Line #97 Characters/StillLife


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2
3	!Protagonists
4
5	[[folder:Gustav [=McPherson=]]]
6	->'''Voiced By:''' Sven Eriksson
7	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e9396bba65a7f22a4b8ef29a9da242a3.jpg]]
8
9	Victoria's grandfather, a private detective and the protagonist of ''Videogame/PostMortem2002''. In said game, he is an artist who wants to leave his P.I. days behind, but Sophia Blake ropes him into solving the murder of the Whytes. In ''Still Life'', his lover Ida, a former prostitute, asks him to look into the disappearances and murders of her former co-workers.
10	----
11	* DarkAndTroubledPast: He never told his son Patrick or Victoria the story of how he met his wife because [[spoiler: it was connected to the Prague murders in which he saw his lover Ida and their unborn child being murdered in front of him.]]
12	* DorkKnight: Brave, determined, good at what he does, genuinely nice, and has a strong moral fiber.
13	* LoveAtFirstSight: He claims this was the case with Ida, his Czech paramour.
14	* HappilyMarried: To [[spoiler:Milena]].
15	* MysteryMagnet: He somehow ends up involved in the strangest and most messed-up cases.
16	* NiceGuy: He is kind, considerate and non-judgmental to almost everybody he meets. He also immediately offers to [[spoiler: marry Ida after she tells him she is pregnant.]]
17	%%* PrivateDetective
18	* StarvingArtist: He eventually gave up and became a private detective in order to survive.
19	[[/folder]]
20
21	[[folder:Jaques Hellouin]]
22	A fellow private detective from ''Post Mortem''. He was hired by Gregiore de Allepin to get back the Head of Baphomet, an artifact he had that was stolen from him. Unfortunately, he gets tangled in a murder plot and becomes the prime suspect.
23	----
24	* BigDamnHeroes: Should Gus present enough evidence to get him acquitted of the Whytes' murder, he will return in the finale to gun down the actual murderer and save Gus from them.
25	[[/folder]]
26
27	[[folder:Victoria [=McPherson=]]]
28	->'''Voiced By:''' Sarah Leger
29	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9d764e479823e565b2d5aeec0063c1ca.png]]
30
31	A tough FBI agent with a sarcastic streak. She is the granddaughter of Gus [=McPherson=], the main character of ''VideoGame/PostMortem2002''. At the start of the game, Victoria is on the trail of a serial killer with a worrisome body count.
32	----
33	* TheAce: On top of her combat expertise and remarkable courage, she's very intelligent, determined and resourceful.
34	* ActionGirl: Smart, fearless and able to kick ass effortlessly.
35	* BrainyBrunette: She certainly lives up to the standards one would expect of an FBI agent.
36	* BoyishShortHair
37	* CareerVersusMan: Career wins for Victoria, but it's understandable since she is trying to catch a serial killer. Richard was showing her the newly acquired paintings when Victoria got the phone call from officer William Tate, and they don't seem to be parting on cordial terms. She notes in her journal that her boyfriend will probably give her a hard time about her leaving the Art Gallery to go to a freshly discovered crime scene.
38	* CowboyCop: She chases the killer down a back alley and breaks into the police's archives to find information on the Prague killer. Her boss lampshades this, saying "I think you've been watching too many movies."
39	%%* DeadpanSnarker
40	* DissonantSerenity: Is able to make light-hearted comments at the sight of a gruesome murder. Justified because she is a police officer and has seen her fair share of sliced corpses. Worth noting however, is that she ''does'' feel empathy for the victims and their families, and this motivates her in her efforts to catch the murderer.
41	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Just ask Mia.
42	* FairCop: A young and attractive FBI agent.
43	%%* FBIAgent
44	* HumbleHero: She insists that Miller call her Victoria, not Agent [=McPherson=].
45	* ItsPersonal: The further her investigation goes and the more she reads about the Perlovka Ripper, the more personal it gets for Victoria.
46	* MissingMom: Her mother died before the events of the game.
47	* MustHaveCaffeine: She states that never works without coffee.
