Characters who appear only in the Baccano! light novels. Some of them have been Demoted to Extra or make cameo appearances in the anime, but most of them have been Adapted Out.
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The Gandor Family and associates
Maria Barcelito
- The Cameo: Makes an extremely brief (blink and you'll miss it) appearance in the anime's first episode, in the same scene as Adele.
- Cute and Psycho: She looks adorable but she's an assassin with the personality to match
- Dual Wielding: Uses a pair of katanas.
- Heroic BSoD: After losing to Adele at the Genoard manor.
- Holding Hands: With Tick at the end of 1933.
- I Am Your Opponent: To Adele, during the Mist Wall incident.
- I Call It "Vera": Named her swords Murasamia and Kochite.
- Katanas Are Just Better: She wields a pair of katanas and is quite proficient with them, too.
- Leeroy Jenkins: Maria is opposed to any plan that doesn't have "attack immediately" as its first step.
- McNinja: Maria is sometimes described as a "Mexican Samurai".
- Murder Is the Best Solution: Maria will take any excuse she can to cut someone down.Maria: Tick, can I slash them?"
Tick: Nope. We're only going to talk today.
Maria: I'm telling you, there's no way things'll turn out okay, amigo! It's going to end up in a fight anyway, so why don't you let me cut down maybe three or so of them before they can do anything? They'll calm right down, I promise! - Professional Killer: She's an assassin that works for the Gandor family.
- Verbal Tic: Says "Amigo" every other line, even if she's talking to a woman.
Edith
- Love Martyr: A major part of Edith's entire character. There's a long list of things she's done for Roy, whether he's aware of it or not.
- Plucky Girl: When it comes to helping Roy, Edith will never throw in the towel. Taking a once in a lifetime chance to earn a Fate Worse than Death by resident Torture Technicians Claire and Tick? No problem if Roy is forgiven.
- Odd Friendship: With Tick. Edith became one of his few friends after the "torture" event. In 1933, it's mentioned that she often sends him bouquets of flowers. She's on good terms with Claire as well.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: After being horribly mistreated at the Daily Days for trying to gather information on Roy and the Runoratas, she brought Claire with her when paying the newspaper a second visit. Unsurprisingly, Edith was treated very differently this time around.
- Taking the Heat: For almost any of Roy's wrongdoing.
- Traumatic Haircut: A subversion. Tick thought that cutting short Edith's beautiful long hair would be proper punishment for insubordination. Edith herself considered this to be a Poke the Poodle and grew to like the haircut.
Nicola Cassetti
- Madeof Iron: In 1932, he's injured when the horse races are attacked. He reports all this to Luck while bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds - somehow keeping a faint smile on his face.
- Percussive Therapy: In 1932, he decides to let off some steam by enjoying some violent revenge against Lester.
- Rugged Scar: Over his cheek and nose.
- Take Our Word for It: According to Graham, Nicola has beaten him in multiple fights (six wins to one loss). Given that Ladd himself has said that Graham could beat him in a straight fight, Nicola must be an incredible fighter - but we have yet to see them fight on-page. Ties in with Offscreen Moment of Awesome.
The Russo Family and associates
Ricardo Russo (Lydia Russo)
- Bifauxnen: Looks like a cute little boy, but she really is a girl.
- A Child Shall Lead Them: At the end of 1934, Ricardo plans to rebuild the Russo Family, on her own terms.
- I Just Want to Be Normal: Ricardo really doesn't enjoy being heir to a mafia family.
- Raised as the Opposite Gender: She's actually a girl named Lydia who was raised as a boy so that she could one day take over the Russo Family.
- Sharing a Body: Sham has Ricardo drink his 'water' in order to possess him, but yields control as soon as he realizes Ricardo is a girl. At the same time, Ricardo yields as well, allowing both to coexist and share memories.
- The Stoic: She does not express emotions outwardly
The Runorata family and associates
Carzelio "Cazze" Runorata
- Benevolent Boss: Cazze values his bodyguards and their service toward him. In fact, his sincere appreciation is what leads Gabriel and Juliano to pledge their loyalty to him. Not to mention, he's known as the "Pure-Hearted Dictator" once he becomes Don.
- Lonely Rich Kid: Since Cazze is privately educated, the only way he can meet other children his age is through parties, and none of them are willing to get too close to him.
- Sheltered Aristocrat: As the heir to one of the most powerful Mafia families on the East Coast, Cazze's sheltered upbringing has afforded him a certain amount of naivety in his life - especially when it comes to dangerous situations. Some of the local children have even nicknamed him 'Prince,' given how removed the Runoratas are from the rest of the neighborhood.
- The Runaway: Increasingly discontent with his lack of freedom, Cazze runs away in 1931 intending to return within a couple of days. Instead, he is kidnapped for ransom by Vanishing Bunny.
Gabriel and Juliano
A pair of hunter-assassins loyal to Bartolo and Cazze alone. Bartolo orders them to exclusively act as Cazze's bodyguards during the party at Ra's Lance in 1935.
- Always Identical Twins: The twin brothers are physically identical, and wear matching outfits. The only way to visually tell them apart is through their hair — Gabriel's is slicked back, while Juliano's isn't.
- Badass Biker: With their matching attire, the twins make for a striking image when riding their customized motorcycles side by side.
- Creepy Twins: When they sing their strange hunting song in unison.
- Guns vs. Swords: Gabriel's preferred weapon of choice is a knife, while Juliano prefers guns.
- In-Series Nickname: Most people around them have referred to them as "mad dogs," much to their displeasure.
- Noble Male, Roguish Male: Whereas Gabriel speaks like a polite gentleman, Juliano acts more like a gangster.
- Professional Killer:
- Speak in Unison: Only once, when they sing a creepy song in perfect sync.
- Strange-Syntax Speaker: Ties in with Verbal Tic. The twins use the first-person pronouns ore (Juliano) and watashi (Gabriel) to refer to each other. Not only that, they use kochira and kocchi to refer to themselves. Their speech is extremely odd, and cannot truly be appreciated in English.
- The Dividual: Specifically the Twindividual. Though they do differ in character traits and speech patterns, they always work as a duo. Most of their colleagues just think of them as one person in two bodies.
The Beriam family and associates
Former Felix Walken
An assassin whose abilities, infamy and success account are comparable to that of Vino himself. In 1932, he is hired to finally put an end to Vino's legacy and leave him as the only most efficient assassin in the United States.
Not to be confused with the Felix Walken that Claire bought his name from.
- Expecting Someone Taller: He is described as Vino's one and only equal, but turns out to be quite old. Felix is not in his prime anymore.
- Legacy Character: The Felix Walken name is sold from one assassin to another.
- Passing the Torch: Sold his name to Sham.
- Shrouded in Myth: The legends of his feats as an assassin spread freely for too long, and people began to compare Felix with Vino—Felix himself admits that he is long past his prime.
The Lemures
Nader Schasschule
- Artificial Limbs: He has a prosthetic metal hand, which replaced his right hand after Chané Laforet cut it off in 1931. Goose would argue that Nader was simply Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves.
- Con Man: He's been conning people ever since he was a teenager for a livelihood.
