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2021
Anne Lester - The Toy Merchant
Having escaped from a life of humiliation and deception, Anne has finally realised her true power and gained a true sense of security from her small toy shop. This time, she vows to reclaim what she deserves.
- Abusive Parents: Her father raised her to be a Replacement Goldfish for her mother, and would frequently berate her whenever she was unable to live up to his expectations. He would later conspire with his daughter's fiancee to steal her inheritance.
- Animal Motifs: Butterflies.
- The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes: Her skill. She can collect “toys” inside chests but is unable to use them, being limited to distributing them to her allies.
- Convenient Miscarriage: A rather dark example. Her extended backstory on the game's official site reveals that she suffered a miscarriage sometime after her father and fiancee made off with most of her money, and had left her practically destitute if not for the secret inheritance that had been left for her and was given to her sometime after.
- Death by Childbirth: Her mother is said to have died giving birth to her. It's all but outright stated that a large amount of the abuse that Anne suffered at the hands of her father came about from her father blaming her for her mother's death.
- Determinator: According to her trailer and description. Even the humiliation and disgrace that she has suffered in her in her life, Anne still tries to keep going, starting her own toy store with the money that her mother had secretly left after both her father and husband abandoned her and made off with most of her money. Unfortunately, that same determination was what brought her to the manor when she received a letter promising information on her father and former fiancee.
- Replacement Goldfish: Anne's father expected her to be a perfect copy of her late mother and was not pleased when she failed to meet his expectations.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: Twice.
- After spending the majority of her early adulthood being pursued by womanisers who desired her wealth, Anne eventually became engaged to a man who she believed truly loved her in spite of her alleged shortcomings. In truth, her fiancee was no different from every other man who had pursued her, and conspired with her father to make off with Anne's inheritance and leave her destitute. If not for the secret inheritance that her mother had hidden from Anne's father, which Anne would use to open a toy shop, she would have lost everything.
- Sometime after Anne's toyshop had become commercially successful, and Anne had regained her self-worth as a result, she received a letter promising information on her deceitful father and former fiancee. All that she needed to do was go to an infamous manor...
- You Are Number 6: She is referred to by her given serial number, 3-1-2 in her Experiment File and corresponding Experiment Files on survivors that participated in the same game as her.
Ada Mesmer - "The Psychologist"
After leaving the asylum, healing Emil became Ada's most important goal in life. In order to awaken Emil's "love" and seek out effective treatment methods, she agreed to a deal put forward by an old acquaintance.
- Ambiguous Situation: It is unclear on whether it was her or her father that did a psychological check-up on Martha Remington. Worth noting is that one of Ada's deductions mentions an investment project that a member of a laboratory wished to discuss with Ada's father.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Prior to her official release as a playable Survivor, a Dr. Mesmer was formally introduced, via correspondence, in Freddy Riley's 2021 Character Day letter, detailing their psychological check-up of the latter's pregnant wife.
- Forgotten First Meeting: Her and Emil's deductions reveal that the two first met years before Ada started working at the White Sand Street Asylum. Ada had come across Emil one day, starving on the side of the street, and, taking pity on him, gave him a piece of bread, an act of kindness that seemingly made him briefly retaliate against his caretakers.
- Hypocrite: Looks down on the doctors at the White Sand Street Asylum on the grounds of disagreeing with the methods they use to treat patients... despite admitting to having utilised the same methods in the past. She defends herself on the grounds that her motives were just and her actions necessary.
- Inconsistent Spelling: The official story trailer for "Psychologist" and Patient spells her name as "Ada", but the Reunion Time trailer spells her name as "Eda"
- Named After Someone Famous: Potentially two famous people. Her first name implies that part of her character may have been inspired by Ada Lovelace, an English mathematician commonly referred to as the first computer programmer. Her surname, along with her occupation, implies that she is more heavily based on Franz Anton Mesmer, a German physician responsible for the creation of mesmerism, a practice that would later come to be known as hypnotism.
- Official Couple: With Emil.
