullied by Joe Peterson. |
| 871 | ---- |
| 872 | * AssholeVictim: He's in debt to the Wet Boot Boys and frequently harassed by Joe Peterson. While that might make him seem sympathetic, interacting with him just makes him less and less likeable as outlined under {{Jerkass}} below. |
| 873 | * BaitAndSwitchCompassion: While probably-initial conversation topics with Barrett implies he's willing to consider Harry his own son to some degree, talking to him about Harry's health will reveal he's not ''that'' sympathetic to Harry and in fact thinks Harry to need to "grow some balls" over his situation. [[spoiler:And he will not care for Harry after Joe's death.]] |
| 874 | * {{Jerkass}}: Constantly rails against immigrants. [[spoiler:Despite knowing that Harry might be his son and telling Jonathan that he thinks that he might have been a good father, he abandons Harry if Joe is killed.]] |
| 875 | * PetTheDog: Never forgot Harry's birthday, and made sure to give him lots of books. [[spoiler:Considering he may be his father, that's not surprising.]] |
| 876 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With Joe. [[spoiler:Some friend, eh?]] |
| 877 | [[/folder]] |
| 878 | |
| 879 | [[folder:Joe Peterson]] |
| 880 | !Joe Peterson |
| 881 | |
| 882 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joe1.png]] |
| 883 | |
| 884 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 885 | ->'''Age:''' 44 |
| 886 | |
| 887 | A retired boxer known as "Colossus Joe". He is now running a racketeering operation for the Wet Boot Boys. |
| 888 | ---- |
| 889 | * AbusiveParents: Jonathan can eavesdrop on him seemingly threatening to hit Harry for criticizing his criminal actions, though he stops short when Harry asks, "What? You're going to beat me too?". |
| 890 | * ItsPersonal: He focuses his racketeering scheme on Barrett because [[spoiler:Barrett slept with his wife.]] |
| 891 | * TheLostLenore: The death of his wife set him on a downward spiral that ended his boxing career. Barrett described him as having [[HairTriggerTemper seemingly trying to take any possible excuse to pick a fight with people around him.]] |
| 892 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Can happen if Jonathan Embraces Harry. [[spoiler:This leads to Joe joining the Priwens to avenge him.]] |
| 893 | * ParentsAsPeople: Despite [[AbusiveParents being just about abusive]] toward his son, he still cares for Harry and really did went into criminal work for the purpose of providing for his son [[ReformedButRejected while he can't get any other kind of work]]. [[spoiler:This is even while he probably has a pretty good head on how [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe Barrett Lewis is likely the real paternal father of Harry]]...especially since Barrett will actually ''not'' try to take over caring for Harry if Joe is Embraced.]] |
| 894 | * PunchClockVillain: He's only working for the Wet Boot Boys so he can provide for Harry. |
| 895 | * ReformedButRejected: He tried to leave his criminal job for legitimate work, but no one will hire him now that he has a criminal reputation. |
| 896 | * SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: The longer he works for criminals, the more his chances at finding an honest job fade away. |
| 897 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With Barrett...they aren't anymore probably because [[spoiler:he suspects Barrett had an affair with his wife.]] |
| 898 | [[/folder]] |
| 899 | |
| 900 | [[folder:Harry Peterson]] |
| 901 | !Harry Peterson |
| 902 | |
| 903 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harry1.png]] |
| 904 | |
| 905 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 1 |
| 906 | ->'''Age:''' 18 |
| 907 | |
| 908 | Joe's sickly son. |
| 909 | ---- |
| 910 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:He'll attempt suicide if Jonathan kills Joe.]] |
| 911 | * EmoTeen: Is constantly complaining about how meaningless life is. [[spoiler:He'll attempt suicide if Joe is killed.]] |
| 912 | * ItsAllMyFault: Since Joe is racketeering to provide for Harry, Harry will say himself that Whitechapel wouldn't fear "Colossus Joe" if Harry was never born. |
| 913 | * MamasBabyPapasMaybe: [[spoiler:Barrett was having an affair with Joe's wife around the time she got pregnant with Harry. Since paternity tests haven't been invented yet, there's no way to know for certain who the father is, though the resemblance between Harry and Barrett (and lack of resemblance between him and Joe) is quite striking. It's implied that Joe knows that Harry isn't his biological son, but loves him anyway.]] |
| 914 | [[/folder]] |
| 915 | |
| 916 | [[folder:Clayton Darby]] |
| 917 | !Clayton Darby |
| 918 | |
| 919 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clayton1.png]] |
| 920 | |
| 921 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 4 |
| 922 | ->'''Age:''' 35 |
| 923 | |
| 924 | A reporter investigating the conditions in Whitechapel. |
| 925 | ---- |
