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12	The characters of ''Literature/TheSkinjackerTrilogy'':
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15
16	[[folder:Main Characters]]
17
18	!'''Nick/The Chocolate Ogre'''
19
20	->''"What if we're lost here forever?"''
21
22	The fourteen-year-old hero. He arrives into Everlost with Allie following a car accident, dressed in a suit and his face smeared with chocolate. While initially passive and at times insecure, Nick develops into a more determined and strong-willed person. He quickly develops a crush on Mary Hightower.
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24	* BettyAndVeronica: He is the Veronica to Vari's Betty in ''Everlost'', and the Betty to Milos's Veronica in ''Everwild'' and ''Everfound''.
25	* ButNotTooForeign: Nick is half-Japanese.
26	* CharacterDevelopment: Nick starts out a bit high-strung and not very courageous, but by the end he's brave and self-confident, even going as far as to lead the rebellion against Mary Hightower. Much of this character development happened while he was being pickled in a barrel by the Haunter and had lots of time to reflect.
27	* CharacterFocus: He spends much of the time separated from the three other main characters, having his own adventures, such as leading the ghost train.
28	%%* {{Foil}}: For Allie and Mary.
29	* LoveAtFirstSight: Nick and Mary felt quite a connection right away, partly love, and partly because [[spoiler: Nick was destined to take over Mary's role, only to do it the right way, with unselfish intentions. Mary was basically Nick's [[EvilCounterpart evil counterpart]].]]
30	!!In ''Everlost''
31	* DistressedDude: Gets captured twice--first by the Haunter and then by the [=McGill=].
32	* FishOutOfWater: He has to figure out the ins and outs of being a ghost.
33	* HomeSweetHome: Nick's initial goal until he meets Mary Hightower.
34	* LongingLook: Whenever he's around Mary.
35	* OnlySaneMan
36	** With Lief when he becomes a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
37	** Also, in the chiming chambers, where most people had gone crazy from hanging around.
38	* TookALevelInBadass: When Nick realizes that [[spoiler:Mary has been lying to the Afterlights about their coins in order to keep them in Everlost instead of moving on, he betrays Mary and frees all the Afterlights so they can reach the light.]]
39	* WellExcuseMePrincess: Between Nick and Allie.
40	!!In ''Everwild''
41	* BodyHorror: He's not called the Chocolate Ogre without reason...
42	* DatingCatwoman: In spite of Mary's true colors and her scheme to prevent Afterlights from moving on and instead trapping them in Everlost, Nick is still in love with her.
43	* LikeBrotherAndSister: How Allie regards her relationship with Nick.
44	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Mary labeling Nick "the Chocolate Ogre" in an attempt to scare Afterlights away from him. Nick tries to invert the trope and actually succeeds.
45	!!In ''Everfound''
46	* EmptyShell: Nick is this for a short while at the beginning of the book. His personality slowly grows back with the help of Mikey.
47	* FakeMemories: Milos manipulates Nick into believing that Jill is who he loves and not Mary. This doesn't last for long.
48	* TheFerryman: [[spoiler: Near the end, Nick explains to Allie this was fate had planned for him all along. Over the course of the final book he gains SuperStrength, the ability to retain his identity, and even loses the weakness of gravity fatigue. It's likely he was challenged so he could gain these powers yet remain humble, acting as an ideal guide for the souls of Everlost.]]
49	* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: In the end, he decides that his fate is to stay in Everlost, to help all newcomers.]]
50	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Due to his near dissolving into nothingness and returning as a literal "Chocolate Ogre," Nick can barely recall who he was.
51	%%* StarcrossedLovers: With Mary.
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53	!'''Alexandra "Allie" Johnson/Allie the Outcast'''
54
55	->''"What if I don't want to forget the living world?"''
56
57	The-fourteen-year-old heroine. Arrives into Everlost with Nick following a car accident. She is practical and sarcastic. Allie desperately desires to return home and displays hostility towards Mary. Her choices in the story cause a chain of events that lead her to untimely consequences.
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59	* ActionGirl: Allie gets into the most physical confrontations of any of the characters and is willing to show anyone up.
60	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Allie falls in love with the moody [=McGill=], the "one true monster of Everlost."
61	* BecomeARealBoy: Allie wishes she could become human once again. [[spoiler: And it's [[ConvenientComa closer]] to the truth that she initially thought.]]
62	%%* BodySurf: Her trademark skill.
63	* ConvenientComa: The reason why she (and other skinjackers) can skinjack.