- Guilt Complex: Every time he thinks about schmoozing someone powerful and working his way up in a hierarchy, not to mention every time he thinks about his childhood promise. Ties in with Heroic Self-Deprecation, since he constantly engages in self-loathing.
- Silver Tongue: The reason for his success in conning people.
Upham
- Affably Evil: Upham's not even really 'evil.'' He's a nice guy, really - he just happened to be part of of a terrorist cult for a while. Needless to say, he really wasn't suited to the organization.
- Ignored Enamored Underling: Upham, poor thing, had and continues to have a crush on Chané.
Serges
- Character Tics: He seems to have a habit of clicking his tongue.
- Plethora of Mistakes: Just as the Lemures aboard the train have their plans go horribly wrong, so does Serges' group - and the reasons for it are far from ordinary. These include: a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits, a pair of Always Identical Twins, a trio of robber Outlaws, and an actual circus bear.
- The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: At the very least, Serges seems to have a strong anti-government stance, more than once talking about "government hounds" and "dogs of the government" with disgust.
- Would Hurt a Child: Considering that he orders his men to 'remove any obstacles' if necessary (referring to the nearby young members of Jacuzzi's gang), that he is fully prepared to later gun them down with a submachine gun, and that he grabs Cazze and holds a knife to his neck, this one fits the bill.
Lamia and Larvae
Adele
"E-Excuse me… Tim, is this person really okay? He’s really glaring at us hard."
A member of Lamia. Adele is an apprehensive woman of few words who has trouble maintaining eye contact with strangers. Despite appearances, however, she is a formidable fighter with unquenchable bloodlust.
- The Cameo: Makes an extremely brief appearance in the anime's first episode.
- Cute and Psycho: She'll also blush and stammer her way through some of her more violent outbursts.
- Designated Girl Fight: Averted. The only reason that all of her opponents are female is because the only combatants that happen to be present are women. The second time around, it's a case of I Am Your Opponent.
- Shrinking Violet: Adele constantly blushes and stammers her way through conversations.
- Slice-and-Dice Swordsmanship: Lampshaded. Adele is entirely self-taught and, since nobody ever told her that spears were specifically thrusting weapons, she didn't treat it as such.
Tim/Tack Jefferson
"All righty, let’s redo our introductions. I’m Tim. I’ve been put in charge of this lot, something like their leader."
The leader of the Larvae, and the only human within the group full of homunculi. Something of a genius, Tim was taken in by Huey while he was still in his teens. He is dedicated to his missions and following Huey's orders.
- Dark and Troubled Past: In contrast with his brother, he seems to actually care about their mother's death and their stepfather not giving two shits about them.
- Important Haircut: Tim shaved his head as a part of cutting himself off from his past.
- Informed Ability: Supposedly a child prodigy.
- Missing Mom: His mother left him and his brother with a really bad stepfather.
- No Doubt the Years Have Changed Me: Subverted. Tick recognized him immediately, but played along because he knew that he wanted to leave his past behind him.
- Parental Abandonment: His biological parents are dead. His stepfather just didn't care about him.
- That Man Is Dead: He changed his entire appearance to cut himself off from his past.
Christopher Shaldred
"Hey, wanna be friends?"
A member of Lamia, a group within Larva. Christopher likes to follow his own agenda and often plays Rules Lawyer with Tim's orders, doing as he pleases. Chris has constant blood-shot eyes and razor-sharp teeth.
- Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: Often wears clothes about a century out of date.
- Awesome, but Impractical: Claire describes his gun-knives as such, as the weight of the blades throws off one's aim when shooting and the shape of the gun makes it difficult to stab. Christopher acknowledges this but doesn't seem to care much because the tradeoff for the impracticality is that he can shoot and stab people at the same time
- Bantering Baddie Buddies: With Hong Chi-Mei, they are two murderous homunculi prone to Seinfeldian Conversations in between their murderous escapades — Or rather, Christopher is prone to Seinfeldian Conversations while Chi plays his Straight Man.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: In one particular instance, he walks along Broadway, singing and twirling his umbrella.
- Dissonant Serenity: Is very prone to serene, childlike smiles — especially during massacres
- Exotic Eye Designs: Red sclera and white irises
- Faux Affably Evil: Christopher sings songs as he happily massacres people. He grows out of the evil part after joining the Russo Family.
- Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?: He doesn't want Chi to get his hopes up.
- Heel–Face Turn: After being ambushed and nearly killed in Chicago, Christopher starts working for Ricardo as he loses contact with Huey.
- I Am a Monster: Jokes with it ("Would you believe me if I said I wanted to do that by destroying you, a man obviously gifted by Him, and in doing so overcome a massive inferiority complex left inside me by the fact of my artificial creation?"), but it's implied that he does have more than a few hangups with being so obviously unnatural.
- Psycho Supporter: Christopher has basically decided that Firo is his best friend, whether the capo likes it or not, and is eager help him out in any way possible, be it through murder, maiming, or killing.Firo: I don't trust you. Frankly, you're the type that'd just march into the casino and shoot the place to hell.Christopher: Wow! That's amazing, Firo! You know me so well! I knew we were friends!
- Really 700 Years Old: As of 1933, he's at least 40 years old.
- Real Men Wear Pink: Christopher personally bakes madeleines. Extremely delicious madeleines that the likes of Ricardo, Rail, Chi, and Huey approve of.
- Technical Pacifist: After losing to Claire at the end of The Slash and becoming Ricardo's bodyguard, he stops killing people. In the ninth book, he decides to rehabilitate himself.
- Technicolor Eyes: Blue eyes with red sclerae.
- The Unsmile: Even Christopher's genuine smiles are terrifying. Expected, given his teeth.
Hong Chi-Mei "Chi"
The oldest homunculus within Lamia. He may not be the strongest, but is the most rational and most experienced. Hong is a close-range fighter, and easily the fastest whithin Lamia. He's part of the team that comes to New York in 1933 to back up Tim, and shows up again in 1934 as part of Huey's experiment in Chicago.
- Bantering Baddie Buddies: With Christopher Shaldred, they are two murderous homunculi prone to Seinfeldian Conversations in between their murderous escapades — Or rather, Christopher is prone to Seinfeldian Conversations while Chi plays his Straight Man.
- Mistaken for Gay: Christopher appears to be under the impression that Chi likes him in not entirely platonic ways.Christopher: Oh, let me make it clear, though. I don't have a thing for men, just so you know. Wouldn't want you to get disappointed.
- Obfuscating Disability: Those bandages sure are suspicious for a homunculus.
- Really 700 Years Old: As with Chris, he's at the very least 40 years old.
- Straight Man: Part of his role is ofsetting Christopher's Bunny-Ears Lawyer.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Christopher.Chi: ...I just realized that I don't think of you as a friend at all.
Christopher: W-what?! Does that mean you think of me as a lover, then?!
Chi: You're someone I'd love to kill, but circumstances prevent me from doing so. For almost four decades now, come to think of it... - Wolverine Claws: His giant tiger claws.
Rail
A member of Lamia created less than 15 years ago. Rail is an explosives specialist with an outspoken hatred of his master and creator Huey. He hero-worships Christopher, who befriended him after a particularly traumatizing experiment.