| 926 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: Only if you Embrace Clayton [[spoiler:will he admit to himself he loved Cristina and thus should have told her.]] |
| 927 | * DoggedNiceGuy: He's in love with Christina, who has feelings for him, but won't admit it to herself. |
| 928 | * IntrepidReporter: Admits that with the war going on, no one really wants to hear about the epidemic in London. But he refuses to not investigate. He's had to run from fevered mobs a few times. |
| 929 | [[/folder]] |
| 930 | |
| 931 | [[folder:Richard Nithercott]] |
| 932 | !Richard Nithercott |
| 933 | |
| 934 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/richard1.png]] |
| 935 | |
| 936 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 937 | ->'''Age:''' 29 |
| 938 | |
| 939 | A poet trying to get Darius Petrescu to publish his work. |
| 940 | ---- |
| 941 | * DespairEventHorizon: His dying thoughts show him lamenting this just before dying, as he would not live to publish any of his works. |
| 942 | * LovingAShadow: He's in love with Camellia despite not knowing anything about her. He even admits to this in his dialogue, saying that the enigma he's built of her is most likely more interesting than boring reality. |
| 943 | * NightmareFetishist: Inspired by the real grim and gritty parts of the city. |
| 944 | * StarvingArtist: {{Averted|}}. His parents are paying for his food, clothes, rent etc. He'd love more than anything to repay them with a published book, but so far, no dice. |
| 945 | [[/folder]] |
| 946 | |
| 947 | [[folder:Hsiao Shun]] |
| 948 | !Hsiao Shun |
| 949 | |
| 950 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hsiao1.png]] |
| 951 | |
| 952 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 953 | ->'''Age:''' 38 |
| 954 | |
| 955 | A widow that Jonathan can rescue from Skals. |
| 956 | ---- |
| 957 | * CommonalityConnection: What gets her to accept her husband's death and try to move on is when Jonathan explains that he feels responsible for not being able to save his sister. |
| 958 | * DamselInDistress: Is first met being attacked by Skals. |
| 959 | * HerHeartWillGoOn: Jonathan can help her overcome her grief and she'll find new purpose in her life by giving food and medicine to Whitechapel's poor. |
| 960 | * ItsAllMyFault: She feels that she should've seen how serious her husband's illness was before he died. |
| 961 | [[/folder]] |
| 962 | |
| 963 | !!West End Citizens |
| 964 | |
| 965 | [[folder:Emelyne Reid]] |
| 966 | !Emelyne Maria Reid |
| 967 | |
| 968 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emelyne1.png]] |
| 969 | |
| 970 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 1 |
| 971 | ->'''Age:''' 65 |
| 972 | |
| 973 | A retired artist and Jonathan and Mary's elderly mother. |
| 974 | ---- |
| 975 | * BossBanter: [[spoiler:Emelyne will, naturally, mock you during her fight and so will her shadow clones. While Shadow!Mary reuses her earlier boss fight taunts, Shadow!Jonathan essentially chews the real Jonathan out.]] Considering what you had to [[spoiler: Embrace your family's loyal butler just to get into this fight]], [[VillainHasAPoint the doppelganger has a point]]. |
| 976 | * CastingAShadow: [[spoiler:As a Skal, she can summon shadow duplicates of her children to fight.]] |
| 977 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: It's not clear what kind of person Emelyne was prior Aubrey leaving England, but right now she's this due to her AmbiguousDisorder. It's a serious case too, as she's compelled to leave the manor every night...during a decimating outbreak. Subverted if she [[spoiler:becomes a Skal; she's oddly lucid then.]] |
| 978 | * ISeeDeadPeople: {{Subverted|}}. This is what she thinks she's seeing. But no, they're not ghosts; they're vampires. |
| 979 | * IWantGrandkids: She used to be like this towards her children in the past, which is made even sadder when Mary mentions that her own child died out of the flu during Jonathan's absence. |
| 980 | * {{Matricide}}: She can [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential potentially be on the receiving end]] of this trope [[spoiler:from both of her children. Mary can kill her prior to her boss fight if Jonathan made too many victims, and if she survives, he can kill her later on if the player decides it]]. |
| 981 | * MercyKill: If Jonathan opts to kill her, her social circle entry notes he couldn't bear to see his mother slowly deteriorate and so he "gave her rest". |
| 982 | * MirrorBoss: [[spoiler:Shadow!Jonathan fights just like you, down to using other Ekon abilities.]] |
| 983 | * OptionalBoss: [[spoiler: Emelyne is perhaps the most notorious Social Circle miniboss and she's also hard to run into on an average playthrough. First, she needs to survive the encounter with Mary and then Jonathan must kill the Reid butler, Avery. This results in Emelyne leaving the house in the middle of the night and becoming a Skal. She can then be fought inside the ransacked Reid mansion.]] |