64	* DareToBeBadass: Allie was the first Afterlight that dared challenge Mary Hightower, the first character to see through the propaganda and the first character that took on ([[DidYouJustScamCthulhu and fooled for a long while]]) the One True Monster. The rest is history.
65	* DeadpanSnarker: Just look at the following [[ShoutOut shout outs]].
66	-->'''Allie:''' Great. I'm playing Wendy to a delinquent Literature/PeterPan and the lost boys of Juvie Hall.
67	-->'''Allie:''' Don't try to charm me. The 'Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast' thing doesn't work with me, okay?
68	%%* {{Deuteragonist}}: She's arguably more important than the protagonist Nick, or even any of the other characters.
69	%%* {{Foil}}: For Nick.
70	* ForeignPeopleAreSexy: Which is why Allie fell for Milos. [[spoiler:But not for long.]]
71	* GuileHero: She spends the whole first book tricking the [=McGill=] by telling him she would teach him how to skinjack. She ends with one giant trick when she puts a fake fortune in one of his cookies.
72	%%* HomeSweetHome: Her main goal.
73	%%* MoralityChain: For the [=McGill=][=/=]Mikey.
74	%%* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:With Mikey.]]
75	* ShipTease: With the [=McGill=]/Mikey. [[spoiler:They become an OfficialCouple in ''Everwild''.]]
76	* {{Tsundere}}: Type A. She can be quite HotBlooded and impulsive, but she genuinely cares about her friends.
77	%%* UnresolvedSexualTension: Mikey and Allie, Milos and Allie.
78	* WillTheyOrWontThey: Mikey and Allie. [[spoiler:They will-but not until Allie dies for real.]]
79	* WorthyOpponent: To the [=McGill=]. [[spoiler:This is why Mikey has a [[HeelFaceTurn change of heart]] and [[RescueRomance rescues]] her.]]
80	!!In ''Everlost''
81	* BatmanGambit: Allie convinces the [=McGill=] that she can teach him the twelve steps on how to skinjack so she won't get thrown overboard. They're all BlatantLies.
82	* BecomingTheMask: Nick calls out Allie on this when it appears the [=McGill=]'s influence is rubbing off on her.
83	* BewareOfHitchhikingGhosts: [[spoiler:When Allie {{body surf}}s into a nineteen-year-old jogger and they fight for control of the girl's body while Allie is driving, they crash into a guard rail along the road. The jogger ends up mostly unharmed, but Allie literally falls out of the body and almost sinks into the water below before Mikey rescues her.]]
84	* ConflictingLoyalty: Between her loyalty in rescuing Nick and Lief versus her sympathy to the [=McGill=].
85	* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Tricking [=McGill=] into beliving that she was teaching him how to BodySurf.
86	* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Whenever the [=McGill=] begins showing genuine kindness towards Allie.
87	* EasilyForgiven: The [=McGill=] easily forgives Allie twice--after he catches her opening his fortune cookies, and then [[spoiler:within a couple of hours of chasing Allie for betraying him, the [=McGill=][=/=]Mikey has a change of heart from vengeance to admiration towards Allie and rescues her.]]
88	* InterruptedSuicide: Subverted. When the [=McGill=] sees Allie staring off at the horizon from the deck and approaches her, she accuses him of trying to pull a BeastAndBeauty. The [=McGill=] actually thought Allie was going to jump and wanted to make sure she wasn't going to.
89	%%* ItsAllMyFault: After Nick and Lief get captured by the Haunter.
90	%%* TheLancer
91	* MostWritersAreWriters: Allie writes a book that is mentioned throughout the series, named ''Everything Mary Says is Wrong''.
92	* RescueRomance: [[spoiler:Mikey's HeelFaceTurn and rescuing of Allie.]]
93	* StockholmSyndrome: Allie's slightly gradual sympathy towards the [=McGill=].
94	* TookALevelInBadass: From NaiveNewcomer to [[GuileHero Guile Heroine]] in days.
95	%%* WellExcuseMePrincess: Between Nick and Allie.
96	* WoundedGazelleGambit: Allie attempts this on the [=McGill=] to defend herself from the Haunter. The Haunter [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath gets thrown overboard]], but the gambit fails for Allie because the [=McGill=] already knew she had fooled him.
97	!!In ''Everwild''
98	* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Gets strapped to the front of the train Milos and the rest of Mary's children are on, headed for the West.]] Ironically complains that the latter trope has been overdone.