48	* NiceGirl: She is supportive and kind towards her friends and colleagues and strives to help them and she is amazingly non-judgmental. On top of that, she feels a great deal of compassion for the victims of the killer and wants to catch him for their sake and to protect any other potential victims.
49	* PetTheDog: Feels sorry for David Miller and rather than branding him as incompetent, attributes his failure to rise through the ranks to bad luck rather than a lack of skills, and even asks Claire to go easy on him.
50	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She shares quite a few traits with her grandfather.
51	* TallDarkAndSnarky: Enjoys employing sarcasm whenever she can.
52	* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Her skirt and boots add a touch of femininity to her otherwise practical outfit, and on top of that, she can cook well.
53	[[/folder]]
54
55	!Chicago, 2004
56
57	[[folder:David Miller]]
58	->'''Voiced By:''' Arthur Holden
59	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/677e06e155c3135ea339645b458ca55e.jpg]]
60
61	An FBI agent with a weak stomach.
62	----
63	* ButtMonkey: Cursed with a weak stomach and not very physically fit, Miller is usually berated by Claire or laughed at by his other colleagues.
64	* ClingyJealousGirl: Gets into hot water with his girlfriend when Victoria answers his cell phone and spends a good chunk of time listening to her ranting on his phone.
65	* DonutMessWithACop: Implied by Victoria, who tells him that he shouldn't expose himself to gore anymore, as they can't risk any more "donut contaminated crime scenes."
66	* LovableCoward: It's usually up to Victoria to get stuff like finding an exit from the abandoned building. He is also reluctant to go down to the morgue knowing that the killer was there half an hour before. To his defense, he is aware of his flaws and does his best to compensate for them, usually by doing research and providing Victoria with information.
67	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The sensitive guy to Tate's Manly Man.
68	* ThoseTwoGuys: With William Tate.
69	* VomitingCop: When Victoria first encounters him, he is leaning on a fridge, nauseated by a mere glimpse of crime scene he had seen a couple of minutes earlier.
70	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After interrogating Collar and lashing out at Browning, he is never seen or even mentioned in the game again.
71	[[/folder]]
72
73	[[folder:Claire Ashby]]
74	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/PaulineLittle
75	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0fe01e45d03597752a1539364a1a2cbf.jpg]]
76
77	A coroner and Victoria's former professor.
78	----
79	* TheCoroner: A typical case.
80	* EnragedByIdiocy: Cannot stand Miller because he insists on visiting crime scenes even though he always throws up and contaminates them. And by the start of the game, he's done this more than once.
81	* FieryRedhead: Do not get on her bad side.
82	* TheIllegible: Victoria mentions this in regards to Claire's hand-written report.
83	* LikeASonToMe: Victoria implies in her journal that Claire sees her as this, possibly because Claire is estranged from her biological daughter.
84	* {{Mentor}}: She is implied to be this for Victoria, her former student.
85	* NauseaDissonance: Justified because she is a coroner.
86	* {{Workaholic}}: She notes that she is the only one crazy enough to work during the holidays.
87	[[/folder]]
88
89	[[folder:William Tate]]
90	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/TerrenceScammell
91	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a0f7a0fad501fcbcf3861d10518e59b3.jpg]]
92
93	An FBI agent and one of the first characters we meet in the game. Has a soft spot for Victoria, because he feels she's different from all the other agents.
94	----
95	* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Victoria. He often tells her to be careful and take care of herself.
96	* CoolShades: In his concept art.
97	* TheEeyore: Has shades of this. When Victoria asks him how he's doing, he goes into a rant about the weather, the snow and the traffic.
98	* NauseaDissonance: His stomach doesn't seem bothered at all by the horrific state of Cynthia's corpse.
99	* SirSwearsALot: Tends to swear more often than the rest.
100	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Miller's sensitive guy.
101	* ThoseTwoGuys: With David Miller.