| 984 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: {{Downplayed|}} and {{Discussed|}}. Only her daughter and grandson are truly dead, leaving Jonathan as the only living child ([[TheUndead as alive as he can appear, that is]]). Emelyne will also discuss this trope with him. |
| 985 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: She is 100% correct in assuming that Jonathan is already dead when he's talking to her, but she believes that he's an old-fashioned ghost that only she can see instead of a vampire. |
| 986 | * ScatterbrainedSenior: Due to her advanced age and the horrible trauma her family endured, she can no longer tell the living from the dead and talks to herself a lot. Though [[spoiler: being mesmerized by Mary]] probably didn't help. |
| 987 | * SummonBiggerFish: [[spoiler:Skal!Emelyne will summon shadow clones of her children during her boss fight, and these shadows are tougher and stronger than Emelyne herself.]] |
| 988 | * [[DualBoss Triple Boss]]: [[spoiler:Emelyne with her shadow clones are this since the clones do not dissipate until you kill them or Emelyne.]] |
| 989 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: When you first speak to her upon entering the West End, Emelyne seems to be remarkably unphased by her dead son showing up out of nowhere and saying hi. After speaking with her for a few minutes it becomes clear she thinks Jonathan is a ghost. |
| 990 | [[/folder]] |
| 991 | |
| 992 | [[folder:Avery Cork]] |
| 993 | !Avery Cork |
| 994 | |
| 995 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avery1.png]] |
| 996 | |
| 997 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 4 |
| 998 | ->'''Age:''' 65 |
| 999 | |
| 1000 | A butler in service to the Reids. |
| 1001 | ---- |
| 1002 | * BrutalHonesty: Believes that Jonathan could've done much more for Emelyne, and that it could've helped her sanity. |
| 1003 | * DueToTheDead: His only request for Jonathan: If the Spanish Flu should take him, he wishes for a proper burial, not being dumped in some mass grave. |
| 1004 | * TheJeeves: Always polite and formal, and is unfailingly loyal to the Reid family. |
| 1005 | * OldRetainer: Reid offers him his freedom but Avery says the Reids are his only family. |
| 1006 | * UndyingLoyalty: Should Jonathan ask if he's ever considered leaving, Avery insists that he would never so long as he continues to live. |
| 1007 | [[/folder]] |
| 1008 | |
| 1009 | [[folder:Charlotte Ashbury]] |
| 1010 | !Charlotte Ashbury |
| 1011 | |
| 1012 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charlotte1_9.png]] |
| 1013 | |
| 1014 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 5 |
| 1015 | ->'''Age:''' 27 |
| 1016 | |
| 1017 | Elisabeth's adopted daughter. She is a suffragette that campaigns for equal rights between genders. |
| 1018 | ---- |
| 1019 | * DoesNotLikeMen: Gives off this vibe if her journal entries are to be believed. Initially, Charlotte assumed Jonathan had approached her to scold her if her reaction to his curiosity is any indication, but she promptly warms up to him when he explains he's not a misogynist. |
| 1020 | * DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:Her mother is a carrier of the Blood of Hate. If Charlotte was turned into a vampire by her like she wanted, she'd be a mindless killer.]] |
| 1021 | * EmergencyTransformation: Discussed when Charlotte admits being willing to invoke this trope to become a vampire by either catching the plague or throwing herself under a carriage so her mother can save her life by turning her. [[spoiler:It would have horrifying consequences.]] |
| 1022 | * EtTuBrute: A posthumously {{Downplayed|}} example. She has this reaction after Jonathan tells her that her best (and deceased) friend had tried to become a vampire without her. |
| 1023 | * GeneHunting: Defied. When asked about her biological parents, Charlotte says she couldn't care less who they are or were. |
| 1024 | * HappilyAdopted: She grew up in an orphanage and was adopted by Lady Ashbury when she was 10 and raised like her own daughter. She only found out the truth about her mother's nature when she was 16. |
| 1025 | * ImmortalitySeeker: The reason why she so desperately wants to become a vampire: she wants to change the world, and for that she needs more time. Ironically, this makes her similar to Aloysius Dawson – the man she loathes. |
| 1026 | * RaisedByTheSupernatural: Her adopted mother is a centuries-old vampire. |
| 1027 | * SassyBlackWoman: She's a dark-skinned SpiritedYoungLady and a suffragette to boot. |
| 1028 | * SecretKeeper: To her mother, obviously and to Jonathan, since she can pretty much tell he is a vampire by just looking at him. |
| 1029 | * TheTease: Towards Jonathan for a bit when she tries to seduce him so maybe he can turn her. Jonathan can either call her out, say he is interested but that would be a bad idea, or state he could simply have his way with her, drain her and leave her body in a dark alley. The last option freaks her out until he says [[{{Troll}} he is joking]]. |
