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Awares
- All Deaths Final: Not for these guys!
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: Davey and Chainey.
- I Am a Humanitarian: All Zombies by default.
- Our Zombies Are Different: There are two types: the typical Romero zombies (called 'Mindless') and the zombies that can think (called 'Awares').
- Good Scars, Evil Scars
- Scars Are Forever: Let's see:
- Chainey has a scar on his left cheek and hand. Also a big gash at the back of his skull.
- Davey has a few on his face, as well as a large Y-shaped one which he received at the hands of Marianne.
- Owen: LOTS! Several on both his hands (looks like he's wearing hobo gloves. He's not), one around his neck, and one across his cheekbones. It's been suggested that these are self-inflicted . As of Chapter 10: Avalanche, he's probably got more now thanks to Davey.
- Scars Are Forever: Let's see:
Anthony Michael Chainey
The main protagonist of the story, Chainey is a tall, narcoleptic, Aware with amnesia.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Gets REAL fed up with Davey in Ch. 11: Call out.
- In later chapters he is also willing to wield weapons, such as trying to attack Lazaro with a baseball bat
- Character Development: He's noticeably less of a push over now then in the first few chapters.
- Gentle Giant: Considered a pacifist. Subverted when he's in feral mode.
- Also subverted in chapter 12, when Davey is under threat.
- Sidekick: The Sidekick to Davey/Maggot Boy.
- Heavy Sleeper: Narcoleptic. Pretty much played for laughs and makes him more of a dork.
- Perpetual Frowner: The only time he's smiled in the comic so far was when talking to a stranger (who ran from him).
- Pretty Boy: Not all that bad looking for a member of the undead.
- Shrinking Violet: He hates the thought of leading, is rather soft-spoken, and insecure about his height.
- Supporting Protagonist:
Word of God say he's a follower by choice. - The Speechless: After chapter 12.
- Straight Gay: In chapter 16, we learn he had a boyfriend when he was alive.
Jeremiah David Jones
- Aloof Big Brother: After he died. Justified in that no one, including his family, should know about him.
- According to God, he was mostly distant with his bro before he died, though still cared about him.
- Big Brother Mentor: He was known to look out for his brother Parker when alive. He's now Sovereign City's hero Maggot Boy and taken Chainey under his wing as his sidekick.
- Big Brother Instinct: Gives Owen quite the beat down upon finding him for messing with his brother and almost killing his friends.
- The Hero
- Heroic Wannabe: Seems more accurate.
- Hidden Depths: Quite the artist!
- Hot-Blooded
- Improvised Weapon: A wrench. Carries a knife, as well.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold
- Messy Hair
- Love Triangle: In one with Sam and Lazaro, now another with Sam and Carville.
- All Love Is Unrequited: Pretty much.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red to Chainey's blue.
- Shower of Angst: After Marianne dissected him.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Manly Man to Chainey's Sensitive Guy.
Owen Nathaniel Wright
- An Arm and a Leg: Loses an arm in Ch. 10. One could count his wounded knee from Ch. 9
- Animal Motifs: Cats! His default wardrobe is a black hoodie with cat ears sewn on, as well as a cat mask.
- Bungled Suicide: Tries to shoot himself in the head with PJ's gun. Turns out it was out of bullets.
- Fans speculate this wasn't his first attempt.
- Dark and Troubled Past: By Word of God, Owen didn't know his father, his mother overdosed when he was five, and even after getting adopted, he got picked on a lot. He was the one who found his mother's corpse after coming home from school. His dog at the time began to bark in alarm which attributed to his current fear of dogs.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: his hairstyle before death
- Kind Hearted Cat Lover
- Mysterious Past: How did he die? What relationship does he have with Chainey?
- Non-Human Sidekick: A stray kitty named Krissy!
- Pet the Dog: Turns out, he didn't kill Bastian.]] In chapter 12 is also willing to put himself in danger to rescue Parker.
- When He Smiles: Gives an adorably big one right here!◊
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: TERRIFIED of big dogs!
Palmer Institute Employees
Samatha Hyde
- Ambiguously Brown: Word of God says she's from a mixed race background.
- Dreadlock Rasta: In a cute ponytail.
- Love Triangle: First one with Davey and Lazaro, now with Davey and Carville.
- Necromancer
- Informed Ability: Despite mention of her talents, we have yet to see any of her powers.
- Subverted in chapter 12, where we see that she is able to take control of an unconscious Chainey, much to Davey's horror.
- Genki Girl: She has some moments.
- A-Cup Angst
- Hartman Hips
- Trash of the Titans: Bit of a pack rat.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Davey gives her this speech after she controls Chainey to break out of the institute.
Lazaro Palmer
- The Ace: Saved Sov. City - and to some extent the world - from becoming Zombiechow.