102	[[/folder]]
103
104	[[folder:Chief Todd Browning]]
105	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/TerrenceScammell
106	[[quoteright:325:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c295fe0984d49d3e5a439a23361199e5.jpg]]
107
108	Chicago FBI chief, a man who sticks to the rules and doesn't take well to [[CowboyCop cowboy cops]] like Victoria. As a result, they have a very tense relationship.
109	----
110	* ByTheBookCop: Victoria describes him as a man obsessed with rules and discipline, and finds his style of work ineffective.
111	* DaChief: Thinks that Victoria is getting too involved in her case and places her on probation.
112	* DirtyCop: Browning was a patron of the Red Lantern club and became nervous when Victoria's investigation turned towards the place and its clients. For that reason, he released Kolar even though they had incriminating evidence and rushed to close the Chicago Ripper case once Victoria shot the murderer, without making sure the killer is actually dead.
113	* DirtyOldMan: His name appears in the VIP guestbook of the Red Lantern brothel, where all sorts of kinky BDSM stuff takes place.
114	* JerkAss: While he is a huge one, [[JerkassHasAPoint sometimes]] he's more along the lines of a ReasonableAuthorityFigure. Victoria's style of work as an agent has often went beyond the acceptable norms: not informing her superior about a detained suspect just because her gut told her he's not the murderer, breaking into the FBI archives, not to mention concealing evidence (the rose found at the sixth murder scene, the photo of Mia and the implicit knowledge that she is the next victim etc.). Her not telling anybody about Mia being the next target of the killer makes absolutely no sense and is tantamount to reckless endangerment. She leaves her in the care of her boyfriend [[spoiler: who ironically, ''is'' the Ripper]] instead of giving her police protection, which nearly ends in tragedy.
115	* MustHaveCaffeine: Victoria even needs to get him a cup.
116	* SharpDressedMan: Wears an impeccable suit.
117	[[/folder]]
118
119	[[folder:Vaclav Kolar]]
120	->'''Voiced By:''' Harry Standjofski
121	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1794c3b473f3f70eb76524bb3b3fe574.jpg]]
122
123	A student at the Chicago university who acted as a tutor for one of the killer's victims. He lives in a filthy room and tends to keep to himself.
124	----
125	* CeilingBanger: Perhaps not literally, but he does suspect that Mia invited him to her party next door just to make sure he won't complain about the noise.
126	* NerdGlasses: To make the picture complete.
127	* TrashOfTheTitans: His room is absolutely filthy. Victoria instantly regrets having asked if she could come in.
128	* RoomFullOfCrazy: The walls in his room are covered with photos from gore films, crime scenes and pornos. While Miller is taken aback by it and calls him sick, Victoria brushes it off.
129	* SlashedThroat: What he got for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
130	* WronglyAccused: Of being the Chicago Ripper. A bit ironic since the aim of his thesis was to prove that Gus, who was innocent, was the Perlovka Ripper.
131	[[/folder]]
132
133	[[folder:Patrick [=McPherson=]]]
134	->'''Voiced By:''' A. J. Henderson
135	[[quoteright:254:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/803a89df33f882c5277dcaa12aa72afb.jpg]]
136
137	Victoria's father and the son of Gus and [[spoiler: Milena.]] The District Attorney for the city of Chicago.
138	----
139	* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: His concept art shows him smoking one.
140	* DotingParent: To Victoria. She is very grateful for his ability to feel whenever things get too much for her and subsequent invitation to relax and unwind at the family home.
141	* GiftShake: Does this with the Christmas gift he got from his daughter.
142	* GoodParents: To Victoria. They have a close relationship.
143	* TheLostLenore: His wife. Victoria wishes he would start dating again, but suspects that he couldn't get over her death.
144	[[/folder]]
145
146	[[folder:Richard Valdez]]
147	->'''Voiced By:''' Marcel Jeannin
148	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/92c5ac3fdc5db3f8c146f79c9282a67c.jpg]]
149
150	Victoria's boyfriend. He works at the Chicago Art Gallery.
151	----
152	* DatingCatwoman: Inverted, since [[spoiler: he's the Chicago Ripper.]]
