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Sister Lacey
Sister Lacey Antoinette Kudoto
Originally from Sierra Leone, Lacey Antoinette Kudoto is a nun in the United States who finds herself suddenly having to take care of the freshly abandoned Amy. They form a strong bond which pulls Lacey into extraordinary circumstances.
- Action Survivor: At first, before taking a level in it.
- Broken Bird: Due to the death of her family in Sierra Leone, and the subsequent all-day gang-rape.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Lacey kills Big Bad Babcock by detonating a nuclear bomb, destroying them both.
- Mama Bear: Towards Amy. She distracts the Twelve to let Amy escape.
- Rape as Backstory: Lacey's entire family were killed by militia soldiers in Sierra Leone, and for the rest of the day she was gang-raped in a field by her house.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: She ignores the head nun's orders to find Amy.
- Took a Level in Badass: At first, she's just a nun, but when Amy gets kidnapped, she travels to the Colorado facility, avoiding soldiers and eventually escaping all the Virals themselves.
Kittridge
Bernard Kittridge
A man posting youtube videos of himself killing Virals, becoming known as 'Last Stand in Denver'.
- Ascended Extra: In The Twelve.
- Badass Bookworm: a very competent fighter whose hobby was reading famous books he felt he should have read back in High School like ‘’Moby-Dick’’ (which took him a month), ‘’As I Lay Dying’’ and ‘’Huckleberry Finn’’.
- Crazy-Prepared: Made sure to pick someplace high to shoot af virals from and brought “a rolling suitcase of clothes, three lockers of weaponry, a hand-crank radio, night vision binoculars, flares, a first aid kit, bottles of bleach, an arc welder to seal the doors of his elevator, his trusty laptop with its portable satellite dish, a box of books and enough food and water to last a month.”
- Dark and Troubled Past: given that he's a Shell-Shocked Veteran
- Friendly Sniper: Killing Virals, which pose a threat to humanity, and bothering to try and save others when he can.
- May–December Romance: With April.
- Voice of the Resistance: In a sense (albeit with more violence than usual), killing virals and posting videos of it when there's an information lockdown by the government.
April
April Donadio
A teenage girl who survives the outbreak with her younger brother.
- Deadpan Snarker: Quick with the snark.
- May–December Romance: With Kittridge.
- Perky Goth: Well as perky as you can get given the apocalyptic background.
Timothy
Timothy Donadio
A young boy who survives the outbreak with his teenage sister.
- The Load: Given that he's only eight.
Danny
Danny Chayes
An autistic school bus driver.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: He does escape, but like everyone with him, we never find out if or when they found refuge, especially considering that April's. descendants arrived alone at the First Colony many decades later.
Pastor Don
Pastor Don
- Badass Preacher: Averted, while he is a tough, dependable leader of the group, "Pastor" is just a nickname he got from his little league baseball team fo telling them to pray before games.
- Parting-Words Regret: Not an angry version, but the last words he spoke to his son (who he lost contact with during the outbreak) were asking about how the remodeling of his kitchen was going when he wishes he’d had something more meaningful for that last conversation.
Wood
Jamal
Jamal
An aggressive young man who joins the bus ride.
- Tattooed Crook: The crook part is ambiguous but his tattoos are the first thing noted about him.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Along with the rest of the group.
Mrs Bellamy
Mrs. Bellamy
- Handcannon: She carries one around in her purse.
- Never Mess with Granny: When Jamal causes problems, the elderly Mrs Bellamy is the one to whip out a Handcannon.
Government
President Hughes
President Hughes
The unseen President of the United States, responsible for approving Project Noah and some of the USA's more fascist policies.
- Minor Major Character: He's never seen outside of newspaper reports, but his policies shaped an increasingly fascist America and approved Project Noah.
- The Unseen: He never appears in person.
Nelson
Dr. Nelson
The Chief Technical Officer for Special Weapons, and the right hand to Horace Guilder.
- The Evil Genius: Has a deep understanding of the virus.
- Insufferable Genius: Often seems to be talking down to Guilder.
- Mr. Exposition: His main role.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Does his job but doesn’t seem to have been personally invested in or supportive of The Noah Project.
Masterson
Masterson
A mercenary working for Horace Guilder.
- The Brute: Guilder's muscle during the time period.
- Character Death: At Guilder's. hands no less.
- Flat Character: There isn't much to him.
Maj. Porcheki
Major Frances Porcheki
- Frontline General: Well, frontline major, but she is in command of a large force and willing to fight there with her men.
- A Mother to Her Men: And they respect it.
- Real Women Love Jesus: A devout Catholic.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: disobeys the plans to use the refugees as bait.
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