- Younger Than They Look: Due to casting a zombie-destroying shield over a whole city for several days.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives one to Chainey about Zombies and feeding.
- Jerkass: For the most part!
- Jerkass Has a Point: He might be an ass, but he has good intuition in how to handle most situations. This doesn't stick later on.
- Big Secret: Keeps his infected daughter Claire hidden in the Institute.
- Perpetual Frowner
- Took a Level in Jerkass: As the chapters progress he has become more willing to take risks and allienate his allies.
- The Unfettered: Will go to any lengths, be it losing his sanity or life, to find a cure for his daughter.
Noah/Li Xiang Fei
Lazaro's right-hand man. His life currently revolves around his pregnant wife and the shenanigans at the Palmer Institute.- Asian and Nerdy
- Expository Hairstyle Change: As of Chapter 11: Call Out.
- Gratuitous Foreign Language: Chinese
- Foreign-Language Tirade: To Lazaro. It fails hilariously.
- Mr. Fanservice: Arguably the most attractive looking (alive) guy in the comic. Too bad he's...
- Happily Married
- Only Friend: Possibly Palmer's.
- Pragmatic Hero: Stated in his bio that he's not afraid to do what needs to be done. Shown in that he calls the armed feds to go after a Feral!Chainey so no one will get hurt.
- Sharp-Dressed Man
Marianne Sutton
A (Ex-)surgeon(?) that recently got reinstated to capture Owen.
- The Ace: Besides the obvious pun, is said to be one of the best surgeons of the Palmer Institute.
- Cute and Psycho: How most characters and fans see her.
- Knight Templar Mad Scientist: She see nothing wrong with dissecting an aware (while they're fully conscious).
- For Science!!: Her reasoning, more or less.
- Terms of Endangerment: Davey meets the doctor who dissected him when he was freshly undead. She calls him "sweetheart" and says "I missed you terribly". Davey is less than civil.
- Refers to Owen as "Cupcake" during their first meeting after shooting him in the arm, considering she wants to continue her experiments on him...
Cult Members
In General
- Cult: Duh. They worship the minor Voodoo loa/deity Boli Shah.
- Self-Harm: Members do this to themselves as an initiation
Damien Carville
The cult's leader. Interested in Sam, to Davey's chagrin.
- The Dragon: For someone who may be an even bigger threat than Owen, no less!
- Faux Affably Evil: Despite being in charge of a self-mutilating, zombie-worshipping cult, it seems that he just wants to date Sam in peace. In chapter 12 he appears to have ulterior motives.
- Jerkass: Is rude to Davey, is keeping his true identity from Sam (although both actions are somewhat justifiable) and, in chapter 12, kills a couple of his fellow Cult members and purposefully misgenders Owen
- Jerkass Has a Point: Although his comments to Davey are harsh, he is right about Davey being against him for personal reasons.
Others
Parker "PJ" Jones
- Break the Cutie: Constant stalking and tormenting via Owen wore poor PJ down. Finding out Davey has become a zombie seems to have been the last straw.
- Camp Gay: Averted. It's not until we learn that he's into Bastian that we realize which team he plays for.
- Fanboy: He's a Brony and loves super-heroes, mostly Spiderman and... Maggot Boy.
- First-Name Ultimatum: Calls Davey by his first name at one point when frustrated and ranting about Davey not telling PJ he was an Aware.
- Meaningful Name: PJ's first name is the same as Spiderman's last name.
- Technical Pacifist: Started off more as a Pacifist, but later develops into this.
- Took a Level in Badass
Bastian
- Killed Off for Real
- The Reveal: Owen didn't kill him, just pulled a Fake Kill Scare.
- Lovable Jock: Plays soccer and sticks up for PJ against some bullies.
- Only Sane Man: Perhaps the most mentally stable person in the comic.
Micah Mc Quistan
Parker's best friend. Micah is a rich gothic boy who likes to complain, usually about being bored.- Deadpan Snarker
- Drama Queen
- Emo Teen: He should be the poster boy.
- Goth
- Gossipy Hens: Not the type to keep a secret by Word of God. Let's hope PJ is an exception.
- He Cleans Up Nicely
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: For all his attitude, he really does care about PJ, and is the only one who PJ told about his kidnapping. In Stray Cat Strut, he stops his It's All About Me tirade the minute he notices PJ's condition.
- Perpetual Frowner
- Spoiled Rotten: Played straight and subverted. While he's obviously privileged and snooty, he doesn't flaunt his money around and uses his father's position to help PJ's family.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: He's pretty much an apathetic Emo Teen... Unless Parker is concerned.
- Not So Stoic: Gives Bastian a piece of his mind in Ch. 13: Culpa regarding PJ's predicament.
