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1'''THIS PAGE CONTAINS UNMARKED SPOILERS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.'''
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5[[folder: Abram]]
6[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abram.jpg]]
7[[caption-width-right:200:"The human race is more important than you or me."]]
8-> '''Virtues:''' peace, knowledge
9-> '''Played by:''' Yorke Fryer (young), Champagne Powell (old)
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11One of the three humans reborn in the pilot.
12
13* TheAtoner: For his role in the creation of the virus.
14* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: It is implied that it is because he is the one that is the most receptive to the Obelisk that he is the only one who can use it.
15* MeaningfulName: Abram means "exalted father," and is the name of a biblical prophet who was later called Abraham, the father of the Israelite people.
16* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction upon learning that his past self was the lead proponent of the virus.
17* OlderThanTheyLook: Mentally, he's 67, since that's how old he was when his brain state was recorded, physically, he's around 25.
18* SlowTransformation: He gets infected by the parasite in the pilot, but is healed in time by Ezra with the Sparks.
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20[[/folder]]
21
22[[folder: Althea]]
23-> '''Played by:''' Denise Dorado
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25Jax's wife in his first life, before he was reborn and infected.
26
27* TheConscience: When Jax is forced to confront the holographic version of Althea, she tries to appeal to the good in him.
28* {{Hologram}}: She only appears as a hologram, unless the figure rising from the pool at the end of the finale is her, but we get no confirmation of this.
29[[/folder]]
30
31[[folder: Drones]]
32-> '''Played by:''' Aaron Johnston (blue), Kirby Heyborne (red), Anna Vocino (yellow)
33
34Sophisticated, artificially intelligent devices that serve the Originators.
35
36* BrainUploading: They contain brain states of humans before they died.
37* ExactWords: They tend to be precise in their wording to avoid saying more than the Originators want them to reveal.
38* MemoryJar: They contain the memories of humans.
39
40[[/folder]]
41
42[[folder: James Duncan]]
43[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duncan.jpg]]
44[[caption-width-right:200:"Don't ever question my loyalty."]]
45-> '''Virtues:''' humility, labor
46-> '''Played by:''' Jake Stormoen
47
48In his first life, he was an FBI agent and, eventually, Feena's boyfriend. When he was reborn, he married Feena, but later became a Skin Rider.
49
50* TheAtoner: He is temporarily freed from the parasite on more than one occasion, and each time tries to help the Reborns.
51* BigDamnHeroes: Rescues Ezra at the last minute from being stabbed by Jax in the Ancestor cavern.
52* LastNameBasis: Only Eleanor calls him James.
53* PsychoticSmirk: A very subtle one in "Broken," hinting that the parasite may not be as disabled as it seems.
54* RogueDrone: Duncan seems like this, but it turns out his parasite is intentionally backing off to let him think he's in control. Once he's inside the settlement, it reasserts itself.
55* TrackingDevice: Implanted with one by Yellow Drone in an attempt to locate the Ancestor.
56
57[[/folder]]
58
59[[folder: Eleanor Nyers]]
60-> '''Played by:''' Anna Sward Hansen
61
62Ezra's and Silas's mother. She works as a volunteer at the hospital, but this is a cover for her work with the FBI and the Originators to help humanity come back from extinction.
63
64* MeaningfulName: "Bright, shining one."
65* SecretLegacy: Ezra is surprised to learn that his mother was working with the FBI, not to mention aliens!
66
67[[/folder]]
68
69[[folder: Ezra Nyers]]
70[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ezra.jpg]]
71[[caption-width-right:200:"Whoever put us here didn't put us here to die."]]
72-> '''Virtues:''' knowledge, duty
73-> '''Played by:''' Chad Michael Collins
74
75A soldier and Lynn's husband, and one of the three humans reborn in the pilot.
76
77* MeaningfulName: "Help." Priest and scribe who rescued a portion of the Israelite exiles from Babylonian captivity.
78* [[RecklessGunUsage Reckless Bow Usage]]: Holds his finger over the shaft of a drawn arrow more than once. He'd be seriously wounded if he were to release, but never does on the occasions that we see him do this.
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80[[/folder]]
81
82[[folder: Serafeena "Feena" Abbington]]
83[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/feena_0.jpg]]
84[[caption-width-right:200:"I want to know why I have the memories I do."]]
85-> '''Virtue:''' creation
86-> '''Played by:''' Victoria Atkin
87
88One of the three humans reborn in the pilot. In her original life, she was a convicted felon, and fell in love with Duncan. The first time she was reborn, she married Duncan but died in childbirth.
