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3 | This page is for characters appearing in the 2015 CW television series. |
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5 | [[foldercontrol]] |
6 | |
7 | [[folder:The Messengers]] |
8 | !!In General |
9 | ---- |
10 | * AngelUnaware: They themselves don't know this at first. |
11 | * BackFromTheDead: They all died and came back to life a few minutes later when {{Satan}} landed on Earth. |
12 | * LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:There were six previous generations who successfully saved the world from the Apocalypse.]] |
13 | * TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: They all have wings which can only be seen in mirrors. |
14 | * MissionFromGod: Save the world and prove humanity is still worth saving. |
15 | * SavingTheWorld: Their MissionFromGod. |
16 | |
17 | !!Vera Buckley |
18 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poster_009.png]] |
19 | |
20 | -->'''Played by''': Creator/ShantelVanSanten |
21 | ---- |
22 | * AgentScully: As a scientist, she takes the longest to believe the supernatural things occurring. |
23 | * AstralProjection: Her power, called "Spirit Walking." |
24 | * HollywoodAtheist: Averted, Vera is an atheist who initially doubts the things she's told at the start of the series but comes to believe when shown incontrovertible evidence, and is not shown as wrong for doubting earlier or otherwise portrayed poorly. |
25 | * MissingChild: Her son Michael, who has been missing for seven years. |
26 | * ModestyTowel: When Alan tracks her down in her hotel room at Houston she's only wearing a towel, implied to have been taking an offscreen ShowerOfAngst. |
27 | * RemoteYetVulnerable: She leaves her body behind when using her AstralProjection powers, and if she doesn't come back in six minutes, she dies. |
28 | * UndercoverAsLovers: With Alan in ''Metamorphosis'' |
29 | * WorkingWithTheEx: Vera finds herself having to work with her ex-boyfriend, Leo Travers, who left her years before. |
30 | |
31 | !!!Rose Arvale |
32 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poster_005.jpg]] |
33 | -->'''Played by''': Creator/AnnaDiop |
34 | |
35 | ---- |
36 | * EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:She's actually the Horseman of Death.]] |
37 | * HospitalHottie: An attractive hospital nurse. |
38 | * TheLeader: She's the one who assembles the team and acts as their leader. [[spoiler:Until she's revealed to be a Horseman.]] |
39 | * MercyKill: As a nurse she performed this on soldiers in Afghanistan and on elderly patients at the Houston Hospital. |
40 | * {{Omniglot}}: Her power of "understanding." She can even read binary. [[spoiler:Since she's not really a Messenger, it's unclear whether she truly has this power or just knows enough languages to deceive the others.]] |
41 | |
42 | !!Raul Garcia |
43 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poster_004.jpg]] |
44 | |
45 | -->'''Played by''': Creator/JDPardo |
46 | ---- |
47 | * AbsurdlyYouthfulFather: [[spoiler:He's revealed to be Nadia's biological father.]] |
48 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: After he gains his {{Telepathy}} powers. |
49 | %%* ClearMyName |
50 | * OfficialCouple: With Erin. |
51 | * {{Telepathy}}: His power. |
52 | |
53 | !!Peter Moore |
54 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poster_006.jpg]] |
55 | -->'''Played by''': Creator/JoelCourtney |
56 | ---- |
57 | * AccidentalMurder: Kills his bully, Sam by fighting back without yet knowing he had SuperStrength |
58 | * DrivenToSuicide: His mother killed herself due to having him taken away at birth because he was born out of wedlock, which caused her to fall into deep depression. He himself is nearly goaded by Satan into doing it. [[InterruptedSuicide He's only stopped by the arrival of Rose to visit him.]] |
59 | * OrphansOrdeal: He grew up living in foster homes and now lives in a group home for orphaned children. |
60 | * SuperStrength: His power. |
61 | |
62 | !!Joshua Silburn, Jr. |
63 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poster_008.jpg]] |
64 | |
65 | -->'''Played by''': Jon Fletcher |
66 | ---- |
67 | * UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Speaks with a Southern accent. |
68 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He's killed by Rose, but brought back to life in the following episode by Satan.]] |
69 | %%* BewareTheNiceOnes |
