Line #128 Characters/Helstrom


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2
3	!!The Helstrom Family
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5	[[folder:Daimon Helstrom]]
6	!!''[[ComicBook/SonOfSatan Daimon Helstrom]]''
7	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/daimon_1.png]]
8	!!!'''Species:''' Human-demon hybrid
9	!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TomAusten
10
11	A professor of ethics who moonlights as an exorcist.
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13	* AdaptationDyeJob: He's ginger-haired in the comics.
14	* AdaptationNameChange: From Hellstrom to Helstrom.
15	* HealingFactor: Can quickly recover from wounds such as gunshots.
16	* MindOverMatter: Has telekinesis as one of his powers.
17	* MoreThanJustATeacher: Hunts demons while holding down a job as an ethics professor.
18	* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: He's dressed head to toe in black clothes. In the comics he tends to wear a red cape and pants with [[WalkingShirtlessScene no shirt]]. That said, his comic basis is sometimes depicted as simply wearing dark leather pants and no cape.
19	* OccultDetective: He moonlights as an exorcist.
20	* PlayingWithFire: One of his demonic powers.
21	[[/folder]]
22
23	[[folder:Ana Helstrom]]
24	!!''Ana Helstrom''
25	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ana_helstrom.png]]
26	!!!'''Species:''' Human-demon hybrid
27	!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/SydneyLemmon
28
29	The owner of an auction house and a vigilante.
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31	* AdaptationNameChange: From Satana Hellstrom to the much less scary Ana Helstrom.
32	* CallingParentsByTheirName: She calls her mother Victoria by name.
33	* DeadpanSnarker: Has a lot of these moments.
34	* LegFocus: A number establishing shots focus on her legs and she is quite often seen wearing a long shirt sans pants in casual settings.
35	* LifeDrain: She has this power, which she uses to kill serial killers.
36	* LipstickLesbian: Fairly severely dressed, but certainly not butch.
37	* MindOverMatter: Has telekinesis as one of her powers.
38	* {{Psychometry}}: She can sense the history of a person or object by touch.
39	* ReallyGetsAround: "Swipes right" (in her right-hand man's words) to deal with stress, and does it so often she usually has trouble remembering the lady's name.
40	* SuperToughness: Can take a beating, including getting repeatedly thrown into the ceiling by a demon.
41	[[/folder]]
42
43	[[folder:Victoria Helstrom]]
44	!!!'''Species:''' Demon-possessed human
45	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ElizabethMarvel
46
47	The long-suffering mother of Ana and Daimon, abused wife of Marduk, and possessed victim of the demon Kthara.
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49	* AndIMustScream: All possession victims suffer this, but she gets it ''really'' hard from Kthara.
50	* FightingFromTheInside: She's been fighting Kthara for ''decades''. Most possession victims burn out quickly, but she's so capable that she's lasted ''decades''.
51	* MamaBear: So devoted to her children that when Kthara tries to use her children to manipulate her in her AndIMustScream situation that she turns the tables and wakes up for a time.
52
53	[[/folder]]
54
55	!!Allies
56
57	[[folder:Dr. Louise Hastings]]
58	!!''Louise Hastings''
59	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/louisehastings.png]]
60	!!!'''Species:''' Human
61	!!!'''Portrayed By:''' June Carryl
62
63	A psychologist and director of the Saint Teresa Center for Mental Health.
64	----
65	* AdaptationalWimp: She's not a demon hunter like her comic book counterpart.
66	* ParentalSubstitute: She basically adopted Daimon after he had his mother committed to the St. Teresa Center.
67	[[/folder]]
68
69	[[folder:Gabriella Rosetti]]
70	!!''Gabriella Rosetti''
71	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gabriellarosetti.png]]
72	!!!'''Species:''' Human
73	!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Ariana Guerra
74
75	A former member of the Talitha Kum and envoy of the Vatican.
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77	* BrokenBird: Her experience [[spoiler:throughout the show leaves her mentally broken and causes her to join the KnightTemplar Blood]].
78	* DemonicPossession: Invoked. During her childhood she began showing symptoms of epilepsy, which her parents mistook for demonic possession. [[spoiler:Later she's actually possessed by Kthara after the demon is forced out of Victoria, as she had been scarred by Basar]].