- Token Good Teammate: Appeared to see herself as this among the staff of the White Sand Street Asylum, whom she believed were solely concerned with chasing fads and increasing profits, rather than actually helping the patients in the asylum.
- You Are Number 6: She is referred to by her given serial number, 0-0-1 in the Time of Reunion trailer and corresponding Experiment Files on survivors that participated in the same game as her.
Emil - The Patient
- Animal Motifs: Dogs. He was sold to a man operating dog fights, who treated him no better than the dogs he was breeding. When Ada discovers that blowing her whistle makes him calm down, she compares him to a dog being receptive to its master's wishes.
- Dark and Troubled Past: His deductions reveal that his parents, unable to care for another child, sold him to men operating dogfights, who would force him to beg for food, and would later use him to stir up entertainment by throwing him in the ring with the dogs. Years later, he was found on the corner of White Sand Street, suffering from a fever and afflicted with amnesia, and was promptly institutionalized in the White Sand Street Asylum, where he was made victim to a number of unethical medical procedures.
- Forgotten First Meeting: He and Ada's deductions reveal that the two encountered years before he was committed in the White Sand Street Asylum. While apparently begging for food, Emil caught the attention of a young Ada who, out of pity for his situation, gave him a piece of bread, something that Emil would be willing to attack his caretakers for, seemingly just to ensure he could eat it himself.
- Inconsistent Spelling: The official story trailer for the "Psychologist" and Patient spells his name as "Emil", but the Reunion Time trailer spells his name as "Emile".
- Mysterious Past: No one, not even Ada and even himself to a certain degree, knows the truth about his past. His deductions fill in most of the blanks.
- Official Couple: With Ada Mesmer.
- Parental Abandonment: His parents, either unable to raise another child or desperately needing money, seem to have sold Emil to a man (or men) operating dogfights.
- Undying Loyalty: To Ada.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Or dogs in Emil's case.
- You Are Number 6: He is referred to by his given a serial number, 0-0-2 in the Time of Reunion trailer and corresponding Experiment Files on survivors that participated in the same game as him.
"Orpheus" - The Novelist
A renowned novelist whose past is a mystery to all, even to himself. When he received the invitation letter that came with the flute, he knew that he had no reason to refuse.
For more information about him and his other identities visit here.
"Memory"/Alice DeRoss - Little Girl
Perhaps even "Orpheus" doesn't know her at all, the memory trapped in a nightmare.
For more information about her visit here
2022
Joker - The Weeping Clown
It doesn't matter how popular he was or will ever be because, deep inside, he knows... he will never have true friends. The Weeping Clown will forever portray his jovial side and never a miserable shell of a man!
For further information on him before the release of his Survivor persona, see Smiley Face.
Inclination: A loose cannon on the verge of collapse.
- Ambiguously Evil: One of three candidates for the test subject responsible for hurting Violetta during her time in the manor. Margaretha's Experiment File confirms that he was the perpetrator.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Don't be fooled by his shy and funny appearance, Joker has the highest body count of any human character and has been described as being one of the most unnecessarily cruel test subjects, which really surprises the person who writes the archival letters, as drugs never needed to be used.
- Early-Bird Cameo: His mask and lower body can be glimpsed in a Freeze-Frame Bonus in Nightmare's background trailer, a video released almost two months before his design was revealed, after Nightmare injects drugs into a rat.
- Evil Red Head: He has red hair and is described as one of the cruelest survivors.
- He Who Fights Monsters: Joker started out as a victim of abuse, who decided to break the status quo and defend Margaretha/Natalie [Female Dancer] from her abusive husband, only to have his career destroyed and his face disfigured. In this, Joker abandons any concept of morality and becomes the person with the highest murder count among human characters, having killed not only his abusers (Sergi and Bernard) but also hundreds of innocent people, which didn't seem to worry him and his hunter persona even mocked this fact. During the preparations for game 08, he realizes that there is something wrong, and then starts acting as Sergi would, which ends up killing everyone except Murro, he also psychologically abuses Margaretha, and eliminates Violetta [Soul Weaver] in an extremely cruel manner. Which surprises even the Manor workers, because he acted in a way only expected by people who were under the influence of the manor drugs.
- Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Serves as the mean to Murro and Violetta's nice and Margaretha and Mike's in-between during the preparation stages of Game 8.
- Only One Name: No hint is made of him having a surname. Given that he was sold to the circus by his parents when he was young, it's likely that they felt no need for him to have one.
- Parental Abandonment: Having been born with a missing right leg and a naturally sullen face, Joker's parents believed that he was born to be a circus moneymaker. Given that neither his deductions nor letters make any mention of his family or any sort of life outside of the circus, it's all but outright stated that his parents gave him away to be raised as a circus act.
- Token Evil Teammate: For game 08. His teammates are also victims of the circus and were abused in their past, but Joker is the only one to become a mass murderer.
- Tragic Villain: Although Joker is indeed a horrible person, for him to become so bad he had to be abandoned by his parents, go through years of abuse, bullying, have his face disfigured by acid, and his career ruined. While it doesn't justify killing innocents, it's still a lot more than a person should go through.
- Same Character, But Different: Joker's Survivor persona, as well as what he looked like before becoming a Hunter. The sheer physical difference between the two speaks volumes.
- You Are Number 6: He is referred to by his given serial number, 8-0-3 in his Experiment File and corresponding Experiment Files on survivors that participated in the same game as him.
Luchino Diruse - The Professor
For further information on him before the release of his Survivor persona, see Evil Reptilian.
Inclination: A wary seeker and the only test subject in this group.
- Ambiguous Situation: His role and presence in the second attempt at Step 6 of the experiment. While his Experiment File lists his serial number as 6-1-4 in the initial Group 6, the presence of Martha and the fact that she possessed the same serial number as him, raises the possibility that it may have been changed once the second attempt at Step 6 had properly begun..
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer:
- The Evil Reptilian’s deductions imply that he studied his reptile subjects by testing their venom on himself. His lab's janitor, Darren Berglund's, comments imply that this would often leave his lab a mess. Regardless, he was still respected as an outstanding scholar. He is also said to have been judged by his peers and the staff for believing in Darwin's theory of evolution (which was, at the time, thought of as ridiculous). Despite this, he was still considered a trusted official by his peers.
- The Corruptible: Both his letter and his trailer imply that he had good intentions in studying his transformation into a reptilian, but little by little the experiments corrupted him and screwed with his psyche until he became basically amoral.
- Creepy Good: Possibly good. Luchino is a friendly and well-meaning man, but also one who displays peculiar behavior and possesses an intimidating appearance according to Eli. In-game, his abilities involve removing the scales that are part of his skin to protect his allies. He also laughs rather wildly when eliminated by a rocket chair.
- Early-Bird Cameo:
- His shadow can be seen in Luchino's official 2021 Character Day art.
- Luchino's Survivor persona and the details of his design (such as the scale-like debris and the bandage debris) were first alluded to in his second letter, written by Eli.
- Laughing Mad: When eliminated by the hunter he starts laughing in a manic and frightening manner, he also lets out a lower laugh when he stuns the hunter with a pallet.
- Mythical Motifs: His debut S-tier skin, Spring Heated Wine
, is themed around the cult of Dionysus, which coincidentally or not, was also the cult that ended up killing Orpheus in the myth that based the manor's history. - Nice Guy: Despite what you might assume from Luchino's peculiar appearance and behavior, he is quite polite and friendly, both with the staff and his teammates. Unfortunately, the effect of the snake's venom made him abandon that side.
- Promoted to Playable: Players were made aware that a pre to mid-transformation Luchino potentially participated in a game with both Eli and Demi at the manor during Luchino's 2021 Character Day. Come the following year, his Survivor persona was made a playable character.
- Same Character, But Different: Luchino's Survivor persona, and a depiction of him before he completed his transformation into the Evil Reptilian.
- Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: His 2021 Character Day letter implies that during his time at the Manor, he served as the Savvy Guy to Demi Bourbon's Energetic Girl.
- Sole Survivor: His Experiment File reveals that he was the sole test subject in the initial Group 6 who didn't seemingly turn into a pool of cold water or, as the researcher put it, "cease to exist in terms of both vital signs and physical existence. As a result, he was then placed into a new Group 6, alongside a group of "unique but dangerous" test subjects from other groups.
- You Are Number 6: He is referred to by his given serial number, 6-1-4 in his First Experiment File and corresponding Experiment Files on survivors that participated in the same game as him.
Qi Shiyi - The Antiquarian
- Action Girl: The only combat-focused female stunner in the game.
- Almighty Janitor: A common antiques seller who apparently sold many of the Manor's mysterious items like Wu Chang's umbrella or Geisha mask, and is also a Martial Pacifist, who used to kill bad people for money and who is currently knocking out hunters to survive.
- Ambiguously Gay: Her friend, Tang Si, is described as the most important person in Qi Shiyi's life. She is implied to be both the reason Shiyi abandoned revenge and went to the manor, which led some fans to interpret their relationship as romantic.
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Her official dislikes are: High class people who violate the law, Killing and Milk.
- Badass Pacifist: One of the strongest and most talented survivors but who refrains from just immobilizing the hunter during matches.
- Bullying a Dragon: She is stronger than most hunters, unfortunately she will still be easily knocked out by two blows and put in a Rocket Chair.
- Cultured Badass: As expected of an antiquarian warrior.
- Cute Bruiser: She has a cute design, a gentle demeanor, and is an unstoppable warrior.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Her clothes are patterned in dark colors and she has an intimidating appearance, but she is a kind woman who joined the game to find her friend.
- Glass Cannon: One of the strongest survivors, but like most survivors, she will fall in two hits.
- Good Is Not Soft: She is a bit abrasive and honestly intimidating, but overall a kind and well-meaning girl who hates injustice and wants to protect the weak.
- Hates Being Touched: Previously had the "Lone Wolf" trait that made healing slower.
- Lady of War: Described as simultaneously soft as a cloud and hard as ice, Qi Xiyi is a graceful and elegant lady who is probably the best fighter among the survivors.
- Martial Pacifist: She is a martial artist but prefers to be peaceful and only use violence when necessary. As the hunters can tell from matches, you don't want to see her when the violence is necessary.
- Mechanically Unusual Fighter: Much more combat focused than the other survivors. She is also the only survivor who can disable the hunter's abilities after they have been activated and prevent a hunter from using the common hit.
- Retired Badass: She used to be a professional assassin, but gave up that path after realizing it went against what her family believed in. These days she's a relatively common antique dealer, but she'll kick any hunter's ass if she needs to.
- Sole Survivor: She is said to have been the only survivor of some form of disaster that befell the Xiao family.
Frederick Kreiburg - "The Composer"
As a child, Frederick Kreiburg was plagued by the ghosts inside of his head; until he attended his father's concert for the first time, and the music covered every bit of unwanted noise around him, including the voices in his head. As he grew older, Frederick desired to follow in the footsteps of his family and become the next rising star in the world of music. Alas, it was not to be, and Frederick soon lost the love of the people of Europe. Having been practically exiled by his family, Frederick desperately sought a change in his life; a possibility that emerged with the arrival of an aromatic letter...
- Ambiguously Evil: In the brief moments she is able to hold onto lucidity after being knocked out by an unidentified powder of sorts, Alice witnesses the form of the Bloody Queen, who had been chasing her around Kreiburg Racecourse, shift into a silhouetted individual with an uncanny resemblance to Frederick, which would appear to imply that Frederick may have been working in tandem with Orpheus after, or even before, receiving the Novelist's undisclosed offer.