70 | * ChurchOfSaintGenericus: The evangelist, Joshua Silburn Junior, starts out as the youthful "face" of an evangelist TV show; aside from the interaction of the show's premise with his religion, he could be a leader of any relatively mainstream Christian church. |
71 | %%* DiesWideOpen: |
72 | * FaintingSeer: His power, which causes him to have what looks to others to be a seizure. |
73 | %%* NiceGuy: |
74 | %%* PermaStubble |
75 | |
76 | !!Erin Calder |
77 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poster_007.jpg]] |
78 | -->'''Played by''': Creator/SofiaBlackDElia |
79 | ---- |
80 | * ActionMom: She's a single mom, but that doesn't stop her from trying to SaveTheWorld. |
81 | * CastFromHitPoints: Using her powers too much cause her own health and body to deteriorate. |
82 | * DomesticAbuse: Erin's husband grew increasingly paranoid and controlling once their daughter Amy was born, to the point that he wouldn't even let them leave the house. She left with Amy, but he tracked them down. |
83 | * HealingHands: Her power. |
84 | * InformedJudaism: The only time we find out she's Jewish is in a quick recital of the Messengers' faiths/belief systems in the finale. |
85 | * OfficialCouple: With Raul. |
86 | * SwissArmyTears: Her tears have healing properties. |
87 | |
88 | !!Koa Lin |
89 | [[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/koa_lin.jpg]] |
90 | -->'''Played by''': Jessika Van |
91 | ---- |
92 | * AttemptedRape: Koa Lin is nearly raped by a man in a casino after she's caught cheating at cards. She uses her ability to assume his form and beat him up. |
93 | * AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: She's Asian and uses her martial arts skills to fight Raul. |
94 | * TheGambler: Basically her job. She was in the middle of a high stake game, when they wave hit her and she fell uncouncious, revealing she was cheating, which put her in a lot of trouble. |
95 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: Koa suffers from memory loss, some of the most basic memories have become blurred like a card trick her father taught her at the age of 6. Joshua believes it comes from the fact she borrows someone else's identity and in turn she loses her own. |
96 | * RavenHairIvorySkin: She's very pale, with long black hair. |
97 | * SixthRanger: Seventh, actually. She joins the other Messengers in "Metamorphosis." Then [[spoiler:Rose is revealed to be a Horseman]], meaning Koa really is the sixth. |
98 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: Her power. She can apparently acquire knowledge from the people she's impersonated as well (learning martial arts through doubling a man when he had attempted to rape her, for instance). |
99 | |
100 | !!Zahir Zakaria |
101 | [[quoteright:168:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zahir.jpg]] |
102 | |
103 | -->'''Played by''': Creator/WinstonDuke |
104 | ---- |
105 | * EleventhHourRanger: He joins the Messengers in the penultimate episode. |
106 | * MundaneUtility: Uses his eletric powers to recharge his cellphone. |
107 | * ShockAndAwe: His power. |
108 | * TwoferTokenMinority: He's black and a Muslim. |
109 | [[/folder]] |
110 | |
111 | [[folder:Villains]] |
112 | |
113 | !!The Man |
114 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poster_001.jpg]] |
115 | -->'''Played by''': Diogo Morgado |
116 | |
117 | The Devil himself. |
118 | ---- |
119 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:Makes one with the other Messengers to bring Joshua, who had been killed by Rose, back to life.]] |
120 | %%* EvilIsHammy |
121 | %%* FauxAffablyEvil |
122 | * AGodAmI: Declares this when the Horsemen betray him. |
123 | * GoodWingsEvilWings: Has fiery red wings much like the Horsemen's. |
124 | * GreaterScopeVillain: While he causes quite a bit of trouble in his own right, the Horsemen remain the primary antagonists. The Devil only helps them along as long as it amuses him [[spoiler:but claims he doesn't actually want them to destroy the world, and even helps the Messengers against them once they reject him]]. |
125 | %%* IHaveManyNames |
126 | %%* KarmaHoudini |
127 | * NakedOnArrival: After he fell naked on earth, he stole the clothes of the first guy he met (and possibly killed him). |
128 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: The Man's (Satan's) eyes glow red from time to time |
129 | %%* SmartPeoplePlayChess |
130 | * SmugSmiler: His expression by default. |
131 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: When he declares being a god. |
132 | |
133 | !!The Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
134 | ---- |
135 | * BigBadDuumvirate: They're the ones trying to destroy the world. |