153	* DissonantSerenity: He is disturbingly calm and collected when [[spoiler: Victoria discovers that he is the Chicago Ripper.]]
154	* {{Fanboy}}: To Mark Ackerman's paintings [[spoiler: and his murders, apparently.]]
155	* TallDarkAndHandsome: Easily one of the most attractive men in the game.
156	* ParentalAbandonment: How he views his relationship with his mother.
157	* SoftSpokenSadist: Not so much in the first game, but in Videogame/StillLife2, his [[CreepyMonotone voice]] is almost feeble.
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	[[folder:Mia Holmes]]
161	->'''Voiced By:''' Jennifer Seguin
162
163	A student at Chicago University and friends with the Ripper's fifth victim, Cynthia.
164	----
165	* DamselInDistress: Gets kidnapped by the Chicago Ripper.
166	* HighClassCallGirl: Works at the exclusive S&M club Red Lantern.
167	* MsFanservice: Sultry and very sexy.
168	* {{Stripperific}}: Wears a very attention-grabbing corset.
169	[[/folder]]
170
171	[[folder:The Chicago Ripper]]
172	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b8dd8091bf5feafd5cd9916c6280334d.png]]
173	----
174	* BadassCape: Wears a long, black one.
175	* BigBad: In the Chicago Ripper case, as the killer who Victoria is hunting down.
176	* CheapCostume: Averted. He wears a fancy cape and top hat and a silver mask.
177	* ClassyCane: His concept art shows him sporting one.
178	* CouldntFindAPen: Leaves cryptic messages written in his victim's blood.
179	* DisneyDeath: Victoria shoots him and he falls into the Chicago River.
180	* TheFaceless: His face is never seen in-game, leaving his identity a mystery until the sequel.
181	* JackTheRipoff: To the Perlovka Ripper, to the degree that they could almost be the same person.
182	* LeaveNoWitnesses: He slits [[spoiler: Kolar's throat]] because he saw him without his mask on.
183	* OminousOperaCape: Worn to a very dramatic effect.
184	* ThemeSerialKiller: Has shades of this, since he goes after prostitutes and carefully selects victims and the locations he dumps the bodies so he can [[spoiler: recreate the paintings of his favorite artist and grandfather, Mark Ackerman.]]
185	* SlippingAMickey: His favorite modus operandi is to get his victims drunk and then slip Rohypnol into their drink, making it easier for him to drown or strangle them.
186	* TheVoiceless: Never utters a word whenever he is on screen so as to hide his identity.
187	[[/folder]]
188
189	!Prague, 1920s
190
191	[[folder:Inspector Jiří Skalnic]]
192	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MarkCamacho
193	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/33f78413e7febc77059b4d10687598cc.jpg]]
194
195	A Prague police inspector investigating the recent string of murders plaguing the city.
196	----
197	* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: Towards Gus. He intentionally gave him vague answers and as little information as he could. Gus picked up on this immediately.
198	* ClassyCane: His concept art shows him sporting one.
199	%%* DastardlyDapperDerby
200	* DirtyCop: Conceals evidence regarding the Prague murders in exchange for money from [[spoiler: Ackerman's father. On top of that he planned to have Gus take the fall for the ripper crimes.]]
201	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time we see him, he is stealing and concealing evidence from the latest crime scene.
202	* {{Jerkass}}: A huge one. Because of his crooked ways, he's indirectly responsible for the gruesome deaths of at least five women, because he kept eliminating evidence which led to the real killer and did his best to stall the investigation. And he [[LackofEmpathy doesn't feel sorry at all]], because he sees prostitutes as second class citizens.
203	* KickTheSonOfABitch: Gus eventually discovers that Skalnic has been disposing evidence leading to the Perlovka Ripper and gives him a well-deserved beating.
204	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: According to Stašek, he has a very good reputation.
205	[[/folder]]
206
207	[[folder:Kazimír Stašek]]
208	->'''Voiced By:''' Marcel Jeannin
209	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b74b31df383aa6c2ae7e5579b15d7a33.jpg]]
210
211	A police officer who was kind enough to help Gus out with a couple of minor cases before the Prague murders, Stašek is the only ally Gus has within the Czech police force.