99	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Zin lacks enough strength to rip Mary into the living world: Allie skinjacks some people and pulls from the opposite side, dragging her out.]]
100	%%* TheHero: In her respective team.
101	%%* LikeBrotherAndSister: How Allie regards her relationship with Nick.
102	* LivingLegend: Allie is now rather famous at this point, as can be evidenced by the reactions in her first appearance in ''Everwild''.
103	* MistakenIdentity: This is why she runs into Milos and his gang.
104	* PowerHigh: An ethical dilemma for Allie as she has some trouble in self-restraint. She gets much better.
105	* PreAsskickingOneLiner:
106	-->'''Allie:''' [[spoiler:Now that you are in the living world,]] there is something I wanted to do for a long time... (punches Mary in the face)
107	* RedBaron: Allie the Outcast. A fitting nickname for a heroine that broke free of convention.
108	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Allie, like all skinjackers, is not actually dead, just comatose.]]
109	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: Much of the plot revolves around Allie's ethical dilemmas in skinjacking.
110	!!In ''Everfound''
111	* AssassinOutclassin: Allie is checking on her own comatose body at a hospital when an assassin skinjacker sent by Mary tries to suffocate her (the body) with a pillow. When Allie finds out and makes a last-minute return the tables are quickly turned, with the assassin being lured into an elevator, after which Allie shuts the door and hits the top-floor button, causing him to fall through the elevator floor and down the shaft.
112	* BreakTheBadass: Gets stuck in a coyote she skinjacked, and stays that way for two weeks until she is run over by a car. Allie hates the experience. She bursts into tears immediately afterwards and goes through a HeroicBSOD. What makes this awesome is that she uses being broken to her advantage while lampshading the trope.
113	* FateWorseThanDeath: Comes extremely close to getting one [[spoiler:by having her comatose body killed by Mary's assassin. Allie figures it out at the last second and subjects the assassin to a FateWorseThanDeath. Ironically, Allie herself delivered this trope to Milos via the exact same method, killing his comatose body.]]
114	* HeroicSacrifice: Allie tries this ''twice'': the first by knowingly crossing her MoralEventHorizon by [[spoiler:euthanizing Milos]], and the second time by [[spoiler:trying to pull off a TakingYouWithMe moment by sinking herself while attached to Mary. Subverted in this case because it fails.]]
115	* HumanityEnsues: Allie ultimately choose to return to her own body and reunites with her mother.
116	* SummonBiggerFish: When the train she is trapped on is blocked by a building, Allie refuses to give a solution (the building had been moved there and therefore can be moved off the track) she knows, not only because she can make a bargain but also because whoever moved the building would try to attack the train, possibly setting her free. Subverted, because a) Milos sees through her plan and B) the group turns out to be a SpannerInTheWorks and changes the plot dramatically.
117	* TakingYouWithMe: Tries to invoke this on Mary by going down the the centre of the earth with her. Subverted because it fails.
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119	!'''Mary Hightower'''
120
121	->''"You see emptiness. I see possibility."''
122
123	Mary is a fifteen-year-old girl who takes in Afterlights and gives them a home in her utopia. She is exceptionally knowledgable when it comes to Everlost and has written many books on it. Mary is slowly drawn to newcomer Nick.
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125	* AffablyEvil: Mary is very polite and proper, and just a relatively nice person, if only she wasn't [[spoiler:set on destroying the world.]]
126	* AlliterativeName: [[spoiler:Megan Mary [=McGill=].]]
127	* BigApplesauce: Mary's haven for the Afterlights is the Twin Towers, where a good portion of the story happens.
128	%%* BlatantLies: At least half the things she writes.
129	%%* BrokenBird
130	%%* TheChessmaster
131	%%* ControlFreak
132	* CoolAirship: [[spoiler:In the epilogue of ''Everlost'' and for a long duration in ''Everwild'', Mary uses the airship ''Hindenburg.'']]
133	%%* EvilAllAlong
134	%%* EvilRedhead
135	%%* IChooseToStay
136	%%* ManipulativeBitch
137	%%* MostWritersAreWriters
138	%%* RedheadInGreen
139	%%* SiblingYinYang: Mary and her brother [[spoiler:Mikey.]]
140	%%* StepfordSmiler
141	%%* TeamMom
142	%%* VillainWithGoodPublicity
143	%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
144	!!In ''Everlost''
145	%%* DefrostingIceQueen
146	%%* MeetCute
147	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The [=McGill=] is Mary's younger brother Mikey, and she has known about it the entire time. She also lied about the coins that Afterlights brought with them to Everlost being useless--she knew it was the key to Afterlights going into the light and wanted them to stay with her in Everlost instead.]]