| 1030 | * VampireVannabe: It's revealed she expresses the interest of becoming a vampire herself in order to better fight for her political causes. Understandably, her mother has forbidden her from pursuing this wish, but she still secretly hopes for it. |
| 1031 | * WhatTheHellHero: Her final thoughts should Jonathan feed on her: |
| 1032 | --> '''Charlotte''': Pray my mother never finds my killer, betrayer! |
| 1033 | [[/folder]] |
| 1034 | |
| 1035 | [[folder:Carolyn Price]] |
| 1036 | !Carolyn Price |
| 1037 | |
| 1038 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carolyn1.png]] |
| 1039 | |
| 1040 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 1041 | ->'''Age:''' 39 |
| 1042 | |
| 1043 | A previous patient of Jonathan's before he was called to the war. She runs a humble store in the West End. |
| 1044 | ---- |
| 1045 | * AbusiveParents: She's one of them. She's dependent on how good it feels to take care of her daughter and be needed--and will do anything to maintain this feeling, even if it means injuring her daughter so she can nurse her back to health from it. |
| 1046 | * BelievingTheirOwnLies: She seems to have genuinely fooled herself into thinking that the "accidents" her daughter has suffered is genuine bad luck or clumsiness from her daughter or herself. Even Jonathan's CompellingVoice being used to force her to directly answer his pointed questions over her abuse will have her only react with shock or offense, indicating just how delusional she is over the matter of her daughter. |
| 1047 | * {{Gaslighting}}: Her guise of care after she hurts Carol causes both Carol [[BelievingTheirOwnLies and herself]] to believe that Carol is merely repeatedly unfortunate and clumsy rather than being abused. [[CompellingVoice The Hint system]] will confirm that, even with Jonathan asking and declaring otherwise, Carolyn truly believes that she is doing nothing wrong and is simply a loving mother, and that Carol corroborates that assessment while thinking herself as being stupid and clumsy enough to need Carolyn. |
| 1048 | * HateSink: She's a mother abusing her daughter out of frustration and so she can get attention and positive feedback for "caring" for her and being "such a good mother". And since this kind of abuse is practically unheard of in this era, no one realizes it and it would be hard to convince others she's even guilty. (and so, have you considered...[[PayEvilUntoEvil Embracing her?]]) |
| 1049 | * ItsAllAboutMe: If you kill her, her only lament is that no one will cry for her. Nothing about her daughter being alone in the world--no, all she cares about is having other people's sympathy. |
| 1050 | * MyBelovedSmother: Deeply loves her daughter, but laments having spoiled her too much and making her unable to stand for herself. The trope takes a much, ''much'' darker turn when it's revealed she is abusing her. |
| 1051 | * MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: If Jonathan were to kill Carol but not her, she leaves her daughter's body in the basement standing vigil over it periodically. |
| 1052 | * NeverMyFault: Is appalled and disgusted Jonathan would even ''imply'' she is committing the abuse she is definitely actually doing! |
| 1053 | * WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: She clearly has no reason other than her own frustrations but has been doing this to Carol so long the poor girl herself seems to believe it. |
| 1054 | [[/folder]] |
| 1055 | |
| 1056 | [[folder:Carol Price]] |
| 1057 | !Carol Price |
| 1058 | |
| 1059 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carol1.png]] |
| 1060 | |
| 1061 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 2 |
| 1062 | ->'''Age:''' 20 |
| 1063 | |
| 1064 | Carolyn's daughter, who helps out around the shop. |
| 1065 | ---- |
| 1066 | * AbusiveParents: Is abused by her mother. If Carol's statement that she's been clumsy since she's been very young is indicative of how long she's abused, then the poor woman has been hurt and [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslit]] by Carolyn for over a decade even while she was a little girl. |
| 1067 | * TheKlutz: She is apparently very clumsy, and is often injured through frequent accidents. Then it's revealed she's actually being abused by her mother, averting this trope. |
| 1068 | * NaiveEverygirl: Is sweet, innocent, and acts like a preteen rather than an adult woman. However, this is of course all due to [[AbusiveParents the abuse]] and {{Gaslighting}} she's received for years from her mother. |
| 1069 | * SorryIFellOnYourFist: Has a depressingly persistent case of this, she sincerely believes it is all her fault. She tries so hard to avoid "being clumsy". |
| 1070 | * UncannyValleyGirl: The moment you talk to her, you'll understand what she seems somewhat... off. Turns out she's been [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslit]] by her abusive mother. |
| 1071 | [[/folder]] |
| 1072 | |