- Anti-Villain: The only thing really "villainous" about Rail is the fact he's part of Lamia. That is, until Frank is captured by Nebula and Rail pulls a Heel–Face Turn.
- Bifauxnen: At the end of the 1934 novels, Rail is revealed to be a girl.
- Body Horror: Rail's scars are from experiments that robbed her of most of her sense of touch.
- Glasgow Grin: A variation. The surgical scars stretch out Rail's face and pulls his mouth into a faint smile.
- Heel–Face Turn: Later in 1934, Rail leaves Huey's side after befriending Nice and joining Jacuzzi's gang.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After Frank is kidnapped by Nebula.
Frank
A member of Lamia whose body is proportioned like a child, but is over 7 feet tall. Frank is one of Rail's closest friends.
- Bruiser with a Soft Center: Despite his size, Frank's really just a kid.
- Distressed Dude: He is kidnapped by Renée's team of scientists during the raid on Russo Manor, but is recovered by Huey at the end of 1934.
Sickle
"So troublesome..."
One of the last members of Lamia to be introduced along with Rail, Frank and “The Poet” after The Slash arc. Sickle is a fighter well-versed in kick-based attacks with her main style being (admittedly) not-quite-Capoeira; her mission is to intervene with the Russos' sudden meddling with Lamia affairs.
- Dance Battler: A fighting style that is kick based and "not-quite-Capoeira".
- Kick Chick: Capoeira is her base style after all.
- Straight Man: To the Poet. Sickle often resorts to physical violence to shut down his poetry recitals.
"The Poet"
"Just passing by."
“The Poet” is Lamia's resident wannabe gentleman. As his name suggests, he is very fond of poetry and likes to recite them at any time given, and much to everyone's dismay, he happens to recite them or make his conversation into a rhythmic banter any time he opens his mouth. Graham seems to be the only one who appreciates his poetry.
- Hidden Eyes: He keeps them hidden for fear of Power Incontinence.
- Hypnotic Eyes: The Poet's eyes have some degree of hypnotic powers.
- Odd Friendship: With Graham, who is so moved by his poetry that he buys him a drink.
- Stylistic Suck: To be blunt, his poems suck.
- Warrior Poet: Graham looks like a silent fighter compared to him.
Leeza Laforet (Hilton)
"Daddy, daddy, can I kill him? Pretty please?"
Huey's younger daughter and Chane's sister. She is a little girl who is viciously loyal to her father and practically worships him. In 1933 and 1934, Leeza is with Huey in his cell in Alcatraz, but is somehow able to know of things that are going on outside the prison. When not in Alcatraz, Leeza appears as a disembodied voice. Leeza is actually Hilton's first vessel. Huey had the infant Leeza drink the water that contained the consciousness of Hilton, which overrode Leeza. Didn't make much of a difference as far as personality and intellect goes, as Hilton was also newly-made at the time.
- Daddy's Girl: Like her sister, Leeza adores her father, Huey.
- Hive Mind: She's Hilton's first vessel.
- Killer Rabbit: Leeza is just as violently protective of her father as Chane is.
- Precocious Crush: On Firo after he saves her from Ladd. Of course, he's completely oblivious.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After Firo steals Huey's eye in 1934. Foiled when Ladd decides to make her his next target.
- The Voice: When she's on the field with the other members of Lamia, she's just a voice.
- Villainous Crush: Again, she has one on Firo.
"The Twins" Sham and Hilton
A pair of twins who, within Lamia, are in charge of information and communication. They are seemingly omnipresent, appearing in multiple places at the same time.
- The Beastmaster: Hilton controls not only women, but about a hundred female falcons as well.
- Double Agent: Sham's vessels include Graham's right-hand man Shaft and a Nebula researcher, among many others. He's playing them all for his own ends.
- Identity Absorption: Pulls this on anyone who drinks their water. However, there is a (yet-undocumented) chance that the reverse may occur.
- Hive Mind: They are the consciousnesses contained within a "water"—whoever drinks it either consumes or is consumed by the consciousness. Sham only consumes males, while Hilton is in charge of females. Together, they are in control of hundreds of people across the country.
- The Mole: Sham's been feeding information to Nebula and the Daily Days.
- Polar Opposite Twins: Huey notes that while Hilton is fiercely protective of her first vessel Leeza and values Leeza's blood relation to Huey, Sham personally destroyed his first vessel and considers all of his vessels to be of similar value.
Immortals and related characters
Nile
One of the 1711 immortals. After becoming immortal, he began to frequent battlefields so that he would never forget the meaning of death, but ended up desensitizing himself to it instead. Usually calm, collected, and stoical, but once he gets angry, watch out. In 2001, he is traveling with Maiza, Czes, and Sylvie in search of the remaining 1711 immortals.
- Always Someone Better: Nile got schooled on this by none other than Shizuo.
- The Cameo: Has one line in the 1934 novel. Turns out he was passing through Chicago.
- Character Overlap: Elmer alludes to a fight Nile got into with Shizuo Heiwajima during the year they both spent in Japan. The same fight is referenced in the fifth Durarara!! book, when Shizuo comments that Chikage was almost as hard to take down as that one foreigner he fought a couple of years back.
- Cool Mask: Implied to have been wearing one since the Cold War
- Frozen Face: Years of war trauma killed Nile's ability to show emotion on his face. It disturbs him enough that he never wants to look at it again, hence the Cool Mask.“Yet... there was one thing that had changed. My face. I cried out at my own helplessness. I thought that my mind would explode from rage, or be crushed by sadness. But the face that stared back at me from the lake’s mirrored surface was... nearly expressionless, with only a hint of sourness about it.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: If something annoys him, Nile will consider killing it.
- Let Us Never Speak of This Again: Anyone who brings up issues that he wants buried gets an iron claw to the face.
- Stereotype Reaction Gag: When they first meet and trade stories about why they're in Lotto Valentino, Victor tells him, Zank and Denkuro about how he got kicked out of England: He told the South Sea Company charterers that they couldn't justify an African slave trade with the notion that they were savage barbarians when, according to his own extensive research, race theories were complete BS. Hearing this story, Nile offers to help:Nile: Give me the names of these men of influence. I will flay them alive and hang their skins on treetops.
- Straight Man: Elmer decides that he's his new Straight Man after they meet up. Nile is not amused by this.Nile: I say this: Die, Elmer. No, I will kill you myself.
- Verbal Tic: Prefaces statements with "I say this".
Denkurō Tōgō
One of the 1711 immortals. A Japanese man who, after the Advenna Avis landed in America, decided to get back to his homeland via Siberia. He was trapped in ice for about 250 years, but after a great deal of grief during the Cold War, he manages to find his way back to Japan. Finally joins up with the surviving 1711 immortals in 2002.—-
- And I Must Scream: Denkuro was stuffed into a box and thrown into a crevasse. He was stuck there for 250 years, courtesy of Fermet.
- Antiquated Linguistics: Being trapped in a crevice for 250 years puts one's vocabulary on ice, so he speaks in an ancient fashion.
- Fish out of Temporal Water: After 200 years in an iceberg, he is bewildered by the world.
- Stranger in a Familiar Land: By the time he finally comes home to Japan, 250 years have passed and it has changed.
