John Murray
John Murray
Played by: Tim Wambolt
The protagonist of the Ascended Fanfic mod, Eternal Damnation. He escaped a mental hospital, where he was being held for killing a man who attempted to murder his girlfriend, Lorie Heath.
- Anti-Hero: Of the Unscrupulous Hero variety. Most of his killings are done in self-defense, but since this is a Postal mod, they’re still violent. Not to mention he was institutionalized for beating a man to death with a baseball bat.
- Badass Longcoat: Not as badass as the Postal Dude’s, but still pretty awesome.
- The Cameo: Makes an appearance in Paradise Lost, where he’s praying at an altar where one of the air conditioner parts and attacks the Dude.
- Captain ObviousJohn: My god, these are FUCKING zombies!note
- Cop Killer: Slaughtered a whole bunch of them in his escape from the asylum.
- Country Matters: Per reusing voice lines from Eternal Damnation, he is the only character in the series to utter the word.
- Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon: Threatens a couple of cops this way.John: Hey, cocksucker, I have an idea: how about you open the FUCKING gates, and I won’t cut your balls off and suffocate you to death with them.
- Cluster F-Bomb: Seriously, the amount of times he says "fuck" would make even The Dude blush.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Brutally killed a man with a baseball bat to protect his girlfriend. This landed him in the asylum.
- Driven to Suicide: Shoots himself because he can’t imagine a life without Lorie.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He’s violent and cusses a lot, but he does love his girlfriend.
- Large Ham: Whenever he says “fuck”, he always overemphasizes it to the point where it seems like he’s trying to make every use of it a Precision F-Strike.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Seems shocked when he shot Father Winston, only to find out that he was actually trying to exorcise Lorie, and not rape her like he was told.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: Particularly whenever an enemy hits him.
- Together in Death: John kills himself to join Lorie in Hell.
- Villain Protagonist: Like the Postal Dude, he can be played this way if you choose to mow down innocent civilians. And even then, he still kills a bunch of cops, which could arguably be seen as a villainous trait.
Lorie Heath
Lorie Heath
- Big Bad Wannabe: While she — or at least the demon possessing her — was directly behind most of the game’s events, it becomes clear at the end that she’s nothing more than a pawn to the Devil.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Offers John shelter in the museum where she works, but it’s infested with zombies, and she locks him in with the intention of killing him.
- The Chessmaster: Locked John inside the zombie-infested museum, and called him out on leaving when he returned, then told him to go ask his father why he was prohibited from seeing her, to ensure that he would track down and kill Father Winston.
- Dark Is Evil: A goth chick who's the host for a demon.
- Demonic Possession: She was possessed by a demon that she’d summoned.
- Goth: Has this appearance and became one when she was in high school, according to John.
- The Heavy: Satan doesn’t directly get involved in the plot until the end. She does most of his dirty work for him.
- Hollywood Satanism: The altar in her apartment is the first clue to her religious beliefs, which lead to her being possessed by a demon, and in turn, the corruption of the holy water used to resurrect Lazarus and the plague of zombies being unleashed upon Hasselridge.
- Hot as Hell: Not one herself, but the demon possessing her.
- Hot Witch: Practices witchcraft and is pretty attractive.
- Omnicidal Maniac: Hates Hasselridge so much she corrupted the holy water in the cathedral, which turned everyone into zombies.
- Together in Death: After John kills himself.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Calls out John for fleeing the zombie-infested museum and leaving her alone. Which she locked him in.
Mr. Murray
Mr. Murray
Played by: Michael Jaret-Schachter
John’s father.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Refused to let John have contact with Lorie because he believed that Father Winston raped her and gave her an STD. Unbeknownst to him, the truth is far, far worse.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: After only two appearances, he’s unceremoniously killed by Lorie to summon the Devil.
Father Winston
Father Winston
A priest John is acquainted with.
- Mistaken for Pedophile: John’s father thinks he raped a teenaged Lorie. John himself is furious when he finds out and shoots him for it. Turns out that he was trying to exorcise a demon from her body.
- Pedophile Priest: Subverted. He was falsely accused of rape by the police and Mr. Murray, but was actually trying to exorcise a demon.
SPOILER CHARACTER
Beelzebub
The true Big Bad and Greater-Scope Villain of the game.
- Big Bad: Is behind the game’s apocalyptic scenario.
- Evil Brit: For some reason, he has a British accent.
- Good Wings, Evil Wings: Evil. He’s the Devil. It goes without saying.
- Greater-Scope Villain/The Man Behind the Man: In addition to being responsible for the game’s events by proxy, he can also be blamed for Lorie’s possession in the first place. Because he’s the Devil.
- Horned Humanoid: He’s the Devil.
- Rule of Cool: Is armed with a grenade launcher. Don’t ask why.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Has a chance of blowing Lorie to bits once she’s summoned him.