89
90* BlatantBurglar: Wears a T-shirt reading "I READ YOUR EMAILS" while in an FBI facility.
91* DarkAndTroubledPast: She did time for computer fraud.
92* MeaningfulName: "Feena" is short for Seraphina, meaning "fiery one." This is a reference to seraphim, angelic beings mentioned in the book of Isaiah.
93* MercyKill: She eventually fulfills her promise to Duncan to kill him if he was turned.
94* [[RecklessGunUsage Reckless Bow Usage]]: Holds her finger over the shaft of a drawn arrow in "Wounds." She'd be seriously wounded if she were to release.
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96[[/folder]]
97
98[[folder: Jax]]
99[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jax_7.jpg]]
100[[caption-width-right:200:"There is you, and there is us."]]
101-> '''Virtue:''' justice
102-> '''Played by:''' Matthew Bellows
103
104The Skin Riders' military leader. In his first life, he was a soldier fighting against the Karik invasion and was married to Althea.
105
106* TheDinosaursHadItComing: Jax's Skin Rider believes humans deserve to be subjugated.
107* EvilGloating: He's prone to this. Ezra points out that doing so prevented him from easily killing him in the Ancestor cavern.
108* GoodAngelBadAngel: Althea is Jax's good angel, while his parasite is the bad angel.
109[[/folder]]
110
111[[folder: Kylie Rose Nyers]]
112-> '''Played by:''' Cosette Shaha (baby), Jocelyn Jay Black (toddler), Eliza de Azevedo Brown (child), Bailee Michelle Johnson (teen)
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114Ezra's and Lynn's daughter.
115
116* MeaningfulName: A derivative of Kyle, meaning "victorious." Nicholas's name means "people's victory," hinting at the relationship between these two characters.
117* MercyKill: Nicholas begs her to kill him when he's infected by the parasite. She holds off until he actually turns, but then complies.
118* SayYourPrayers: In a DeletedScene, when she and her parents are fleeing the Karik invasion, Kylie suggests to her parents that they say a prayer.
119[[/folder]]
120
121[[folder: Lynn Elizabeth Nyers née Cannon]]
122[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lynn_8.jpg]]
123[[caption-width-right:200:"I'll never give up who I am."]]
124-> '''Virtue:''' community
125-> '''Played by:''' Jaclyn Hales
126
127A nurse and Ezra husband.
128
129* CrisisOfFaith: She has one in response to Kylie's death in her first life.
130* SlowTransformation: Silas infects her in "Broken," but she's able to use the Sparks to cure herself.
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132[[/folder]]
133
134[[folder: Nicholas]]
135-> '''Played by:''' Nic Luken
136
137* MeaningfulName: "People's victory." Kylie's name means "victorious," hinting at the relationship between these two characters.
138* SlowTransformation: Infected in "Death Did Us Part," but Kylie resists killing him until he eventually turns.
139[[/folder]]
140
141[[folder: Raven]]
142-> '''Played by:''' Shayla [=McCafferey=]
143
144* MeaningfulName: She's a WildChild, naturally.
145* WildChild: While she's affiliated with the Reborns who left the settlement, she spends a lot of time on her own in the forest, and even has a separate home there.
146[[/folder]]
147
148[[folder: Rowyn]]
149-> '''Played by:''' Melanie Stone
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151The leader of the Reborns who left the settlement.
152[[/folder]]
153
154[[folder: Silas Nyers]]
155[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/silas_3.jpg]]
156[[caption-width-right:200:"I was weak and fragile. Now I'm not."]]
157-> '''Virtue:''' community
158-> '''Played by:''' Jack Depew
159
160Ezra's brother, and the spiritual leader of the Skin Riders.
161
162* TheAtoner: He is freed from the Skin Rider parasite by Red Drone, and uses what little time he has left to try to save the Reborns.
163* MeaningfulName: Short for Silvanus, meaning "of the forest." A New Testament missionary companion to Paul and Timothy. Silas is often depicted in art carrying broken chains, referencing his miraculous liberation from prison, as recorded in Acts 16. Similarly, near the end of the series, Silas is liberated from the influence of the Skin Rider parasite.
164* RogueDrone: Becomes this when he's freed from the parasite.
165[[/folder]]
166
167[[folder: Tasha]]
168--> '''Played by:''' uncredited actress
169
170Abram's wife before the invasion. She died of a stroke.

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