Victor Talbot
One of the 1711 immortals, Victor is part of the immortal-monitoring division at the FBI. Because one of his friends and fellow 1711 immortal alchemist was devoured by Ennis, Victor has a grudge against her and Szilard.
- Character Filibuster: Perp Sweating allows him the opportunity, much to the interrogated's annoyance. They're much less eloquent than the usual fare, and he hasn't mastered breath control.Firo: "Sheesh, don't rant 'till you run out of breath, dumbass. And twice? What are you, twelve?"
- The Exile: Victor originally came from the UK. Then he decided to voice his sincere thoughts on the South Sea Company, racism, and slavery to the guys drawing up the charter in typical Victor fashion. They did not agree with his opinion.
- Friend on the Force: Albeit an incredibly abrasive, ill-tempered "friend" who's helping out only because tweaking Firo's passport is a significantly smaller pain in the ass than getting called in to vouch for the ninety-year-old teenager's true age.
- Genre Savvy: He convinces the FBI not to interrogate Manipulative Bastard Huey Laforet for his Mad Scientist secrets and instead to send him straight to Alcatraz without allowing anyone to speak to him, reasoning (correctly) that Huey would just subvert anyone who was allowed to interact with him for too long.
- Good is Not Nice: He is the most just of the alchemists, but also one of the least pleasant ones.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He comes across as a jerk, but Victor shows concern for the children of Lotto Valentino since he considers the adults a bunch of rotters. He also cares for his subordinates, and at one point nostalgically looks back to eating with Nile, Zank and Denkuro.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Lucrezia left Victor ignorant on her Faking the Dead plan for trolling purposes.Huey: "My apologies, Victor. Lady Lucrezia specifically instructed me to remain silent, wishing to see your surprised face when the time came."
- Loophole Abuse: Uses it to, among other thing, troll Firo upon their first meeting."The demon's rules had a few loopholes, you see. I can't give a false name, but someone else can certainly introduce me with one. Neat, isn't it?"
- Motor Mouth: When he gets excited, he'll keep talking and talking until he runs out of breath.
- Pet the Dog: Victor is, generally speaking, a demanding and verbally abusive boss. After a suicide bomber sent by Huey endangers his subordinates, Victor shows genuine concern for their well-being and relief that they are unhurt. The subordinates are duly surprised and make snarky comments about it.
- Rabid Cop: Comes across as short-tempered and dangerous to Firo.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Despite his Jerkass tendencies, Victor refuses to stoop so low as to take revenge on Ennis for devouring his friend. In fact, he refuses to kill another immortal for personal reasons, on the grounds that this would make him no different from Szilard. In addition, he's willing to abuse a few loopholes to provide technically legal ID cards (same name, government-issued, different date of birth), mostly so he doesn't have to deal with Firo getting arrested for his "obviously fake" passport again.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: It's even noted in the Dramatis Personae that he swears all the time.
- Subordinate Excuse: Why did he work for House Dormentaire back in 1711? Because Lucrezia.
Begg Garott
One of the 1711 immortals, Begg works for the Runorata Family. Even before 1711, he's been creating all sorts of drugs to bring people "ultimate happiness". He and Fermet studied together under the same alchemy teacher.
- The Aggressive Drug Dealer: Justified, as Begg is actively looking for people to test out his drugs on.
- From a Single Cell: Like all immortals.
- Happy Place: After Bartolo Runorata's death, he's gone to one of these with no signs of recovery.
- Immune to Drugs: He's injected himself with so much drugs that's he's developed an immunity to them.
- Pet the Dog: After Czes loses the explosives he was going to use to negotiate with the Runoratas, Begg reveals that he was the Runorata buyer, and that Czes won't be held responsible for the loss of the explosives. The whole negotiation was set up by Begg so that he could help Czes financially without arousing suspicion.
Melvi Dormentaire
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Likes to put up a polite face until violence becomes a more convenient solution than negotiation.
- Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: Melvi's cruel behavior is a stark contrast to his boyish appearance.
- Identical Stranger: To Gretto, a fact which disturbs both Maiza and Firo.
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Held this view towards Szilard Quates. He was anything but happy to discover that Firo beat him to the chase.Melvi: You stole my future, Firo. I'm just taking it back.
- Revenge by Proxy: Melvi has no qualms attacking people close to Firo in order to get at him.
- Self-Mutilation Demonstration: Bites his lip hard enough to bleed when introducing himself to Firo and assuring him that he wants "nothing more, nothing less" than Szilard's Memories, turning the act into a veiled death threat.
- Smug Snake: Melvi is very secure in knowing that he's under Claire Stanfield's protection. Unfortunately, "bodyguard" is not synonymous with "attack dog", to say nothing for Claire's plans for Melvi once the contract's been completed.
Nebula Sky
Renée Parmedes Branvillier
A scientist working at Nebula. Renée is a clumsy and forgetful woman who is nevertheless devoted to science, to a frightening degree. Her attractive figure is the subject of much attention from her fellow researchers, but Renée doesn't seem to care about anything not related to her experiments.
- Absent-Minded Professor: On Elmer's first day at school, she left him standing outside the classroom all day, forgetting to call him in for introductions at the beginning of class.
- Cute and Psycho: She devours people without losing that airheaded smile.
- Eye Scream: Courtesy of Huey, in exchange for taking his eye. No anesthesia.
- For Science!: Renée is basically a Distaff Counterpart to Huey, except she doesn't even try to hide her scientific curiosities.
- Immortality: Renée is from a generation of immortals even earlier than the 1711 group, though details on that are still sparse.
- Lack of Empathy: From the human race at large to her own children, Renée's ditzy manner masks an incalculably callous disregard for the feelings or well-being of others.
- Obliviously Evil: Completely fails to understand that her single-minded quest For Science! enacts a good deal of suffering on others.
- Parental Abandonment: She abandoned her 2 daughters Chane and Leeza Laforet, without any care. Showing not only, no love or care for her own daughters but showing she has no maternal instincts.
- The Older Immortal: Drank the Elixir of Immortality before the 1711 group.
- Really 700 Years Old: She was Huey, Elmer, and Monica's alchemy teacher in the early 1700s.
- Teacher/Student Romance: She's implied to be the mother of Huey's daughters Chane and Leeza. Whether this really was "Romance" as opposed to For Science! is up for debate.
Lotto Valentino Inhabitants
The Mask Maker
- Dramatic Unmask: Inverted. The Reveal of the Mask Maker's identity comes when Monica puts on the mask in front of Huey, Elmer, and Niki.
- Legacy Character: Long after the events of the 1700s, the Mask Maker's legacy lives on as a group of assassins-for-hire.
- Samus Is a Girl: "His" true identity is Monica Campanella, a student at the alchemy school. She had been targeting key members of the Lotto Valentino drug trade and the slave children who acted as runners in order to increase profits for Huey's counterfeiting operation.
Monica Campanella / Maribel Boroñal
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Completely smitten with the misanthropic, Troubled, but Cute Huey Laforet. After all, you know what they say about misanthropic Birds of a Feather...
- Beneath the Mask: Under the cheerful girl-next-door exterior is the mind of a world-hating serial killer.
- Blue Blood: She's the younger sister of Count Esperança C. Boroñal.