212	----
213	* BlatantLies: To Gus, when he explains how he got a black eye. He claims that he was trying to help a woman when the guy who was harassing her suddenly punched him in the face. In reality, [[spoiler: he was the one harassing the woman (Apolina), who had stolen his medal as punishment for using her services and not paying her. He got a black eye when Roman intervened.]]
214	* FriendOnTheForce: Helps out Gus on several occasions, at times even looking the other way to allow him to obtain information through unconventional means.
215	* HeroicFireRescue: He saved some children from a burning orphanage and got a medal of bravery for it.
216	[[/folder]]
217
218	[[folder:Emil Korona]]
219	->'''Voiced By:''' A.J. Henderson
220	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e56e76c6690fe2756c83ce4158da71a4.jpg]]
221
222	A nearly deaf coroner who works in a filthy morgue.
223	----
224	* TheCoroner: Although he doesn't seem very reliable at first, he can figure out what happened to his victims in spite of his rudimentary equipment (for starters, the straw-littered morgue he works in is actually a former chapel). Some of it is logical deduction, some is medical expertise.
225	* EarTrumpet: Uses one because he is almost deaf.
226	* ForgetfulJones: Mostly due to his age. He always forgets his safe's combination, and when he writes it down he forgets where he put the note... and then forgets how his own safe works.
227	* NauseaDissonance: As expected of a coroner.
228	* PunnyName: His surname, Korona, sounds like “coroner”.
229	* CombatMedic: Was a medical aid in the Great War. He lost part of his hearing when a mortar shell exploded near his location.
230	[[/folder]]
231
232	[[folder:The Crow Man]]
233	->'''Voiced By:''' Arthur Holden
234
235	A mysterious coachman often employed by Prague's ladies of the night. He lives in a derelict building and has taught his pet crows to steal shiny objects for him.
236	----
237	* CassandraTruth: He thinks that Inspector Skalnic doesn't take his suggestion that the killer is using the sewer system to move throughout the city undetected seriously because he is a homeless bum and doesn't want to feel outwitted by someone like him. [[spoiler: It's actually because Skalnic is a DirtyCop who is actively working to avoid capturing the killer.]]
238	* DarkAndTroubledPast: His statement that he's had a miserable life and his secrecy hint at this.
239	* HiddenDepths: At first, he seems a homeless bum who scrapes by to survive... but then you find out he's been traveling all over Europe, has a very sharp mind and the ability to train crows to collect shiny objects for him.
240	* MysteriousStranger: We know very little of him, as he refuses to discuss his background. He only mentions that he originates from London, England.
241	* NonHumanSidekick: He has trained his crows to collect shiny objects and bring them back to him, so he can survive the days where he doesn't get any work.
242	* NoNameGiven: He obviously does not want to reveal his name, and the game indulges him.
243	* PetTheDog: He is fond of Vladanna and is relieved when Gus confirms that she was not the recently murdered prostitute. He also feels sorry for her, stating that she is "far too young to be doing what those animals wanted."
244	* PrivateDetective: Gus seems to believe the man fits the profile.
245	* YouRemindMeOfX: Vladanna reminds him of a woman he knew in his youth.
246	[[/folder]]
247
248	[[folder:Otokar Kubina]]
249	->'''Voiced By:''' Harry Standjofski
250
251	A pimp who owns a lingerie shop. Since the Prague murders have begun, business has been bad for him.
252	----
253	%%* DirtyOldMan
254	* EnemyMine: Kubina reluctantly helps Gus by providing him access to Vladanna, because he is also interested in getting the Prague serial killer caught.
255	* PragmaticVillainy: He helps Gus track down the Ripper solely because the murders of his prostitutes are obviously bad for his business, not out of any care for the prostitutes themselves.
256	[[/folder]]
257
258	[[folder:Ida Skaličková]]
259	->'''Voiced By:''' Sarah Leger
260	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/954fc3a897385305afed181852949d46.jpg]]
261
262	A beautiful woman involved with Gus. She is the one who asked him to look into the disappearance and murders or her friends.