79	* GenderFlip: Her comic book counterpart is Gabriel the Devil-Hunter, who once employed the alias of Gabriel Rosetti.
80	* NaiveNewcomer: When she arrives to St. Teresa, she has never faced an actual demonic possession before.
81	* WombHorror: While [[spoiler:posssessed by Khtara she's impregnated by Basar in Daimon's body. Afterward, Kthara incarnates in the child, leaving Gabriella free of Kthara's control but impregnated with a demon baby]].
82	[[/folder]]
83
84	[[folder:Caretaker]]
85	!!''Caretaker [=/=] Henry''
86	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/caretaker_03.jpg]]
87	!!!'''Species:''' Human
88	!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RobertWisdom
89
90	A member of the Blood that watches over Ana Helstrom.
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92	* AdaptationOriginConnection: In the comics, Caretaker is utterly unconnected to either Daimon Hellstom or Satana, and is actually a ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' supporting character, usually for Danny Ketch.
93	* AdaptationSpeciesChange: In the comics, the Blood are a supernatural race instead of human demon hunters.
94	* NamedByTheAdaptation: Known only as Caretaker in the comics, he's given the name Henry here.
95	* ParentalSubstitute: Averted. He allowed Ana to go into the foster home system because he was afraid of her.
96	* RaceLift: Caretaker is Caucasian in the comics, black in the show.
97	* TokenGoodTeammate: The only member of the Blood who is not a KnightTemplar and that considers Daimon and Ana to be human.
98	[[/folder]]
99
100	[[folder:Chris Yen]]
101	!!''Chris Yen''
102	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chrisyen.png]]
103	!!!'''Species:''' Human
104	!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Alain Uy
105
106	Ana's partner and foster brother.
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108	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He's mind-controlled by the Keeper's skull.
109	* CanonForeigner: Chris has no basis in the source materials.
110	* CleanupCrew: He's a one-man version of the trope in Ana's vigilante activities.
111	* TheRenfield: The Keeper's skull influence makes him subservient to it, and leads him to feed on insects and rats, similar to the TropeNamer.
112	* ParentalSubstitute: He [[spoiler:becomes this to the baby Kthara]].
113	* PayEvilUntoEvil: He aids Ana in her vigilante crusade.
114	* StraightGay: Although he loves the finer things (which matches some gay stereotypes), he fits in perfectly as the employee of an auction house dealing in antiquities. Then his black cop boyfriend shows up...
115	* UndyingLoyalty: Chris and Ana shared a foster home, explaining his willingness to aid her in her SerialKillerKiller pastime.
116	[[/folder]]
117
118	!!Demons
119
120	[[folder:In General]]
121
122	Demons are a malevolent species capable of possessing humans.
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124	* DemonicPossession: Most of them exist in spirit form, which allows them to possess humans scarred by a powerful, physical demon. Other demons, such as Basar, take over their hosts by infecting them as parasites.
125	* EnergyBeing: Most demons seen on the show don't have bodies of their own, so they resort to possession in order to gain one.
126	* MindOverMatter: Demons are telekinetic.
127	* {{Reincarnation}}: Demons are not destroyed by exorcism, simply forced out of a host. They may eventually repossess their victims or move on to another one.
128	[[/folder]]
129
130	[[folder:Marduk Helstrom]]
131	!!''Marduk Helstrom''
132	!!!'''Species:''' Demon
133	!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MitchPileggi
134
135	A demonic serial killer who came back to life after getting shot in the head. The father of Daimon and Ana Helstrom.
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137	* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: Downplayed. In this continuity, he possesses a human when he marries Victoria, rather than shapeshifting into one.
138	* BackFromTheDead: His backstory indicates he was shot in the head and came back to life nonetheless.
139	* BigBad: Set up as this for ''Series/{{Helstrom}}'', with Ana and Daimon trying to track him down before he can begin his killings again. [[spoiler:It's subverted with the reveal that the demon they ''think'' is Marduk is actually Basar, TheDragon to Kthara, who proceeds to take over the BigBad role. Even then, the impact of his actions and looming shadow creates a far greater prescence than most GreaterScopeVillains can attest to]].
140	* BoomHeadshot: His death in the backstory. He came back to life anyway.