- Cute and Psycho: Monica is a cold-blooded serial killer who hates the world, but she becomes your typical Smitten Teenage Girl whenever Huey's involved.
- Death Faked for You: After Monica killed Gardi Dormentaire, her death was faked and she took up the name Monica Campanella. Later, Huey and Elmer attempts to fake her death a second time, but they are too late and she dies for real.
- Decoy Damsel: After witnessing the Mask Maker and becoming a potential target, Monica gets Huey to walk her home from school. Of course, Monica is the Mask Maker. Elmer set up the situation to help Monica get together with Huey.
- Doomed by Canon: Monica's death is first mentioned in the 2002 story, two books before she actually dies.
- Longing Look: If Huey is within eyeshot, Monica will constantly glance back at him even in lectures or when talking to others ("How does she not get tired of staring at the same face for nearly five years?"). The one time she doesn't do this is a sign to Huey that something is off (namely, House Dormentaire has arrived at Lotto Valentino with the stated mission to find a murderer - her).
- The Lost Lenore: The Mask Maker's legacy is one of the driving forces of the 2002 plot, and Monica's death in particular is part of Luchino's main motivation.
- Love Makes You Evil: Started her killing spree in order to facilitate Huey's counterfeiting operation. Without his knowledge.
- The Reveal: Monica gave birth to Huey’s child, while imprisoned.
- Serial Killer: She is the serial killer, the Mask Maker.
- Smitten Teenage Girl: The 1705 novel starts five days after she confesses to Huey (with no clear answer).
- Unholy Matrimony: With Huey, sometime between 1705 and 1710.
- The Unreveal: It’s unknown, that she had given birth to a boy or a girl.
Esperança C. Boroñal
An eccentric count who governs the city of Lotto Valentino. Esperança is a famed womanizer who will go above and beyond the call of duty in order to serve a woman's needs, be she old, young, fat, skinny, rich, poor, etc. In 1705, he is hosting Elmer, who had come to Lotto Valentino in order to study alchemy.
- Blue Blood: He's a count.
- Celibate Hero: Despite his overwhelmingly frequent declarations of love for all womankind, Esperança will not lay a hand on any one of them.
- Exhausted Eye Bags: It's not entirely clear whether or not the bags under his eyes are from sleep deprivation or just a fashion statement, but considering that he tends to his duties during the night so that he can watch his maids during the day, one has to wonder if the man ever sleeps.
- Expy: Esperança has a number of things in common with Rokujou Chikage from Narita's other light novel series, most notably his Chivalrous Pervert demeanor and claims of unconditionally loving womankind in its entirety. Where they differ is that Esperança chooses celibacy, whereas Chikage decided to become a polyamourous Ethical Slut.
- Hero with Bad Publicity: Esperança's overwhelming fondness for women is quite well known throughout Lotto Valentino. The chivalrous celibacy, on the other hand, is not. This leads to some very unfortunate assumptions about his moral character.
- Nice to the Waiter: He treats his maids with a great deal more respect than any other noble would.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: He genuinely cares about Lotto Valentino and the safety of its inhabitants. Likely more for the women than the men.
- What's Up, King Dude?: Will allow any woman to walk up to him like a friend, despite being a count. Men as well, but only if they happen to be close friends.
Niki
A witness of the Mask Maker's serial killings. Niki meets Huey and Monica during an unfortunate run-in with a group of thugs. She is later saved by Elmer from those same thugs, and ends up staying at Esperança's estate as Elmer's guest.
- Abusive Parents: Her guardian/master is one of these.
- Dogged Nice Girl: Towards Fermet. Yeah, this doesn't end well.
- Made a Slave: One of the young slaves that the residents of Lotto Valentino use as tools for a lucrative drug trade.
- Unwitting Pawn: In the 1711 story, she falls for Fermet and volunteers to take his place under the guise of a Mask Maker as a distraction to Advenna Avis escape and dies in the process. Tragically, she never realizes that this is all orchestrated by Fermet.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Niki considers her time at Esperança's estate to be one such moment.
- Wound That Will Not Heal: Niki drank the immortality elixir while she was still recovering from the severe burns she received from Fermet's trap. Not the best idea, it turns out.
Dalton Strauss
- An Arm and a Leg: His right hand, which he lost post-immortality - in order to show Archangelo that he pose no threat to him or Renee, Dalton cut it off and nailed it down, making it impossible for him to devour anyone.
- Artificial Limbs: His right hand is made of wood.
- Cool Old Guy: Student needs to break their girlfriend out of jail? Glad to be of service!
- Hook Hand: Decides to switch it out for one of these for certain occasions, such as Self Mutilation Demonstrations.
- The Older Immortal: Just like Renée, he has been immortal since before 1705.
Aile
The leader of the Rotten Eggs, a gang composed of disgruntled aristocratic youth.
- Bad Boss: Stabs the hand of a gang member who got into a fight of which he did not approve.
- Death Glare: The narration goes on about how "sharp" his eyes are and how intimidating it is to meet his gaze.
- Do Not Call Me "Paul": Do not call him Maiza.
- Neighborhood-Friendly Gangsters: He wants what's best for Lotto Valentino; what his subordinates want is less clear.
- Noble Demon: Despite the harsh manner in which he does so, his motives for warning various people to stay out of Lotto Valentinian politics appear to be altruistic. Elmer calls him on it, and he doesn't deny it.
- Young Future Famous People: In-universe, as he's Maiza Avaro.
Jean-Pierre Accardo
A famous poet and playwright from Lotto Valentino, and one of Maiza's friends.
- Framing Device: The entirety of 1710: Crack Flag is structured according to his written memoirs.
- Must Make Amends: While Jean does not believe he can or should be absolved of his sins, he really, really hopes that in writing his accounts he can warn others away from Lebreau.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Jean suffers this acutely once he realizes he's been Lebreau's Unwitting Pawn for years.
- Self-Deprecation: Jean tends to downplay his achievements when praised. In truth, he actually feeds off flattery. See also: Dismissing a Compliment.
- Unreliable Narrator: Deliberately, towards the end. Jean fabricates the ending of his memoirs, leading the reader to believe that Monica lives. His true account of what happened is hidden at the bottom of a chest.
- Unwitting Pawn: Without question. From 1707-1710, Jean is masterfully manipulated by Lebreau, who befriends Jean and leads him to write plays that ruin the lives of more than one character.
Members of House Dormentaire
Carla Alvarez Santonia
Loyal bodyguard of Lucrezia Dormentaire. She was sent to Lotto Valentino in 1711 in order to find the fugitive who killed Lucrezia's brother ten years prior. In 1711 she's also tasked with discovering the identity of the rogue bomber terrorizing the city.—-
- Ambiguously Gay: It isn't specified if Lucrezia takes her to bed like she does many of her other servants, but given Carla's care for her mistress and the way Lucrezia usually talks or refers to her, it's far from unlikely.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Is polite and reasonable when she has no reason to be angry. Give her a reason, and you may very well lose a body part.