148
149	!!In ''Everwild''
150	* DatingCatwoman: Despite Nick betraying her in ''Everlost'', Mary still holds strong feelings for Nick. It is hinted in various occasions, such as when she is captured by Pugsy Capone in Chicago and fantasizes about Nick finding and rescuing her.
151	* HumanityEnsues: Nick's plan succeeds and Zin crams Mary out of Everlost and into the human world, but Mary convinces Milos to kill her and watch over her body in Everlost during the nine-month hibernation period until she awakens.
152	!!In ''Everfound''
153	%%* BreakTheHaughty
154	%%* CharmPerson: Dear God.
155	* DeepSleep: She is currently in her nine-month-hibernation.
156	* DrivenToSuicide: Of sorts. After being defeated, rather than stay in an Everlost that is not hers, Mary decides to seal herself in a refrigerator that sinks to the center of the earth.
157	%%* EvilCounterpart: To both Nick and Allie.
158	* AGodAmI: Actually close to being worshipped.
159	%%* StarcrossedLovers: With Nick.
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161	!'''The [=McGill=]/"Mikey"'''
162
163	->''"I am the [=McGill=]. Hear my name and tremble."''
164
165	A monster feared by all of Everlost. It is said that he leaves no survivors.
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167	* AlliterativeName: [[spoiler:Mikey [=McGill=].]]
168	%%* BeastAndBeauty: The [=McGill=] and Allie.
169	%%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Allie.
170	%%* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Milos's Veronica.
171	%%* BigBad
172	%%* {{Blackmail}}: Believes in the power of this.
173	%%* BroughtDownToNormal
174	%%* TheCaptain
175	* CannotSpitItOut: Feeling left out when he is around the Skinjackers, his ability to change, and his feelings for ''Allie''.
176	* CoolBoat: Has a ship named the ''Sulphur Queen,'' [[spoiler:but leaves it behind for a CoolHorse when he chases after Allie (and gets chased after, himself, by an angry mob. Vari takes the ''Sulphur Queen'' and becomes the new [=McGill=].]]
177	* CoolHorse: [[spoiler:Has a horse that can dive from frightening high places until he loses it in the sequel.]]
178	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
179	%%* EldritchAbomination: As the [=McGill=].
180	%%* HeelFaceTurn
181	* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: After the [=McGill=] catches Allie opening his fortune cookies, she hesitates in answering him, and he assumes that she will lie. In spite of this, he decides to believe what she says.
182	%%* HotBlooded
183	%%* HumanityIsInfectious
184	%%* IChooseToStay
185	* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: The [=McGill=] takes a growing interest in Allie not only because of her skinjacking ability but also because she doesn't fear him (she secretly does).
186	%%* {{Jerkass}}
187	%%* TheLancer
188	* LivingLieDetector: The [=McGill=] believes he is this, but his arrogance blinds him from seeing Allie's BlatantLies.
189	* LuminescentBlush: Or glowing lavender.
190	* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:He remembered his ''last name''.]]
191	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Played straight with the [=McGill=]. Averted with Mikey.
192	%%* RedOniBlueOni: To Milos's BlueOni.
193	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
194	** In ''Everlost,'' the [=McGill=] chases after [[spoiler:Allie]] for foiling his plans, [[spoiler:but as time passes he grows to admire her as a {{worthy opponent}} and rescues her.]]
195	** In ''Everwild'', [[spoiler:under the belief that he can never have Allie and that Allie had chosen Milos over him, he becomes the [=McGill=] once again and pulls an [[IfICantHaveYou If I Can't Have You]] moment by attempting to force Allie to move on into the light rather than not being able to have her at all.]]
196	%%* ShipTease: With Allie.
197	%%* SiblingYinYang: With Mary.
198	%%* SixthRanger
199	* {{Tsundere}}: Type A as Mikey. ''Tsun-tsun'' towards people he doesn't know or when socializing with others in general. ''Dere-dere'' towards Allie.
200	* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Initially doesn't understand and denies his feelings for Allie.
201	* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Allie. [[spoiler:They will.]]
202	!!In ''Everlost''
203	* BigNo: [[spoiler:When Mary shows him a picture of who he really is--Mary's brother, Michael Edward [=McGill=], which changes him back from an EldritchAbomination to the fourteen-year-old boy he once was.]]