136 | %%* CardCarryingVillain |
137 | * EvilCounterpart: To the Messengers. |
138 | * GoodWingsEvilWings: They have fiery red wings. |
139 | * MoralEventHorizon: InUniverse, committing an irredeemable act of evil turns them into a Horseman. |
140 | * OmnicidalManiac: They want to destroy humanity because they can. |
141 | %%* RedEyesTakeWarning |
142 | |
143 | !!!Sen. Cindy Richards |
144 | -->'''Played by''': Lauren Bowles |
145 | |
146 | The Horseman of War. |
147 | ---- |
148 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Her son died serving the army, which may have caused her turn in villainy. |
149 | %%* LeaveNoWitnesses |
150 | * TheStarscream: She essentially ''fired'' the Devil. |
151 | |
152 | !!!Leland Schiller |
153 | -->'''Played by''': Sam Littlefield |
154 | |
155 | The Horseman of Pestilence. |
156 | ---- |
157 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Attacked a hospital and killed its patients for letting his mother die. |
158 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: His motivation for launching an attack on a hospital. |
159 | %%* FromNobodyToNightmare |
160 | * IgnoredEpiphany: Got talked out of his first attempt to attack the hospital, then went right back and did it again. |
161 | %%* {{Revenge}} |
162 | |
163 | !!![[spoiler:Rose Arvale]] |
164 | -->'''Played by''': [[spoiler:Creator/AnnaDiop]] |
165 | |
166 | The Horseman of Death. |
167 | ---- |
168 | * ItGetsEasier: Went from performing euthanasia on several patients to murdering someone in cold blood. |
169 | * DeadlyDoctor: Her MercyKill eventually crossed the line into cold-blooded murder. |
170 | * KissOfDeath: She gives one to [[spoiler:Joshua]]. |
171 | * TheMole: When she was part of the Messengers. |
172 | %%* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning |
173 | * WomanScorned: This is actually what caused her to become the Horseman of Death. |
174 | |
175 | !!!Vincent Plowman |
176 | -->'''Played by''': Creator/JamieBamber |
177 | ---- |
178 | * CainAndAbel: With Mark. |
179 | %%* CorruptCorporateExecutive |
180 | * RedHerring: [[spoiler:He's initially believed to be the Horseman of Famine, but it turns out his brother is.]] |
181 | |
182 | !!!Mark Plowman |
183 | -->'''Played by''': Creator/RileySmith |
184 | |
185 | The Horseman of Famine. |
186 | ---- |
187 | * CainAndAbel: With Vincent. |
188 | * FaceHeelTurn: He starts out as a decent guy who protests against his brother's unethical business practices, but he ends up killing his brother and becoming the Horseman of Famine. |
189 | [[/folder]] |
190 | |
191 | [[folder:Other Characters]] |
192 | |
193 | !!Alan Harris |
194 | -->'''Played by''': Craig Frank |
195 | |
196 | Vera's fellow astronomer and best friend. |
197 | ---- |
198 | * ConspiracyTheorist: Thinks the military is behind everything. |
199 | * MuggleBestFriend: To Vera. |
200 | * SecretKeeper: Vera tells him about the Messengers and her own powers in ''Deus Ex Machina'' |
201 | |
202 | !!Amy Calder |
203 | -->'''Played by''': Madison Dellamea |
204 | |
205 | Erin's young daughter. [[spoiler:She's also TheAntiChrist.]] |
206 | ---- |
207 | %%* TheAntiChrist |
208 | %%* CreepyChild |
209 | |
210 | !!Nadia Garcia |
211 | -->'''Played by''': Creator/BrittanyOGrady |
212 | |
213 | Raul's teenage niece. [[spoiler: Actually his daughter.]] |
214 | ---- |
215 | |
216 | !!Joshua Silburn, Sr. |
217 | -->'''Played by''': Victor Slezak |
218 | |
219 | Joshua's father. |
220 | ---- |
221 | * AbusiveDad: Joshua's father beat him when he was a child, controls everything in his life, has an affair with his daughter-in-law, blackmails her and nearly kills her when she refuses to cooperate. |
222 | * DomesticAbuse: His physical abuse to Joshua's wife is what gets Joshua to have him arrested. |
223 | * {{Jerkass}}: Make Joshua's life a living hell. |
224 | |
225 | !!Eliza Shepard |
226 | -->'''Played by''': Jennifer Griffin |
227 | ---- |
228 | %%* DePower |
229 | * FaintingSeer: She used to have the same power as Joshua. |
230 | |
231 | !!Michael |
232 | -->'''Played by''': Zeb Sanders |
233 | Vera and Leo's son, who was kidnapped at an airport and placed in the care of another family. |
234 | ---- |
235 | * ArchangelMichael: Actually the incarnation of the Archangel Michael. |
236 | |
237 | !!God |
238 | ---- |
239 | * AbusiveDad: The Man paints Him in this light. |
240 | * BigGood: As the one who gave the Messengers their mission. |
241 | * TheGhost: Never appears directly. |
242 | [[/folder]] |
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