- Bifauxnen: Is one chest wrap away from being a Wholesome Crossdresser
- The Chains of Commanding: Runs into a tough decision when Monica turns herself in as the fugitive Dormentaire was looking for, hoping to end the search before they can connect her to the Mask Makers and Huey's counterfeiting ring. The problem is, searching for the fugitive was only a cover story, as well as Dormentaire's only justification for remaining in the city. Lucrezia's order is to do what she wishes with the girl, so long as she finishes her true mission. Monica's original crime against Dormentaire was purely in self-defense and already settled in secret through her falsified death, so Carla doesn't feel comfortable killing what she believes is an innocent girl. However, Monica's identity as the fugitive is already highly suspected by the public, so quietly releasing her is likely to end with her lynching. Carla tries to Take the Third Option and keep her in custody in secret until she can complete the actual mission... Which backfires spectacularly when Huey discovers her location takes action with a very pyrotechnic-heavy jailbreak.
- Complete Immortality: Implied, as Lucrezia has shared the Elixir of Life with her subordinates.
- Friendly Enemy: With Maiza. Sure, House Dormentaire is basically taking over his city solely for personal gain, but that's no reason to hate anyone.
- Legacy of Service: Her family has served the Dormentaires for generations
- Locked Out of the Loop: Like Victor, Lucrezia didn't let Carla in on her Faking the Dead plan because she wanted to see the look on her bodyguard's face when she found out. The answer is Tears of Joy, quickly followed by an angry lecture.Lucrezia: Carla! Your face is so much more adorable than I was ever expecting, sweetheart!
- My Master, Right or Wrong: In her own words, she "will do anything to get a hold of the objects of [Lucrezia's] desire," even if she doesn't always approve of the request.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Is usually very level-headed.
- Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist: Even with the ulterior motive, she's not terribly scornworthy
Lucrezia de Dormentaire
She Loves You And Everybody. Yes, in that way.
Spanish noblewoman of House Dormentaire who sends Carla (and later Victor and Szilard) to Lotto Valentino in order to uncover alchemical research on immortality and counterfeit gold. An unrepentant hedonist whole loves all the world.
- Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: Lucrezia doesn't give a damn that qipao won't be created for two-hundred and ten years - she's gonna wear one anyway.
- Aroused by Their Voice: Most of her servants would be perfectly happy to hear her read out a phonebook.
- The Beautiful Elite: A lovely noblewoman in an anachronistic qipao.
- Blue Blood: Spanish noblewoman of House Dormentaire.
- Complete Immortality: Since Huey joined Dormentaire as part of a deal he cut with Lucrezia, both Huey and Elmer only drank half of their shares (any amount of the Grand Panacea will grant immortality) and sent the rest to her. Lucrezia drank Huey's, while Niki and other House Dormentaire associates got Elmer's
- Faking the Dead: Lucrezia wasn't anywhere near her alleged transport ship when it was blown out of the water - she was hanging out at Esperanza's in disguise. The whole thing was a ruse to justify seizing the city so they could find the research they wanted
- The Gadfly: Why didn't she let Carla and Victor in on her plan to fake her own death? Because she wanted to see the looks on their faces when they found out.
- The Hedonist: Loves everything in the world in a selfish and pleasurable manner.
- Immortality Bisexuality: She was bi before she was immortal, but it still counts.
- Lady and Knight: Lady to Carla's Knight. While Carla's definitely a White Knight, it's hard to consider Lucrezia a Bright Lady.
- Pimped-Out Dress: A custom-tailored dress resembling an elaborately decorated qipao.
- Polyamory: As far as she's considered, all of the world is her paramour.
- Power is Sexy: The other source of her seductive abilities is her alluring sense of power.
- Rebellious Spirit: Lucrezia disregards the age's propriety pretty much just for the hell of it.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: How can a woman be openly bisexual and polyamourous at a time when those should call for her execution? Because House Dormentaire is just that damn powerful.
- Sex Goddess: Lucrezia is very, very good at getting people into bed, gender or sexual orientation be damned.
- Sexy Man, Instant Harem: Female example. And at least one's in her bed every night.
- The Team Benefactor: Funds and provides tools for Victor, Szilard and Huey's alchemy research.
- The Unfettered: Ready to do anything she wants, whenever she wants, propriety be damned.
The Children of Bottle Characters
Phil
Five identical girls, all calling themselves Phil, who live in the castle with Elmer. Prior to his taking up residence in the castle, they lived in the village, where they were regarded as demonic by the villagers.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: The girls look up to Elmer for this reason.
- Flawed Prototype: Her bodies do not visibly age, but have very short lifespans.
- Hive Mind: She's a "water" being with five bodies.
- Human Sacrifice: The girls were given up by the villagers as "living sacrifices" to appease the supposedly demonic Elmer. Phil is 100% okay with this, as she likes Elmer and hates the abusive villagers.
- Humanoid Abomination: Technically, Phil is a consciousness from another plane of reality about which nothing is known. Elmer speculates that she could be nonsentient and mimicking human behavior to survive, but chooses to believe that she is a person.
- Our Homunculi Are Different: Her bodies were grown as homunculi in a lab.
- Please Kill Me if It Satisfies You: She wants to allow at least one of her bodies to be tortured and killed by the villagers to ease Felt's (supposed) pain at his father's death. Nile and Elmer quickly veto the idea.
Dez Nibel
The mayor of the village. Highly suspicious and hostile toward outsiders.
NOTE: This character is treated as two separate people, Dez and Felt, throughout most of the book. After the character's true nature is revealed, he is referred to exclusively as Felt. Tropes that apply to the character throughout the book will be duplicated on both sheets. Tropes that only occur after the reveal will be listed on Felt's sheet.
- Freudian Excuse: He truly snapped when his wife died due to the outdated medical practices of the village, with Dez knowing that modern technology such as the lab used could have saved her.
- Hive Mind: Dez, his son Felt, and a couple of flesh-blobs are all controlled by one consciousness.
- Identity Absorption: Tries to do this to the villagers, then Czes, then Elmer.
- Our Homunculi Are Different: A homunculus/water being who escaped from the Quates family's lab.
- Turned Against Their Masters: After the death of his human wife, he had a bit of a breakdown and became determined to destroy the village and its creators.
- Villain with Good Publicity: The villagers love him, which allows his to use their paranoia to his advantage, incite them to abuse Phil for no reason, and after his Dez body dies, use his Felt persona to whip them into a vengeful/fearful frenzy that drives them to capture Czes for him.
Felt Nibel
Dez's son. He is kinder and more open-minded than his father.
- Forbidden Fruit: This appears to be part of the appeal of the outside world to him. Although it's definitely not all-see Dez's sheet.
- Gender Flip: At the end of the story, his/her only body is one of Phil's little-girl bodies.
- Heel Realization: Pushed into it by Elmer and Phil.
- Hive Mind: He and his father are actually the same person, a water consciousness created by the Quates family and occupying multiple vessels.
- Our Homunculi Are Different: The Felt body is a homunculus.
The Peddler/Bild Quates
- The Atoner: For the misdeeds his ancestors committed to create the village.
- Fatherly Scientist: To Phil, although rather ineffectual for most of her life.
- I Am Not My Father: Nor is he his grandfather. Or his great grandfather. Or his...
- Identical Grandson: To the point that Elmer initially mistook him for Szilard.
- Sins of Our Fathers: Self-inflicted. Maiza also reacts rather badly upon first hearing his name.