204	%%* DefeatEqualsFriendship
205	%%* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Narrowly averted towards Allie.
206	%%* IHaveYourWife
207	* LimaSyndrome: Develops feelings for Allie.
208	* StalkerWithACrush: After he starts to like Allie, he has a habit of appearing behind her several times.
209	* TakeMyHand: [[spoiler:"Hold on to me, and don't let go."]]
210	!!In ''Everwild''
211	* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:When he turns into the [=McGill=] once again. He gets better.]]
212	* ButtMonkey: For some time in the story since he's not as threatening in his fifteen-year-old body than he was as the monsterous [=McGill=], and well, because LonersAreFreaks.
213	* CassandraTruth: When he tells the Afterlights at the diner that he was the [=McGill=], and when Mikey tells Milos, Squirrel, and Moose that [[spoiler:Mary Hightower is his sister.]]
214	* CrazyJealousGuy: He does not take too kindly to Milos, a rival for Allie's affections and a fellow skinjacker. What sends him on the tip of the iceberg and makes him [[spoiler:become the [=McGill=] once more]] is [[spoiler:seeing Milos and Allie kiss.]]
215	* DatePeepers: Mikey spies on Milos's and Allie's "lesson," and everything went downhill after that...
216	* GreenEyedMonster: Sees Milos as a threat and is jealous of the growing closeness between Allie and Milos and how much time they've been spending together.
217	-->Mikey had no idea whether or not Milos was a good spirit, or bad, all he knew was that he hated Milos for simply existing.
218	* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:Mikey (reprising his role as the [=McGill=]) literally says this to Allie in ''Everwild'', convinced that he can never have Allie because she had chosen Milos over him, and he would rather have Allie take a coin and be returned to the tunnel to the light than to not be able to have her at all.]]
219	* IWillFindYou: Twice towards Allie--[[spoiler:Once as the [=McGill=] (again) to return Allie to the tunnel to the light than to be unable to have her, having been convinced that Allie had chosen Milos over him, and then as Mikey when Allie is captured and taken to the west, leaving Nick and him to find her.]]
220	%%* LonersAreFreaks
221	%%* LoveHurts
222	%%* LoveMakesYouCrazy
223	%%* LoveMakesYouEvil
224	%%* RecklessSidekick
225	!!In ''Everfound''
226	* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: He is taken into the light at the climax of the book.
227	* LoveRedeems: He acknowledges that his love for Allie had "saved" him and restored him to his true self, but at the time, cooled off his furious [=McGill=] nature, which serves to be a bit of a problem when [[spoiler:the "Ogre" version of]] Nick and him are attempting to follow Mary's train by going through the earth (as doing so needs willpower and fury).
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229	[[/folder]]
230
231	[[folder:Introduced in Everlost]]
232
233	!'''Lief'''
234
235	->''"It would have been a fun forever. But that's okay. I don't mind. I'm ready."''
236
237	An initially nameless boy who finds Nick and Allie and introduces them to the world of Everlost. Allie names him "Lief."
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239	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Becomes this after he gets captured by the Haunter and gets stuck in a pickle barrel.
240	* DistressedDude: Gets captured twice--first by the Haunter and then by the [=McGill=].
241	* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Does this to Nick and Allie when they decide to leave the forest to find their homes. He secretly follows them to make sure they don't get hurt and rescues them when they are ambushed by Johnnie-O and his gang.
242	%%* PluckyComicRelief
243	%%* TagalongKid: For Nick and Allie.
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245	!'''Speedo'''
246
247	A finder working under Mary. Named such because he died wet in a speedo. Owns the ''Hindenburg''.
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249	%%* CoolAirship
250	%%* {{Keet}}
251	%%!!In ''Everwild''
252	%%* MissionControl
253	!!In ''Everfound''
254	* HeelFaceTurn: During the climax, he gets seriously pissed off when Mary takes everything he had. Allie finds and turns him.
255	* MotorMouth: Because he's in the engine room with no one to talk to, once someone comes, he or she will be a "captive audience" until the train stops.
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257	!'''Johnnie-O'''
258
259	->''"Welcome to Everlost. This here's my territory, and you gots to pay me for passage."''
260
261	A gang leader that Nick and Allie encounter during their first few days in Everlost.
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263	%%* BrattyHalfPint
264	* ChasteHero: According to Allie, he doesn't like girls because he died a year too young.
265	%%* CowardlySidekick: At times.