263	----
264	* AbusiveParents: Ida's stepfather molested her on a regular basis.
265	* DistressedDamsel: Gets kidnapped by [[spoiler: Mark Ackermann. It ends ''very'' badly]].
266	* DoomedByCanon: Victoria reads about what happened to her when she receives a copy of Kolar's thesis, before she finishes reading her grandfather's files.
267	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Always looking out for her friends and trying her best to help them and keep them safe.
268	* KillTheCutie: Gus describes her as a caring person, always willing to help and protect others, in spite of her hard life. And then [[spoiler: Mark Ackermann gets to her...]]
269	* MsFanservice: Easily the most voluptuous woman in the game.
270	* StatuesqueStunner: Tall and gorgeous.
271	* SugarAndIcePersonality: Mostly to Gus, because she is what society considers a fallen woman, and knows very well that men tend to use and discard women like her. She doesn't react well when she thinks she's being objectified or not taken seriously (as when Gus refused to take money for investigating the Prague murders).
272	[[/folder]]
273
274	[[folder:Apolina]]
275	->'''Voiced By:''' Jennifer Seguin
276	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cee854e10b03bc0348f44bc04a4b36d2.jpg]]
277
278	A prostitute from Prague, she can usually be found at the park. Unlike her fellow working girls who prefer to play it safe by sticking to clients they know and trust, Apolina is known for taking many new clients, especially if they happen to be rich.
279	----
280	* AlphaBitch: Very territorial and assertive.
281	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:She was not exactly a pleasant person before her death.]]
282	* BestServedCold: She steals [[spoiler: Stašek's medal]], leading to his wife becoming suspicious and him spending some nail-biting days worrying that she is going to find out and leave him, taking their children with her. She does this because he does not pay her for her services, and she hates being taken advantage of.
283	* TheCynic: Highly so, because very little worth is placed on her by people (especially the police) due to her profession. Made worse by the fact that in spite of her sass and street smart attitude, even she gets screwed over sometimes (see [[spoiler: Stašek]]).
284	* EyeScream: [[spoiler: The killer gouges her eyes out. When Victoria sees the painting inspired by her murder, she can only hope she was already dead when it happened.]]
285	* LackOfEmpathy: Doesn't feel sorry when the local prostitutes begin to die because it means more clients for her.
286	[[/folder]]
287
288	[[folder:Milena]]
289	->'''Voiced By:''' Claudia Besso
290	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f4cfb85dfe78883d1ca605b88e76a9fb.jpg]]
291
292	A young prostitute living in Prague, Milena was traumatized by the murder of her best friend Frantiska.
293	----
294	* HappilyMarried: To [[spoiler: Gus.]]
295	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Exposes herself to danger by standing in the park just to keep an eye out for Apolina, who doesn't even consider her a friend. Her general behavior is also very sweet and kind.
296	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Averted. The only one of the girls to feel that there was something off about [[spoiler: Mark Ackerman]].
297	* OrphansOrdeal: Met Frantiska at the orphanage where she lived and ran away with her. They ended up trying to survive on the streets as prostitutes, and even tried going to different cities in the hopes of a better life, but always ended right back in Prague, where they started.
298	* SecondLove: She is this for [[spoiler: Gus, who marries her after his first love Ida is murdered by Mark Ackerman]].
299	* ShrinkingViolet: Is meek and gentle, especially compared to Ida and Apolina.
300	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Just compare her picture to that of [[spoiler: Victoria, her granddaughter.]]
301	[[/folder]]
302
303	[[folder:Vladanna Tominova]]
304	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/HollyGauthierFrankel
305	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b88d605da24b26d1049c18f8b5d8ce26.jpg]]
306
307	A sixteen year old prostitute and the only one to have escaped the Perlovka Ripper, Vladanna is found hiding in the Junkyard.
308	----
309	* CoveredWithScars: She was stabbed seven times by the Ripper before her screams attracted Roman's attention, and he scared off the killer and got her to safety.