- White Sheep: All the Quateses from Szilard on down seem to have been amoral mad scientists except for him.
The Walken Family
Claudia Walken
"From the moment I was born, the world's belonged to me!"
A world-renowned actress who is aboard the luxury cruise liner Entrance to promote her new movie, Mode Gears 2—Shark Flight. Claudia is an outgoing 14-year old solipsist, and is the great-granddaughter of Claire and Chane.
- Above Good and Evil: Claudia doesn't care whether someone is good or bad, as long as they're honest.
- Cloudcuckoolander: In the same unsettling way as her great-grandfather, she is eccentric.
- A God Am I: Just like Claire, Claudia is of the opinion that the world exists for her sake, and that if she wants something to happen, she will make it happen.
- Generation Xerox: Her personality is basically the same as Claire's.
- Identical Granddaughter: Eye color aside, Claudia's practically an Opposite-Sex Clone of her great-grandfather Claire, and is growing up to resemble him more and more.
- Lamarck Was Right: Inherited Claire's solipsism. Firo remarks that Claudia's not the first one to take after Claire in that sense, but so far she's the one who resembles him most.
- Nightmare Fetishist: She thinks sharks are adorable, for one.
- One-Scene Wonder: In-universe. Tends to happen whenever she makes a cameo.
- Took the Bad Film Seriously: In-universe. Claudia puts heart and soul into each one of her roles, even if they happen to be trashy B-movies.
Charon Walken
"..."
Claudia's younger brother, Charon is a 13-year old stuntman known for his incredible athletic capabilities. He is aboard the Entrance along with Claudia to promote the new movie. He is the great-grandson of Claire and Chane.
- Character Overlap: Saki in one of the Durarara!! books mentions meeting an American stuntboy with an uncanny resemblance to Kasuka Heiwajima.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: Bullet Garden suggests that he could probably pass as a girl, provided he stays quiet.
- Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Invoked. Charon's a natural redhead, but he dyed it black.
- Expy: Of Kasuka Heiwajima, as a quiet Huey look-a-like who is in the film industry.
- Identical Grandson: Charon looks exactly like a younger Huey Laforet.
- Identical Stranger: To Kasuka Heiwajima of Durarara!!; Saki (of that series) points it out in-universe.
- Lamarck Was Right: He somehow inherited Claire's Charles Atlas Superpower.
- The Quiet One: People think Charon's quietness is because he takes after Chane, but it's actually because he was often taken care of by Keith Gandor as a child.
- Spanner in the Works: Charon helps bring about the conclusion of the 2002 hijacking by telling Angelo that Life and the Demolisher have the same speech patterns, and are thus the same person.
- The Stoic:
Bobby's Gang
Bobby Splot
The leader of a small gang of delinquents. He (along with the gang) stows away on the Entrance in order to get revenge on the Martillo Family for taking back the camera they stole. Bobby is the great-grandson of Jacuzzi and Nice, though he has none of Jacuzzi's crybaby attitude. He has what seems to be some of Jacuzzi's Magnetic Hero-ism, though.
- Chekhov's Gunman or Destined Bystander: Bobby is first mentioned offhand by Firo in the 1930 novel (even earlier than Jacuzzi!), and finally makes a proper appearance in the 2002 story. It's not known if Narita had always planned for Bobby to be Jacuzzi's descendant.
- Has a Type: According to Troy, Bobby has a thing for dark-skinned blondes.
- The Nicknamer: Gave nicknames to all three of his gang members.
- Tsundere: He's definitely not joining the Martillo Family because Carnea is there. Nope.
Troy
A member of Bobby's gang.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: nicknamed "Troy" by Bobby because he's The Smart Guy with a fondness for collecting Trojans
- Shorter Means Smarter: The shortest member of Bobby's gang.
Humpty
Another one of the members of Bobby's gang.
- Only Known by Their Nickname" Humpty" like the egg is all he's called.
Tall
Another one of the members of Bobby's gang.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: "Tall" is not his real name.
Carnea Kaufman
A stowaway girl who runs into Bobby's gang while trying to find a hiding place. She stowed away on the Entrance in order to find Angelo.
- A Child Shall Lead Them: Carnea is actually the only living blood relative of Angelo's boss, who was recently assassinated. Carnea never knew about her father's involvement in the drug industry, but became the organization's leader after his death.
Mask Makers
Luchino B. Campanella "The Rookie Warlock"
The head of the group of assassins known as Mask Makers, Luchino is a stage magician who boards the Exit under the cover of a performer. He is the Boss of the Mask Makers. However, he dislikes the feeling of killing, to the point of physical sickness (usually manifested in a great deal of vomiting). He wants to find Huey and demand answers from him why he killed a certain Campanella.
- Ancestral Weapon: The Mask Maker's stiletto. It's not known if it's the very same one used in 1705, however.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: Subverted. Luchino's stuck in his Magician suit on the Exit because he wasn't planning to take an active part in this particular mission.
- Beneath the Mask: Whenever Luchino kills, he puts on a mask of uncaring coldness. Then he takes off his mask and throws up in disgust.
- Cultured Badass: Luchino's both a skilled stage magician and an experienced assassin.
- Improbable Age: 17 years old as of 2002, and leader of a group of assassins.
- Mutilation Interrogation: Threatens to use this against Life, but he gets away.
- The Reveal: He's a descendant of Huey and the only woman he ever loved, Monica.
- Revenge: His main motivation is to avenge his ancestor Monica, whom he believes was killed by her own husband Huey.
- Stress Vomit: Pretty much whenever he has to kill someone. All that guilt and blood takes its toll.
- Tough Leader Façade: Everyone treats Luchino with respect befitting the leader of the Mask Makers, and Luchino himself lives up to his reputation of being a merciless assassin. What he doesn't show his team, though, is the fact that he has a great deal of psychological difficulty in killing people.
- What a Drag: Inflicts this on Bride by tying him to Entrance as it skids by Exit.
Illness
A member of the Mask Makers, Illness is one of the main combatants of the group. She befriends Czes and Claudia on the trip despite her actual reason for being on the ship. Like Luchino, she has a tendency to get nauseous after a killing spree.
- Abusive Parents: Illness's parents were part of the SAMPLE branch that tortured her. Her father was one of the people who personally inflicted horrific injuries on her.
- Break the Cutie: All the torture she went through. This gives her common ground with Czes.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Eccentricity and spaciness are probably why she gets along with Claudia so well.
- Covered with Scars: Has countless scars under her dress inflicted by SAMPLE.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Endured heavy abuse in the past at the hands of SAMPLE and their idea of religious worship.
- Elegant Gothic Lolita
- Guns Akimbo: Sports two glocks while on the job.
- Little Miss Badass: One of the main forces of the group. That should speak for itself.
- Marriage to a God: After Illness becomes SAMPLE's next leader, Viralesque decides that she will be married to their next god-candidate Czes.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Like the rest of the group aside from Luchino, Illness is only known by her codename.
- Please, Don't Leave Me: Illness is terrified that the Mask Makers will abandon her and send her back to SAMPLE.
- Stress Vomit: Illness is prone to vomiting when confronted with a lot of blood and gunsmoke. She's similar to her boss in that regard.