266	%%* {{Delinquents}}
267	%%* HeelFaceTurn
268	%%* IChooseToStay
269	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
270	* MinorMajorCharacter: Gets a bigger role in ''Everwild''.
271	%%* OnlySaneMan
272	%%* QuirkyMinibossSquad
273	%%* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
274	* SmokingIsCool: [[spoiler:He loses his cigarette in ''Everwild''.]]
275	!!In ''Everlost''
276	* DefeatEqualsFriendship: He and his gang join Allie in rescuing Nick and Lief from the Haunter.
277	* ShoutOut: Allie [[LittleMissSnarker compares]] him and his gang to Literature/PeterPan and the lost boys with herself as Wendy.
278	%%!!In ''Everwild''
279	%%* NumberTwo: To Nick.
280	%%* RecklessSidekick
281	%%* SarcasticDevotee: Towards Nick.
282	%%* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Charlie's Sensitive Guy.
283	%%* SlapSlapKiss: With Zin. Lampshaded by Nick.
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285	!'''Stradivarius/"Vari"'''
286
287	->''"She'll grow tired of you. She likes you because you're new, but you won't be new forever. Soon you'll be just another Afterlight, and she won't even remember your name. But I'll still be here."''
288
289	Mary's right hand man and favorite, Vari is greatly loyal to Mary and grows jealous of Nick, who Mary takes an interest in.
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291	%%* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Nick's Veronica.
292	%%* BrattyHalfPint
293	* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:He returns in ''Everfound''.]]
294	* CrazyJealousGuy: Towards Mary. Doubles as GreenEyedMonster, especially when he tries to MurderTheHypotenuse by indirectly leading Nick, Allie, and Lief to the Haunter.
295	* CoolBoat: Vari becomes the new [=McGill=] and takes the ''Sulphur Queen''.
296	* CreepyChild: Especially in the beginning of the story when he's a CrazyJealousGuy.
297	%%* IChooseToStay
298	%%* NumberTwo: To Mary.
299	%%* PrecociousCrush: On Mary.
300	%%* RedOni: To Nick's BlueOni.
301	* TagalongKid: To Mary [[spoiler:until he accidentally gets left behind. Then Vari becomes the new [=McGill=].]]
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303	!'''The Haunter'''
304
305	->"The price of faliure is an eternity to think about it."''
306
307	An expert in the Criminal Arts of haunting the living world. He captures Nick and Lief.
308	----
309	* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: When the [=McGill=] sends the Haunter overboard his boat to sink.
310	* IHaveYourWife: Invokes this on Allie with her friends.
311	%%* MeaningfulName: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
312	%%* MinorMajorCharacter
313	%%* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass
314	%%* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
315	----
316	!'''Pinhead'''
317
318	->''"He's my captain, not my master."''
319
320	The [=McGill=]'s chief associate, Pinhead is a boy with an unusually small head.
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322	%%* IChooseToStay
323	%%* MeaningfulName: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
324	%%* MinorMajorCharacter
325	%%* NumberTwo: To the [=McGill=] [[spoiler:and later Vari.]]
326	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The reason why the [=McGill=] never goes to Atlantic City is because that is where he suffered his first defeat at the hands of the Twin Pier Maradaurs, who captured him. One of the members of the Maradaurs later turned traitor and set the [=McGill=] free. He knows of this crucial information because ''he'' was the traitorous Maradaur who set the [=McGill=] free.]]
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328	!'''Choo-Choo Charlie'''
329
330	A nine-year-old Afterlight and the conductor of a ghost train.
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332
333	%%* CowardlySidekick
334	!!In ''Everlost''
335	* CoolTrain: Owns a ghost train and the only source of transportation for Nick's team.
336	%%!!In ''Everwild''
337	%%* MissionControl
338	%%* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Johnnie-O's Manly Man.
339	!!In ''Everfound''
340	* BrokenRecord: Sings endlessly while trapped on the ''Hindenburg'' with Johnnie-O.
341	----
342	[[/folder]]
343
344	[[folder:Introduced In Everwild]]
345
346	!!'''Main Characters'''
347
348	!'''"Zach the Ripper"/Zinnia "Zin" Kitner'''
349
350	Known as "Zach the Ripper" in rumors of an Afterlight with the Criminal Arts skill of ecto-ripping. Nick hopes to find the Ripper to add to his forces to defeat Mary. It is soon revealed that "Zach" is actually a ''girl'' named Zin. She reluctantly joins Nick's cause when she hears about a war.