141	* DemonicPossession: He was possessed by a powerful demon.
142	* TheDreaded: Terrifies ''everyone'' with the prospect of his return.
143	* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:While he's TheGhost for most of the show, pretty much everything can be traced back to him. More directly, he's Kthara's father and trapped her inside of Victoria]].
144	* IAmAHumanitarian: While wearing human flesh, at least, he's happy chowing down on living human victims.
145	* NoNameGiven: His name is never mentioned in the show.
146	* SerialKiller: Was one back when Ana and Daimon were kids.
147	[[/folder]]
148
149	[[folder:Kthara]]
150	!!''Kthara [=/=] [[spoiler:Lily]]''
151	!!!'''Species:''' Demon
152	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ElizabethMarvel (while possessing Victoria), Fiona Dourif (in her original form), [[spoiler:Erica Tremblay (while masquerading as Ana), Ariana Guerra (while possessing Gabriella), Tom Austen (while masquerading as Daimon), Grace Sunar (when reborn as Lily)]]
153
154	The demon possessing Victoria.
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156	* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:When reborn as Lily she clearly remembers some things about her past, but it's unknown how much of Kthara's memories she has, or how much of the same person they are]].
157	* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Doesn't seem to (at least fully) remember her life as [[spoiler:Kthara, once she's reborn]].
158	* BigBad: Becomes this for the second half of the season, [[spoiler:after it's revealed the demon they assumed was Marduk is actually her son Basar]].
159	* CompositeCharacter: The revelation that her real name is [[spoiler:Lily]], as well as the fact that she's the mother of multiple demons, implies that she's actually [[spoiler:Lilith, the Mother of Demons and BigBad of the first Midnight Sons team-up]]. Also with [[spoiler:Demona, Daimon's mainstream daughter]].
160	* ExtraParentConception: Lily technically has four parents [[spoiler:being the offspring of Kthara and Basar having sex by possessing Gabriella and Damian respectively]].
161	* TheHeavy: Marduk is the greater evil, but Kthara is the one actively harassing the Helstroms and commanding other demons.
162	* RaiseHimRightThisTime: [[spoiler:The Helstroms resolve to raise her reborn form to not be evil. Then "Papa" returns]].
163	[[/folder]]
164
165	[[folder:Basar]]
166	!!''Basar''
167	!!!'''Species:''' Demon
168	!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Daniel Cudmore [=/=] [[spoiler:Tom Austen]]
169
170	Kthara's son.
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172	* AnimalisticAbomination: His basic form is that of a demonic-looking trilobite with its body covered in teeth, which he uses to attach himself to his host's spine.
173	* BellyMouth: He creates a nasty looking one when inside a host, which allows him to devour his victims.
174	* CanonForeigner: There's no demon named Basar in the comics.
175	* DemonicPossession: He possesses Keith Spivey [[spoiler:and later Daimon]].
176	* DiscOneFinalBoss: He serves as the BigBad for the first half of the season, until [[spoiler:it's revealed the demon they assumed was the Helstrom father is actually Kthara's son Basar]].
177	* TheDragon: He's Kthara's most powerful follower.
178	* FinalBoss: As Kthara is too busy [[spoiler:[[ItmakesSenseInContext being born]]]], Basar serves as the main villain of the final episode [[spoiler:via a possessed Daimon]].
179	* HumanoidAbomination: He mutates the body of his host into one.
180	* IAmAHumanitarian [=/=] ToServeMan: He devours the body of his victims with
181	* MarkOfTheBeast: He has the ability mark humans with scars that allow other demons to possess them.
182	* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler:While possessing Daimon he has sex with Gabriella, who is possessed by Kthara, Basar's own mother]].
183	* SealedEvilInACan: He had been trapped in a mausoleum in Portland and kept in stasis by a Keeper demon.
184	[[/folder]]
185
186	[[folder:Magoth]]
187	!!''Magoth''
188	!!!'''Species:''' Demon
189	!!!'''Portrayed By:'''
190
191	Another demon in Kthara's service.
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193	[[/folder]]
194
195	[[folder:Raum]]
196	!!''Raum''
197	!!!'''Species:''' Demon
198	!!!'''Portrayed By:'''
199	----
200	[[/folder]]

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