- Taking the Bullet: Along with Czes, she takes the bullet for Claudia.
Aging
- Amazonian Beauty: Aging is often described in-universe as looking as sturdy as a model of the T-series. Yeah, those models.
- BFG: Uses a Minigun. Single-handedly.
- Charles Atlas Superpower: And has the body to prove it. Specifically, she can jump ludicrous heights.
- Kukris Are Kool: If not her BFG, an 80-centimetre Kukri is her weapon of choice.
- No Guy Wants an Amazon: Most of the Mask Makers are too terrified of Aging to consider her attractive.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Like the rest of the group aside from Luchino, Aging is only known by her codename.
- Samus Is a Girl: Aging first appears as a voice on a radio that talks very much like an old man.
- Statuesque Stunner: She's seven feet tall and very attractive.
- The Tease: She often teases Luchino. His gentle, non-retaliating nature only encourages her.
- Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Huge Girl to Luchino's Tiny Guy. Luchino barely even reaches to her chest.
Death
The most experienced member of the Mask Makers, and according to Aging, the only member who's from a background as a proper mercenary. He is shot and killed by Angelo at the beginning of 2002.
- The Last Dance: Because he was dying of an undisclosed sickness, Death wanted to be killed on the battlefield by a Worthy Opponent. He got his wish.
Life
- Dramatic Unmask: Angelo takes off his goggles and finds out that Life is also the Demolisher.
- Two Aliases, One Character: Life is actually Fermet, working as a Triple Agent who is also working with SAMPLE as well as Angelo.
- Wall Crawl: Life jumps off the Mask Makers' cruiser, onto the hull of the Entrance, and crawls up to a window.
Drug Cartel
Angelo
- Celebrity Resemblance: Demolisher has referred to him as "some guy who looks like Antonio Banderas."
- Dashing Hispanic: Born in Spain, working in South America, and eventually went to New York to work for his new bosses, The Martillos.
- Even Evil Has Standards: A self-proclaimed man of principle, Angelo won't shoot women, children or elders.
- Fatal Family Photo: Angelo practically calls upon the narrative gods to kill him by deciding that he's going to take his family on a trip to Venice after he's done with this one job, along with invoking a Million to One Chance of his own death while the narrative helpfully points out that that probably means it's closer to fifty-fifty. He lives.
- Henpecked Husband: Angelo mentioned that back home in Spain, his wife has the final word.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: The narrative compares Angelo to Antonio Banderas and his roles on movies such as Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
- Parental Substitute: To Carnea. She sees Angelo as her own father.
- Revenge: For the fallen companions in South America.
- Sniper Rifle: Rivaling with Death from the Mask Makers.
- Street Urchin: Up to his teens, Angelo was often getting in trouble with the local police.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Noted to be so (mostly owing to the fact that he's basically Antonio Banderas).
SAMPLE
Bride
- An Arm and a Leg: His arms are cut off when he gets caught between the Entrance and the Exit as they skid past each other.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Loses his arms and is eaten by sharks.
- Face Death with Dignity: Viralesque offers the dying Bride the incomplete elixir of life, but he refuses and jumps into shark-infested waters.
- The Glasses Come Off: Bride ditches the glasses whenever he's in the role of the dextrose-high cult leader.
- Marriage to a God: Par the course for the leader of SAMPLE. Bride explains that "marriage" in this cult, however, is not necessarily what the legal definition means.
- Old Man Marrying a Child: Bride isn't old by any stretch of the imagination, but he mentions that most (if not all) of his wives so far have been ten-year old girls.
- Red and Black and Evil All Over: SAMPLE's uniforms are patterned in black and red.
- Til Murder Do Us Part: He's planning to kill his temporary "wife" once SAMPLE obtains Sylvie, the permanent-wife candidate.
- Villains Out Shopping: His very first words he says upon showing up at SAMPLE's most recent meeting is, "Oh, sorry about this, everyone! I can't believe I was late! The final boss was much tougher than I'd expected. I had to start over five times!"
Vanishing Bunny
Pamela
- Only Sane Man: It's not that Lana isn't sane or capable, it's just that out of the group, Pamela's The Reliable One and much more likely than Lana to keep her head on straight. Could also argue that she's the Team Mom, or even a Cool Big Sis to Sonja.
- Professional Gambler: Pamela's actually good at gambling, and her skill is the main source of everyday income for the group.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Lana. The two of them get into minor arguments all the time, arguments that often feature Pamela berating Lana for another harebrained idea of hers. Still, they're friends through and through.
Lana
- Cowardly Lion: Well, she's definitely the most easily nervous and frightened member of the trio.
- Fainting: Specifically The Monster Faint, when she sees what turns out to be Charkie the bear.
- Take Me Instead: Perhaps her biggest moment in the series. When Lana and Pamela are questioned by Gabriel, Lana claims that the entire kidnapping incident was her idea and that the others had no idea it was happening, and begs that Gabriel takes only her to the police.
- The Ditz: Lana can be a little...dense sometimes. But she means well.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Pamela.
Sonia Bake
- Cool Helmet: Sonia is depicted wearing a green army helmet in Time of the Oasis.
- Friendly Sniper: Sniper in training, technically, but pretty much.
- Gun Nut: Her parents literally worshipped guns. As in, revered them above everything else. Their beliefs were conferred unto Sonia throughout her childhood.
- Innocent Prodigy: Sonia's not so much an intellectual genius as she is far, far more skilled with guns than any girl her age has a right to be.
- Sleepyhead
- The Promise: Nader promised her that he'd become a hero when they were children. She believes that he's a hero and that he's saved her and the others countless times in an astounding display of faith.
- Wallof Weapons: Sonia's massive collection of weaponry (inherited from her parents) is kept in Vanishing Bunny's truck and goes with them everywhere.
Others
Laz "Gunmeister" Smith
- Distinguishing Mark: There's a scar over the bridge of his nose, which he earned after Berga Gandor punched him in the face in 1932.
- Gun Nut
- Obfuscating Insanity: Sort of. It's not so much that Smith pretends to be insane, it's more that he idealizes madness and constantly insists that he's a madman by dint of his profession. Most people just think he's a Narcissist.
- Professional Killer: In name only. Truth be told, Smith has yet to actually kill anyone.
- The Magnificent: Smith's nickname for himself, "Gunmeister," has yet to be taken seriously by anybody.
- The Obi-Wannabe: We're not saying that Smith will prove a completely incompetent mentor to Mark, but how can he instruct someone in the ways of killing when he hasn't actually killed anyone yet?
- Walking Armory: Smith carries around thirty guns under his coat for the sake of engaging in Trenchcoat Warfare. As a consequence, he can't actually sit down while wearing his coat in question.
Mark Wilmans
- Hyper-Competent Sidekick: At least, Mark appears much more competent and collected than Smith does.
- Interrupted Suicide: Courtesy of Elmer, who stops Mark from jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: His moniker "Ice Pick Thompson" (as coined by the media) invokes fear in the populace.
- Powerful Pick: His signature weapon is an ice pick.
- Revenge: After his mother died and was maligned, Mark swears to avenge her death in the fashion of Gotta Kill Them All by killing those responsible for her death.