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352	%%* AffirmativeActionGirl
353	%%* ChildSoldiers
354	%%* HumanityEnsues
355	%%* MeaningfulName
356	%%* RecklessSidekick
357	%%* SamusIsAGirl
358	%%* SarcasticDevotee: Towards Nick.
359	%%* SlapSlapKiss: With Johnnie-O. Lampshaded by Nick.
360	%%* TheSmartGuy
361	%%* TheSmurfettePrinciple: In her respective team.
362	%%* SouthernBelle: Averted.
363	%%* {{Tomboy}}
364	* TeamPet: Her dog, Kudzu. [[spoiler:Nick later orders her to cram Kudzu back into the living world and she reluctantly complies.]]
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366	!'''Vitaly Milos Vayevsky'''
367
368	->''"I can forgive you for everything...except for taking her away from me. I will never forgive you for that."''
369
370	A skinjacker who befriends Allie and Mikey and travels with them. Milos and Allie can understand each other because they are both skinjackers. He is the leader of the group, the Deadlies, and his companions are Squirrel and Moose. Milos is looking for their former companion, Jackin' Jill, who he was once fond of.
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372	%%* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Mikey's Betty for Allie and to Nick's Betty for Mary Hightower.
373	* BirdsOfAFeather: Played with. Jackin' Jill and he are both skinjackers and were once in a relationship, but Jackin' Jill betrayed the Deadlies and disappeared. As fellow skinjackers, Allie and he also gradually grow closer, much to Mikey's jealousy, but Allie ultimately rejects him for Mikey.
374	%%* BlueOni: To Mikey's RedOni.
375	%%* BodySurf
376	* BrokenMasquerade: Allie isn't the only person who can skinjack.
377	* ButNotTooForeign: He is Russian.
378	* DragonWithAnAgenda: To Mary. He seeks to rule with Mary and to replace Nick in her heart. By ''Everwild'', he has become the substitute leader [[spoiler:while Mary's body is hibernating.]]
379	* EtTuBrute: Two of his relationships with girls end sourly due to their betrayal until he meets Mary Hightower.
380	* InLoveWithLove: Even he is aware that he falls in love too fast.
381	%%* LoveMakesYouCrazy
382	%%* LoveMakesYouEvil
383	%%* NumberTwo: This is what he wants to be towards Mary.
384	* PermaStubble: He crossed into Everlost when he was 16, so he has a little bit of facial hair. And since he's an afterlight, it's literally permanent.
385	%%* PsychoticSmirk
386	%%* TheRival
387	%%* RomanticFalseLead: For both Mikey/Allie and Nick/Mary.
388	* SecondLove: Invoked. He wants to replace Nick in Mary's heart.
389	%%* TheSmartGuy
390	%%* TallDarkAndHandsome
391	%%* TallDarkAndSnarky
392	* TechnicolorEyes:
393	-->... Curious eyes that were blue, speckled with white, like a sky dotted with clouds.
394	%%* TemporaryLoveInterest: For Allie.
395	%%* YouAreNotAlone
396	!!In ''Everwild''
397	* ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre: He hunts down Allie to bring her to Mary as a prisoner in this fashion in order to be in Mary's favor.
398	%%* EnigmaticMinion
399	%%* FaceHeelTurn
400	* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler:When Mary is thrown back into the living world.]]
401	!!In ''Everfound''
402	%%* BreakTheHaughty
403	* CessationOfExistence: Via intentionally touching Clarence at the command of Mary.
404	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Allie knows that in spite of how hot-headed he can get when his [[BerserkButton buttons are pushed]] or how evil his actions are, he [[WouldNotHitAGirl won't hurt a girl]] or [[HonorBeforeReason break his word]]. Of course, that doesn't stop him from using ExactWords loopholes.
405	* FateWorseThanDeath: Willingly gets extinguished by Clarence at Mary's request. And before that, euthanatized by Allie, causing him to lose all his memories.
406	* HotBlooded: He can be quite furious at times if his buttons are pushed or if he's stressed.
407	%%* UndyingLoyalty: To Mary.
408	%%* {{Yandere}}: Only for Mary.
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410	!'''Jackin' Jill'''
411
412	Jackin' Jill was the former member of the Deadlies, a group consisting of Milos, Squirrel, and Moose. Among the jobs they did, she was the one who passed on messages of Afterlights to the living. Milos and Jackin' Jill were close. But one day, Jackin' Jill left, taking with her all of their belongings, as well as the belongings of the Afterlights they were staying with. Milos, Squirrel, and Moose are currently trying to find Jackin' Jill.