- Ambiguous Situation: His exact relationship with Orpheus. Was his brief alliance with Orpheus to locate Mary's body and/or Blue Hope a temporary arrangement, one that was brought to an end once he held Orpheus and Alice at gunpoint and made moves to escape with Blue Hope, or in fact planned in advance in order to mislead Alice? Furthermore, is his apparent disappearance, and Orpheus coming into possession of Blue Hope, a sign that Frederick was captured at some point? Or were Frederick and Orpheus still working together?
- Black Sheep: Frederick lacked the natural talent for music that the rest of his family possessed and thus was effectively exiled from the family as a result.
- Elegant Classical Musician: A classical music composer who also played the piano, he’s a Long-Haired Pretty Boy and his attire is much more formal than most of the Survivors.
- Hearing Voices: In his childhood, he suffered from psychotic disorders that caused him to hear noises in his thoughts, and his skill description mentions that he can tune out the noises by striking the Tuning Fork to clear his mind.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Has long hair tied into a ponytail and is regarded in-universe as an outstandingly pretty man. Unfortunately, it leads to his So Beautiful, It's a Curse situation.
- Mechanically Unusual Fighter: Frederick has a unique decoding process that is more like a rhythm game than regular decoding, being able to switch between three types of speed "Grave", "Alto" and "Andante", he does not triggers any kind of calibration so his position is only revealed to the hunter if he misses three turnings.
- Named After Someone Famous: Shares his first name with Fryderyk (Frédéric) Chopin, a Polish classical music composer specializing in piano compositions, whom he seems to be based on.
- So Beautiful, It's a Curse: Over time, the "admiration" he received from the public relied more on his appearance and his ability to "sweep ladies off their feet" while his "talent", which was on the brink of exhaustion, was disregarded.
- Uncertain Doom: Upon reawakening in her room, after being knocked out at Kreiburg Racecourse, Alice is informed that Frederick has disappeared, with his belongings remaining in his room and Blue Hope, which Frederick had previously seemingly escaped with, now in the possession of Orpheus. While this may hint that Frederick may be working behind the scenes under the orders of the manor owner, it is equally possible that he was captured and "eliminated".
- Unreliable Expositor: Twice-fold;
- Whilst introductions between him and Alice are underway, Frederick takes the time to mention that he, like the rest of his family, received "the call of Euterpe", giving Alice the impression that Frederick inherited his family's natural talent for creating music. Upon being pressed on the matter, the manor's butler reveals to Alice that, while Frederick is popular in high society and possesses classical talent, he did not in fact inherit his father's natural gift in composition. It's downplayed, though, given that Frederick never technically introduces himself as a composer to Alice.
- A more straight-forward is him denying any relation to Mary Kreiburg, former lady of the manor. When pressed on the matter by Melly, Frederick claims to be French-born, in contrast to the Austrian-born Mary, giving the impression that, if the two are family, they are likely distant family. It doesn't take long for this claim to be disproven after Alice spots him secretly leaving the manor, and she and Orpheus come across him exploring the Kreiburg Racecourse. Upon been pressed on his true background as an Austrian-born, and his true reasoning for coming to the manor, by Orpheus, Frederick drops the facade.
2023
Alice DeRoss - The Journalist
Formerly a cheerful child, blessed with kind parents and playmates, following the events of a tragedy that resulted in the death of her parents, Alice was placed into foster care. Diagnosed with hysteria and dubbed the "daughter of misfortune", Alice spent years being suspected to physical and emotional abuse. At the age of fourteen, Alice was adopted by a medical professor who planned to use her as an experimental subject for tests and brought overseas, where for years she languished in a hell on earth, with the pleasant memories of her childhood being the only thing preventing Alice from breaking. At the age of twenty one, Alice managed to escape from her prison and return to England, where she would assume a job as a journalist, determined to search for the truth behind the death of her parents and the mysterious disappearance of her former playmate.
While investigating a recent mining disaster, Alice receives a letter from a colleague, informing her that they have managed to obtain an invitation to the infamous Oletus Manor - Alice's former childhood paradise, now linked to a number of missing persons cases. Assuming her colleague's identity, Alice returns to Oletus Manor, intent on unravelling its secrets with her own hands. It is here where she encounters a host of fellow visitors, all with their own secrets and agendas - none more so than rising horror novelist Orpheus.