| 1073 | [[folder:Clarence Crossley]] |
| 1074 | !Clarence Crossley |
| 1075 | |
| 1076 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clarence1.png]] |
| 1077 | |
| 1078 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 1079 | ->'''Age:''' 32 |
| 1080 | |
| 1081 | Jonathan's old friend from before the war. He somehow learned about vampire existence and is trying to do something about it. |
| 1082 | ---- |
| 1083 | * ButtMonkey: Clarence is treated as the West End's joke because of his ranting about vampires, his wife doesn't respect him and is revealed to be planning to get rid of him and even Jonathan can call him an idiot (though to be fair, not without case since Clarence figured out vampires do exist, but can't even identify the person he is asking help to is a vampire himself). |
| 1084 | * CassandraTruth: He is aware of the vampire presence in London and tries to warn people to do something about it, but is dismissed as a lunatic. |
| 1085 | * ChekhovsGunman: He wrote several of the in-game collectibles you can find in the overworld, but he's never properly introduced until Chapter 4. |
| 1086 | * DramaticIrony: At one point, he considered giving a lecture on the vampires' threat at the Finsbury theatre. [[spoiler: Little does he know that the theatre houses an enraged Ichor.]] |
| 1087 | * ImpoverishedPatrician: On his way to this as he is spending all of his family's savings to print anti-vampire leaflets. He embraces this trope if Venus dies. |
| 1088 | * LoveMartyr: Blames himself for his wife planning to murder him, and is only saddened that his current path has driven her to such extremes rather than saying, you know, he'll divorce or separate from the woman who's been trying to murder him. |
| 1089 | * NoSell: If you kill Venus, Clarence becomes the only non-Pillar citizens whom you cannot heal no matter how hard you try. [[spoiler:Because he realizes it was you, and he will ''not'' stand for it.]] |
| 1090 | * UnwittingMuggleFriend: He's Jonathan's closest friend but doesn't realize he's undead. Still, this gets {{Subverted}} and PlayedForDrama if his wife is killed: by the time Jonathan pays him a visit, Clarence will have figured out that he's the murderer and a vampire. Mayhem ensues. |
| 1091 | * ShellShockedVeteran: {{Downplayed|}}; his wife assumes he's this and he naturally did not find his war experiences pleasant anyway, but it wasn't the brutality of World War I's battlefields that dominates his thoughts now - it was the vampire officer that he noticed draining a soldier dry that really affected him. |
| 1092 | * TheWormGuy: Kind of. He's not a scientist, but for a civilian citizen of simple background, Clarence has accumulated an impressive store of knowledge on all the pro-vampire (the Brotherhood of Saint Paul's Stole) and anti-vampire (Guard of Priwen) organizations as well as vampiric powers/abilities. And he turns out to be quite correct on all fronts. |
| 1093 | [[/folder]] |
| 1094 | |
| 1095 | [[folder:Venus Crossley]] |
| 1096 | !Venus Crossley |
| 1097 | |
| 1098 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/venus1.png]] |
| 1099 | |
| 1100 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 4 |
| 1101 | ->'''Age:''' 26 |
| 1102 | |
| 1103 | Clarence's wife. |
| 1104 | ---- |
| 1105 | * TheAtoner: [[spoiler:If Clarence is murdered, you'd completed his investigation, and the general situation in the West End is not good, then Venus will join the Guard of Priwen. While patrolling the North Docks, she berates herself for not believing him]]. |
| 1106 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: She's fond of Jonathan and offers her sincere condolences to him, but eavesdropping on her will reveal that she's had enough of Clarence's tomfoolery and plans to poison him. If Clarence dies, she straight-up admits wanting to kill him, but [[NotMeThisTime someone had beaten her to the punch]]. |
| 1107 | * BullyingADragon: Potentially. Venus is very distinctly not afraid of Jonathan, instead choosing to antagonize him. Justified as she's known Jonathan for years – he was the teary-eyed best man at her wedding – and that kind of impression is hard to shake off. |
| 1108 | * MeaningfulName: Seeing as she shares her name with the goddess of love, beauty, and sexuality, you'd be right to assume she's more than she's letting on. |
| 1109 | * PetTheDog: Monstrous as she is, she will tell Jonathan that she checks in on Emelyn during the day if she is still around. |
| 1110 | * RichBitch: Turns out to be more interested in her family's reputation than her husband's life. Though, in all honesty, she can come across as justified. She only decided to kill Clarence off after he had returned to London and started squandering every penny on a pursuit she doesn't understand. As Clarence is the only breadwinner in this case, she is justly afraid for her future. |
| 1111 | * SmugSnake: If Jonathan realizes she's killing Clarence and if he, horrified, calls her out on this, her answer will drip with venom. |