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414	%%* BodySurf
415	%%* EnigmaticMinion
416	%%* LovableTraitor
417	%%* MeaningfulName
418	%%* PsychoForHire
419	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Was the only girl among the Deadlies.
420	%%* UnkemptBeauty
421	%%* WildCard
422	!!In ''Everwild''
423	%%* NumberTwo: She wants to be this towards [[spoiler:Mary.]]
424	%%* ProfessionalKiller
425	* SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear: Stole all the finest belongings of the Deadlies and of the Afterlights they were staying with.
426	!!In ''Everfound''
427	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Inverted. Jix is the one who's attracted to her. She later reciprocates his feelings.
428	%%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Jix.
429	* DeadpanSnarker:
430	--->'''Jill''': Very touching. I may have to skinjack someone just so I can hurl.
431	* DefrostingIceQueen: She sacrifices her coin in an attempt to free Jix when they are ambushed by the Neon Nightmares.
432	* HighHeelFaceTurn: She leaves Mary's group after [[spoiler:Jix and over fifty souls sink to the center of the earth through drowning.]]
433	* KissKissSlap: When having to choose between Jix and returning to Milos and the gang, Jackin' Jill kisses Jix and then slaps him before deciding to stay.
434	* LoveRedeems: Jix's presence makes her second-guess her choices and lifestyle.
435	* TheMole: She rejoins Mary at [[spoiler:Jix]]'s suggestion to remain in her good graces and to keep an eye on her.
436	%%* {{Tsundere}}
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438	!!'''Supporting/Minor Characters'''
439
440	!'''Squirrel and Mitchell "Moose" Terrence Moessner'''
441
442	Skinjackers who follow Allie, mistaking her for their former companion Jackin' Jill. Squirrel and Moose are companions of Milos, the leader of their group, the Deadlies.
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444	%%* BodySurf
445	%%* TheBrute
446	* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler:Squirrel's fate after being touched by a scar wraith.]]
447	%%* HeterosexualLifePartners
448	%%* ThoseTwoGuys
449	----
450	[[/folder]]
451
452	[[folder:Introduced in Everfound]]
453
454	!'''Jix'''
455
456	The loyal subject of the Mayan King of Everlost, perpetually fifteen-year-old Jix is a "furjacker"--a skinjacker except that Jix prefers to possess animals (specifically jaguars) rather than humans. After spying on Milos and his group on an excursion, he decides to join them their cause with a hidden agenda--to learn more about the "Eastern Witch" Mary Hightower.
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458	%%* AnimalMotifs
459	* TheAtoner: After because the indirect cause of a little girl's death, Jix makes it his responsibility to look after the girl and apologize her to after she wakes up from her nine-month-hibernation.
460	%%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Jackin' Jill.
461	* BodySurf: Though he prefers to possess animals rather than humans.
462	%%* CatBoy
463	%%* CheshireCatGrin
464	%%* CuteLittleFangs
465	%%* DeadpanSnarker
466	* DoggedNiceGuy: Towards Jackin' Jill. His main reason for prolonging his stay on the train is because of her.
467	%%* EnigmaticMinion
468	%%* TheMole
469	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jix is devastated when his actions of releasing a panther he had furjacked led it to killing a little girl standing nearby and letting it run loose in the city. See TheAtoner.
470	* UnusualEars: Much like the rest of his cat-like appearance, his ears have shifted higher on his head and have become smaller and pointier.
471	%%* WalkingShirtlessScene
472	%%* WildCard
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474	!'''Clarence'''
475	A former firefighter hero turned public nuisance following a fire rescue that burnt the left side of his face and left his eye dead, his ear deaf, and stole his left fingers, Clarence can see Everlost through his left eye and is determined to uncover the "spirits" he sees to prove to everyone that he's not going mad. He turns out to be a "scar wraith," a being that is half in Everlost and half in the human world and has the ability to extinguish an Afterlight by touching one.
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477	%%* CoolOldGuy
478	* EveryoneCanSeeIt: He quickly takes notice to Mikey's feelings for Allie and isn't above telling Mikey straight to his face that Mikey is in love with her.
479	%%* IRejectYourReality
480	%%* {{Jerkass}}
481	%%* SanitySlippage
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483	[[/folder]]
484

Context Characters / TheSkinjackerTrilogy