310	* DeerInTheHeadlights: When she first saw the mysterious man who soon proved to be the Perlovka Ripper emerging from the fog, she was too terrified to do or say anything.
311	* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The fact that she spent two months hiding in an abandoned train wagon might have helped with her pallor.
312	* {{Irony}}: She describes [[spoiler: Mark Ackerman]] as being cordial and always very well behaved and wishes she could [[spoiler: pose for him again, not knowing that ''he'' is the one who nearly murdered her.]]
313	* RagsToRiches: Came with Gus to America and seems to have done well. As she was the main benefactor for the construction of a bridge in Chicago, it was named after her.
314	* ShrinkingViolet: When Gus first meets her, she's very traumatized and fearful. Justified, given that she was viciously attacked and nearly died at the hands of the Perlovka Ripper.
315	[[/folder]]
316
317	[[folder:Mark Ackerman]]
318	An aspiring artist in Prauge who uses the prostitutes as his models for his erotically charged paintings.
319	----
320	* AbusiveParents: Richard claims that Ackerman was abused by his father, and that his mother knew of that but did not do anything to stop it from happening.
321	* FauxAffablyEvil: Initially, he appears to be a friendly artist fully dedicated to his art. He even pays prostitutes good sums of money simply to pose for his paintings.[[spoiler: Unfortunately for them, not only does he despise them, but he also gets his artistic inspiration from their brutal murder and mutilation.]]
322	* AgentPeacock: Long haired, dressed in a rather showy manner, wearing elaborate bracelets and arm cuffs and displaying certain feminine gestures (such as examining his nails from time to time). [[spoiler: Also a particularly ruthless and sadistic killer]].
323	* AxCrazy: What happens to him eventually. He is restrained and locked in a mental asylum.
324	* BlatantLies: ''I never touched these women.''
325	* EvilMentor: Was this to Harold Perrin, whom he also painted.
326	* {{Foil}}: To Gus. Both are artists, but while Gus is a starving artist who has to give up his dream in order to survive and a protector of the less fortunate (the prostitutes of Prague), Mark is an IdleRich artist living off his father's money and [[spoiler: preying on the very people Gus wants to protect.]]
327	* IdenticalGrandson: His grandson [[spoiler: Richard]] looks a lot like him.
328	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The opening sequence pretty much spells out the fact that [[spoiler: he is the Perlovka Ripper.]] On top of that, there are a number of clues which lead to his true identity, such as his disgusted tone with which he denies ever having slept with the prostitutes he employed as his models.
329	* MadArtist: [[spoiler: Murders women and then paints portraits of them with the place where he intends to dump the bodies in the background. Even creepier is the fact that although the women seem alive in his paintings, the position of their bodies is the same as the position of their corpses.]]
330	* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: He wears a dark suit and a blood red sash around his waist.
331	* SanitySlippage: Is eventually locked into a mental asylum by his father.
332	* SelfImmolation: Was the cause of the fire at the mental hospital where he had been locked in for over twenty years. He and nine other people perished in the fire.
333	* SlasherSmile: Sports one of these when [[spoiler: killing Ida]].
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336	[[folder:The Perlovka Ripper]]
337	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8cf337bd729ea0cce57ff730cb04fa6b.png]]
338
339	A vicious serial killer who preys on the prostitutes of the Prague red-light district. His unfortunate victims end up with their throats slashed and bodies mutilated at various locations throughout the neighborhood.
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341	* BadassCape: Wears a long, black one.
342	* BigBad: For the Prague section of the game, as the killer who Gus is hunting down.
343	* TheDreaded: The prostitutes are justifiably terrified of him, and Gus is highly disturbed by the mutilations he inflicts on his victims.
344	* PredecessorVillain: Since the Chicago Ripper is a copycat of him [[spoiler:and his grandson]].
345	* OminousOperaCape: Worn to a very dramatic effect.
346	* TheVoiceless: Never utters a word whenever he is on screen.

Context Characters / StillLife