| 1112 | --> '''Venus:''' What are you going to do? Report me to the police? |
| 1113 | * TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: How she's poisoning Clarence. |
| 1114 | [[/folder]] |
| 1115 | |
| 1116 | [[folder:Louise Teasdale]] |
| 1117 | !Louise Teasdale |
| 1118 | |
| 1119 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/louise1_0.png]] |
| 1120 | |
| 1121 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 3 |
| 1122 | ->'''Age:''' 22 |
| 1123 | |
| 1124 | A waitress that went missing and her father died searching for her. |
| 1125 | ---- |
| 1126 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Her Ekon admirer in question. Though she admits not being necessarily opposed to being gifted with immortality, she'd never accept becoming a vampire's SexSlave. |
| 1127 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: A light-hearted variant when she curiously asks Jonathan if "vampires can even fuck", leaving him completely stumped. |
| 1128 | * BrokenBird: Was almost turned into a vampire bride and grieves for her father's death as seen with her sobbing a few times in West End, especially considering the circumstances of [[PartingWordsRegret their last time together]]. |
| 1129 | * DamselInDistress: She is being held captive by some Ekon, requiring Jonathan to save her. |
| 1130 | * HeroicWannabe: Louise expresses interest in joining the Guard of Priwen after her father was murdered by an Ekon that kidnapped her. Alternatively, if you helped vampire hunter Ichabod Throgmorton put his posters up all over the Docks she'll express interest in becoming his apprentice. |
| 1131 | * IHaveYourWife: Being the "proverbial" wife of this trope, since her father was a Guardsman himself and a vampire kidnapped her to lure him out. |
| 1132 | * IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Her Ekon captor plans on keeping her as a SexSlave. |
| 1133 | * PapaWolf: Her father attempted this, being correct in thinking that she was abducted, and was even willing to go down into the sewers to find her. Unfortunately however he was killed by a vampire, probably Louise's captor, leaving behind a letter begging for whoever that found it to help his daughter. |
| 1134 | * PartingWordsRegret: In a way, yes. She had a violent fight with her father where he slapped her and she kicked him in the groin, and she fled the house as a result leading to her attracting the wrong sort of attention. She laments by the manner they interacted for the last time. |
| 1135 | [[/folder]] |
| 1136 | |
| 1137 | [[folder:Usher Talltree]] |
| 1138 | !Usher Talltree |
| 1139 | |
| 1140 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/usher1.png]] |
| 1141 | |
| 1142 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 5 |
| 1143 | ->'''Age:''' 45 (?) |
| 1144 | |
| 1145 | The Primate of the Brotherhood of St. Paul Stole and Edgar Swansea's superior who lives discreetly in the West End. |
| 1146 | ---- |
| 1147 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Usher looks and ages like a normal mortal, but knows an uncomfortable great deal about Jonathan, can flawlessly divine his fate, uncover other Londoners' most intimate secrets and shrugs off Jonathan's Mesmerize attempts. Jonathan himself harbors a suspicion that he might belong to some rare and exotic vampire subspecies. And so do the Guard of Priwen. Even [[spoiler: Myrddin Wyatt]] seems to refer to Talltree as a "dreadful power" when Jonathan speculates that [[spoiler: vampire Swansea]] [[MuggingTheMonster may attempt to overthrow him]]. |
| 1148 | * ButNotTooForeign: He's clearly a Sikh – he states so in his notes – but the unconventional name and the ties to England are there. |
| 1149 | * ForeseeingMyDeath: Averted. Despite his impressive divining magics, Usher will not be able to foresee his own death by Jonathan's hand. Jonathan even smugly lampshades it later. |
| 1150 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Will tell you which of the MultipleEndings you're going to get if you stay on your path. |
| 1151 | * FortuneTeller: His more or less occupation-slash-cover. |
| 1152 | * GoodPaysBetter: If you go the entire game without feeding on anyone, Usher will be thrilled and even gift you with a unique serum that regenerates your Blood. Though, you can still get this serum off his corpse if you kill him. |
| 1153 | * HeroicNeutral: Observes and assists the vampires who are willing to cooperate with him, but should a frenzied one threaten London he will not be as mild-mannered or patient. [[spoiler:The only reason Usher doesn't oppose Jonathan – if he's become a murderer – is that he knows what will happen should the Red Queen wake up.]] |
| 1154 | * ImpartialPurposeDrivenFaction: The leader of one, however the impartial bit is a subject that warrants wider debate – the organization is ancient, has its own ceremonies and secret traditions, and its members know how to harness faith. Myrddin will straight-out tell Jonathan that if he indeed regards the Brothers of the Stole as a cluster of laid-back scholars, then he's a fool. |