As an adult, Alice is elegant and intelligent, with a tough and brave personality, is skilled in the art of observation and disguise, while also possessing excellent oratorical talent and analytical ability, allowing her to sharply capture the emotions of others. However, owing to trauma, and being the subject of drug testing at an early age, Alice's sense of fear is significantly weaker than than that of the average person, though she also possesses a far greater endurance than that of an average person.
Alice is the second Protagonist of the game, having been added with the release of the Ashes of Memory event to replace the Detective.
For more information about her visit her character page.
Charles Holt - The Aeroplanist
Having immigrated to new land, Charles Holt arrived to an era where everything was developing at a higher pace and people looked to the sky, filled to the brim with high-rise buildings and all manners of flying machines, with an almost jubilant passion. By day, Charles would share in that feeling, working as a high-altitude construction worker, alongside his close and sole confidant Mr. Albert Wayne. By night, working in a small shack that was almost submerged in the ground, Charles would endeavour to become part of that world through his efforts as the great engineer of the Sonora Aero Club. Charles sought to create his own flying machine, but, much to his chagrin, the unresolved flaws in his design continued to persist even after Charles became strapped for money. In return for a small fortune, Charles agreed to sell his risky but cost-saving design to the manager of a construction company. It was Charles's dear friend, Albert, who paid the price for Charles's sin. The truth behind the tragic accident that claimed Albert's life was covered up, and a brand new building was erected as a witness to civilisation. The only persisting evidence of what had truly occurred were the trembling hands of a guilt-ridden Charles, plagued by nightmares and unable to atone for his greatest mistake - until a letter arrived, offering Charles a chance to redeem himself.
- Acrofatic: Charles has a noticeably larger build than the other male survivors, but is just as capable of evading the hunter as the others.
- Ambiguous Situation: One of Charles's deductions make mention of a woman and two children who Charles seems to have tried to contact following Albert's death. It is unclear if they are Albert's wife or children, mother and younger siblings, or if they are even related to Albert at all.
- Animal Motifs: Bears. His extended backstory compares him to a heavily built, surly brown bear.
- Big Beautiful Man: He's a little overweight, but he's honestly a really handsome guy, especially when he tries to dress well.
- Cowardly Lion: He can hurt the hunter for longer than the other survivors if there are allies nearby, but he is a shy and nervous man.
- The Eeyore: As Tracy notes, he has no pride in his actions and is more focused on the bad things that can happen during experiments.
- Genius Bruiser: While the other rescuers aren't exactly stupid, Charles is probably the smartest of them when it comes to technology, to the point that he can modify cipher machines to make decoding easier for allies.
- Gentle Giant: Bigger and broader than the other survivors, but he is a shy, dreamy man and apparently incapable of (intentionally) hurting anyone.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: He is a Gentle Giant who doesn't want to hurt anyone, but having caused his friend's accidental death during one of his experiments causes him to have low self-esteem and often let himself down.
- Hiding Behind Your Bangs: His eyes are always covered by his hair even during his chase and he is a timid and antisocial man.
- Historical Domain Character: Given his first name - as well as the first name of his close friend, - his personal passion, and his membership in the Sonora Aero Club, Charles is quite clearly based on Charles August Albert Dellschau, a Prussian-American who gained posthumous fame after his scrapbooks containing a vast numbers of drawings, collages and water paintings of airplanes and airships was discovered.
- Jet Pack: His unique item.
- My Greatest Failure: Desperate for cash, Charles accepted an offer from the manager of a construction company to sell his experimental design, which Charles was aware was still laden with design flaws. Charles's close friend Albert Wayne was assigned to test the device, only to be killed when the device failed to properly work. The cause of Albert's death was covered up, and Charles could never bring himself to admit the truth to anyone.
- Perpetual Frowner: His default expression is a nervous frown.
- Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: The Savvy Guy to Tracy's energetic girl. Being The Eeyore who is sad most of the time, while she is determined and excited about her work.
- She Cleans Up Nicely: Gender-Inverted. Charles doesn't seem to care much about his appearance and dresses sloppily and untidy, but his S-tier skin, "Stellar Wings" makes it clear that he can be quite charming when wearing a nice outfit.
- Stout Strength: Charles is probably the heaviest survivor (even heavier than the Forward) and that's why when he doesn't have tremors he can stun the hunter with more force.
- Token Flyer: While he is not the only survivor with the ability to be airborne (like the Toy Merchant before him who can glide) he is the only survivor who can simply take off and move while flying.
- You Are Number 6: Tracy's fourth letter, along with certain wording in Luca's Experiment File points to him being the Survivor with the serial number, 10-1-3 alluded to in the latter.
Lily Barriere - The Cheerleader
Lily Barriere comes from an old family, the once beloved daughter of her influential grandfather's second son who, despite not being overly valued or favoured in the family, still possessed a considerable amount of wealth which he would use to support the happy childhoods of both his children. As the only daughter in the family, Lily was doted on by her parents and older brother and developed a naive, arrogant and paranoid personality as a result. However, her happiness would come to an abrupt end when she was sixteen years old. On the opening day of her father’s expensive new jockey club series at the Kreiburg Racecourse, the horses present unexpectedly lost control and caused a serious stampede, with Simon being heavily injured during the tragedy. Suffering from severe brain damage, and having been rendered paraplegic and mute, Simon was sent to a nursing home by his parents. The race meeting, intended to estalish Lily’s father’s prestige in the family, instead turned into a scandal that drove him out of the family completely. Unable to accept this, Lily’s father began to drink heavily, physically, verbally, and emotionally abusing Lily and her mother whenever he was drunk, and then blaming himself once he had sobered up. What was once Lily’s paradise had now become her purgatory. Lily’s only respite during this period of her life was whenever she went to the nursing home to look after her brother, cheering him on just as she once did at the racecourse. Although her brother could no longer provide her with a verbal response, he would always provide her with a happy expression on his face - an expression that belonged to the Lily of old. It was here that Lily met a girl around her own age, who, knowing what Lily was going through, offered her some “peer” advice. Not long after, Lily’s father broke his neck on his way home from a night of drinking. Lily’s mother went to the police morgue to identify the body and never returned. Now alone, Lily wrote to her uncle and grandfather, in the hope of receiving financial support to support herself into adulthood, as well as to continue to pay the medical bills for the nursing home. Her uncle ignored her letters. Her grandfather, however, sent her a sum of cash that would be enough for the siblings to live on for two years, and a strange IOU. The creditor of the IOU had changed from Lily’s grandfather to Lily herself. The debt itself concerned a manor called “Oletus”.
- Girlish Pigtails: She is one of the youngest survivors and has pigtails. Played for Drama. Since it's implied that it's part of her attempt to pretend that she's still in the good old days of her childhood, before everything went wrong.
- The Grinch: Her only official dislike is Christmas for unknown reasons.
- Parental Abandonment: It is all but outright stated that, following the seemingly accidental death of her husband, and fully aware of whom was actually responsible, Rosa Barriere, mother of Lily and Simon, chose to leave her family, leaving Lily and the hospitalised Simon to fend for themselves.
- Perpetual Smiler: Lily's model is always smiling in a way that creates the illusion that she is smirking.
- Pom-Pom Girl: She is a Cheerleader, her items are pom-poms, and her ability is designed to encourage her teammates to keep fighting the hunters.
- Self-Made Orphan: Lily's character trailer and deductions imply that she was responsible for the death of her father, Reger Barriere.
- Stepford Smiler: The reason Lily's role model never stops smiling? She wants to pretend that everything is fine. Lily is a broken bird after so many horrible things happening in her life, and wants to smile like old times.
- Tragic Keepsake: A non-fatal example is her older brother's equestrian helmet that she uses during matches.