| 1155 | * InterfaceSpoiler: His biography lists an odd “?” near his age, further hinting that he may not be human. |
| 1156 | * NonActionSnarker: Like Edgar, he doesn't do much beyond sit in his burrow and use his powers to reveal the fates of others, but he can be rather smug nonetheless. |
| 1157 | --> '''Usher:''' [The cards have] told me of your unquenchable thirst for blood. Be wary, I've heard such a rich diet can be bad for the heart. |
| 1158 | * NoSell: Usher's final dialogue branch reveals he was previously only playing along with Jonathan's CompellingVoice and he doesn't in fact have to answer any questions he does not want to as one of the "privileges" of being the Brotherhood's Primate. However, once Jonathan has fully upgraded his Mesmerise level he is able to Embrace Usher so he is not completely immune to a vampire's powers. |
| 1159 | * PartingWordsRegret: Inverted. If Jonathan drains him, his dying thoughts would echo the regret of not [[DeadlyEuphemism putting a Ban]] on him sooner. |
| 1160 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Despite vehemently denying Jonathan's claim of being a vampire, Usher's proof is only that he's aging and thus not immortal. Not once does he call himself a human, instead preferring the term "fellow mortals" when grouping himself with humans. |
| 1161 | * TarotTroubles: Reads the Tarot in his spare time and can do the same for Jonathan for the modest price of one-hundred-fifty shillings. |
| 1162 | * TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: |
| 1163 | -->'''Usher:''' I do ask one thing, though. Do not read [my notebook], Jonathan. Some secrets are not meant to be revealed, even to immortals. |
| 1164 | [[/folder]] |
| 1165 | |
| 1166 | [[folder:Kimura Tadao]] |
| 1167 | !Kimura Tadao |
| 1168 | |
| 1169 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tadao1.png]] |
| 1170 | |
| 1171 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 4 |
| 1172 | ->'''Age:''' 48 |
| 1173 | |
| 1174 | A landlord and amateur astronomer that has been kidnapped by an Ekon. |
| 1175 | ---- |
| 1176 | * TheAtoner: After Jonathan rescues him, Kimura resolves to be a better landlord and father. [[spoiler:He also decides to join the Guard of Priwen to help other victims of vampires. Fortunately, he doesn't join during the game.]] |
| 1177 | * DisappearedDad: He is estranged from his wife and son, having never seen them in years. However, his narrow brush with death has made reconsider this. |
| 1178 | * DistressedDude: Jonathan first meets him being held captive by an Ekon [[spoiler:seeking to sacrifice him to the Red Queen.]] |
| 1179 | [[/folder]] |
| 1180 | |
| 1181 | [[folder:Calhoun Russel]] |
| 1182 | !Calhoun Russel |
| 1183 | |
| 1184 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/calhoun1.png]] |
| 1185 | |
| 1186 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 5 |
| 1187 | ->'''Age:''' 45 |
| 1188 | |
| 1189 | A rich hedonist who is known as the "London's Lone Gourmet." |
| 1190 | ---- |
| 1191 | * TheHedonist: Seems to think of nothing more than finding the next fascinating meal. He also seems to be running his shop at night entirely because it may tickle his fancies in meeting someone interesting rather than any other reason considering he's wealthy. |
| 1192 | * HiddenDepths: Despite his hedonism, he is quite progressive for a wealthy early 20th century Englishman. For instance, he's arranged for his vast fortune to be donated to charity upon his death. |
| 1193 | * HighClassGlass: Wears a monocle and is the epitome of an English gentleman. |
| 1194 | * PatrioticFervor: Has admirable confidence in the King. |
| 1195 | --> '''Calhoun:''' This is London, England! We will prevail! And if a bomb must fall on my shop, then I'll be there to hear it falling! |
| 1196 | * {{Understatement}}: PlayedForDrama. Even amidst the catastrophe that is the epidemic, Calhoun is (un)consciously downplaying the effect it has on London's citizenry, preferring to place his trust in the government. This enrages Jonathan. |
| 1197 | * UpperClassTwit: {{Subverted|}} - while his hedonistic epicurean tendencies combined with absolute naivety of the topic of '''''the Great War''''' going on gives one this impression, he actually wasn't born rich and obtained his fortune from being a food critic, so he likely has some competency in writing. He's also running a shop, though since he's certainly rich, how well he runs the shop is probably completely unimportant to him and it sounds like he's only running it so that it might allow him to meet interesting characters. |
| 1198 | [[/folder]] |
| 1199 | |
| 1200 | [[folder:Carina Billow]] |
| 1201 | !Carina Billow |
| 1202 | |
| 1203 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carina1.png]] |
| 1204 | |
| 1205 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 2 |
| 1206 | ->'''Age:''' 28 |
| 1207 | |
| 1208 | A strange woman lurking in the alleyway behind the Ascalon Club. |
| 1209 | ---- |
| 1210 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Lady Ashbury's ex-husband mesmerized her to eat rats for his own amusement. There's nothing Jonathan can do to free her beyond [[MercyKill killing her.]] |
| 1211 | * EnslavedTongue: Interrogate Carina long enough and Jacob will take over and curtly tell Jonathan to mind his own business. |
| 1212 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: Why Jacob brainwashed Carina in the first place; she was an enthusiastic suffragette who had the nerve to inquire about the Ascalon Club. |
| 1213 | * HorrorHunger: Carina is well aware that eating rats is disgusting, but Jacob's mesmerism forces her to want to do so anyway as if it's the secret to immortality. |
| 1214 | * ImmortalitySeeker: She eats live rats because she thinks doing so will make her immortal. She knows that this is a lie, but she has no choice because of her brainwashing. |
| 1215 | * MarkOfTheSupernatural: Has mismatched eyes which reveal that something isn't right about her. |
| 1216 | * MercyKill: Once Jonathan figures out what is really going on with Carina, she'll ask him to kill her. She's one of the few characters who is happy to be Embraced. |
| 1217 | * PeoplePuppets: Jacob has hijacked Carina's body and is forcing her to eat rats for his own sick amusement. |
| 1218 | * TheWorfEffect: Playing with. The fact Carina is possessed by Jacob – as we never see a vampire use Mesmerism to completely dominate a mortal from a distance – reveals that he's as nefarious as he is powerful. |
| 1219 | [[/folder]] |
| 1220 | |
| 1221 | [[folder:Charles Jerome Albright]] |
| 1222 | !Charles Jerome Albright |
| 1223 | |
| 1224 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charles1.png]] |
| 1225 | |
| 1226 | ->'''Mesmerize Level:''' 5 |
| 1227 | ->'''Age:''' 40 |
| 1228 | |
| 1229 | A detective investigating murderers who are using the Spanish Flu to cover up their crimes. |
| 1230 | ---- |
| 1231 | * IgnoredEpiphany: He's investigating the vampire murders across London and is a very smart and methodical detective, having correctly surmised most of the facts behind what's going on, but is unable to make the leap in logic required to realize the murders are the work of vampires. |
| 1232 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:He once sent an innocent man to the gallows and has been trying to atone ever since.]] |
| 1233 | [[/folder]] |
| 1234 | |
| 1235 | [[folder:Pericles and Agamemnon Baker]] |
| 1236 | !Pericles and Agamemnon Baker |
| 1237 | |
| 1238 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bakerbros1.png]] |
| 1239 | |
| 1240 | ->'''Mesmerize Level(s):''' 4 |
| 1241 | ->'''Age:''' 42 |
| 1242 | |
| 1243 | Two eccentric twins who are seeking to leave London. |
| 1244 | ---- |
| 1245 | * CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:Killing one twin turns the remaining one into a powerful enemy, literally. Agamemnon is a literal example of becoming a powerful Skal with the ability to summon a double. Pericles, on the other hand, joins Guard of Priwen, and has an extremely high rate of fire with flaming crossbow bolts.]] |
| 1246 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Both twins are highly eccentric and respond to even the most mundane questions with philosophical musings. |
| 1247 | * {{Expy}}: Subverted, but their story has a clear homage to Theatre/WaitingForGodot, with shades of Lewis Caroll. |
| 1248 | * PolarOppositeTwins: {{Downplayed|}} - Pericles looks haggard and speaks pessimistically of the world while Agamemnon looks more proper and extols about hope. They both say that their current desire to leave London is about the only thing they've ever agreed on. However, them being opposite is not constant and other times they're ''alike'', what with the likelihood of the player seeing them sit on the same bench with matching poses or listening to the one adopt the same attitude as the other in their eavesdropping conversation. |
| 1249 | * ThemeTwinNaming: They are both named after ancient Greek rulers. |
| 1250 | * RepeatCut: {{Downplayed|}} from eavesdropping on them, which has Pericles get up and pace while making statements on their situation while Agamemnon replies back, after which Pericles sits down but Agamemnon gets up and seems to repeat what Pericles did with a similar sentiment to what Pericles' said (though Agamemnon uses different words) while Pericles replies back to him as well. |
| 1251 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: The two twins are clearly of the identical sort. The main distinctions between them visually is different clothing and postures - Pericles has a more haggard bearing with messier hair and slouches forward while Agamemnon stands up straight with his hair fully slicked back. |
| 1252 | * TheUnreveal: Their final hint literally states them to be "a complete Mystery". |
| 1253 | [[/folder]] |
| 1254 |
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