- Vague Age: She does not have a confirmed age, but cannot drink the Barmaid's drinks, confirming that she is -21, and the last age mentioned in her lore was 16.
2024
Matthias Czernin & Louis - The Puppeteer
Matthias was born in Prague to a wealthy family, his father came from an old family that had failed, but had inherited a marvelous art of puppetry that brought them a decent income, and his mother was the daughter of a spinning mill owner. The family of three lives a slightly dull but happy life. His father is transformed into a performing artist, and the sociable mother becomes a socialite. Matthias, an introvert by nature, is a bit of a misfit in the family."If only you could be like Louis." His parents always said that."Louis" is a puppet created based on Matthias, a sweet and lovable young boy, and modeled by his father after he arrived in Paris. “Louis”, who could perform without strings and speak without voice-overs, was a lively, cheerful and talkative puppeteer for his father's puppet shows.Day after day, year after year, Matthias, who had become more and more withdrawn in the family social scene, was gradually replaced by "Louis".Even his only chance to communicate with his father, learning puppetry, is only to perform with "Louie" when his father needs a break. But there's always a sense of gloom and meanness that lingers in "Louis" with Matthias.This upsets his parents even more, who often reprimanded Matthias and ignored him more and more. Matthias looks more like a puppet in the family that has no flesh and blood and no one cared about him.On his 23rd birthday, Matthias received no wishes or gifts. However, his father had a big show, so he went backstage when his father was solo and set fire to the puppet room where "Louis" was kept.The fire was quickly controlled, but the smoke caused a panic that eventually led to a stage collapse and a mass stampede.Matthias' parents died in the accident, and he also suffered severe injuries to the left side of his body.But Matthias didn't care. At least Louis was dead.Ninety-one days passed, however, and a crate arrived at Matthias‘s door, containing a new "Louis".Hadn't the fire burned him? Matthias was confused, and this time he threw "Louis" into the fireplace and watched "Louis" turn to ashes.Seventy-eight days later, he received another crate, and "Louis" came back to life.No matter how Mathias disposes of "Louis ", he always "comes back to life", and at shorter and shorter time periods.Mathias, who was about to be driven insane, received a crate again on his 24th birthday, and this time he noticed that there was a badge in the corner of the crate, and he tried to investigate it, and found out that it belonged to a notorious Manor, across the sea.
- Cast from Hit Points: His "Louis" ability lacks any cooldown, but damages him for 25% of his total health each time (equal to half a normal attack from hunters).
- Invulnerable Attack: In puppet form, he can use the Undaunted ability, immobilizing him momentarily while granting full damage immunity.
- Mechanically Unusual Fighter: Matthias cannot be healed by allies, but heals himself when healing a fellow survivor. He can also only heal 1/4 damage at a time.
- Loophole Abuse: While he is unable to be healed by others through the normal "Heal" action, he can still be healed by the Barmaid's Dovlin and the Psychologist's Empathize skill. While Barmaid's Dovlin bottles are limited in supply and Psychologist has the damage transferred to her instead, this is generally more efficient than him healing others due to just how long it takes.
- Not Completely Useless: His "Useless Flesh" external trait makes him unable to be healed by others and severely decreases his speed for healing others. However, it also gives him the ability to heal chip damage from both himself and others. As Doctor can only heal chip damage on herself, while Barmaid's Dovlin can only heal chip damage below 1 point of damage (and it would also be a waste since it heals more normally), this gives a largely detrimental debuff some practical use. Certain persona talents that increase healing speed can also be used to make healing using him less painful.
- Puppet Permutation: His main ability "Louis" transforms him into said puppet temporarily, with him switching back when the duration expires or if he takes enough damage from the Hunter.
Florian Brand - The Fire Investigator
- Firefighter Arsonist: In this case, Fire Investigator Arsonist. Because of the way he was treated at the orphanage in his childhood, and the fact that his parents sacrificed themselves so he wouldn't die, Florian sees saving someone from fire as the ultimate form of kindness, which has caused him to initiate many of the fires he was supposed to investigate.
