The character sheet for the Tormented Souls and its sequel Tormented Souls II.
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Main Characters
Caroline Walker (Unmarked Spoilers)
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The protagonist.
- Amnesiac Hero: She learns that she lost her childhood memories as Emma in a past accident, regaining them upon finding her childhood bedroom.
- Bad Ass Teacher: She worked as a teacher before the events of the first game.
- A Birthday, Not a Break: She and Anna were born on September 15th, 1970 and were abducted by the Pollux Sect on their 10th birthday.
- Borrowed Biometric Bypass: Late in the game, Caroline has to access the bunker, which is locked with two retinal scanners so the door is intended to be accessed by a pair of twins at once. Caroline finds a way around this by finding and entering into the VHS tape from the day she was unconscious in the bathtub and taking out her own eye.
- Censor Shadow: When Caroline gets out of the bath, everything below her waist is hidden by shadows.
- Do Not Run with a Gun: Much like in the Survival Horror games it was influenced by, Caroline is unable to walk forward while aiming, although the trope is downplayed by the ability to do an evasive backstep with the run button during aiming.
- Dual-World Gameplay: Video tapes and magic mirrors enable Caroline to travel to specific points in the past (the very recent past in one case), to solve puzzles and reach areas that are unreachable in the present.
- Eye Scream: Coming to after being knocked out, Caroline finds her right eye was surgically removed. It later turns out that she ''purposely did this to herself'' to get past a door designed to be opened by twins.
- Fan Disservice: None of the nudity is played for fanservice.
- In the first game, after entering an abandoned hospital, Caroline finds herself naked in a bathtub after being knocked out with a feeding tube she vomits while pulling it out. Then she finds out her right eye has been cut out, and you're even treated to a Gross-Up Close-Up of the cavity.
- In the second game, Caroline wakes up in her underwear and lots of needles stuck onto her, pulling them out one by one before collapsing and vomiting on the floor.
- Girly Bruiser: As obvious from her default outfit, Supermodel Strut, and vanity stacked with makeup in the opening scene, Caroline is a rather feminine young lady, but she's also a capable fighter who isn't afraid to get up in some ghastly mutant's business with a crowbar.
- Insurmountable Waist-High Fence: Caroline can move a fridge to reveal a hidden area, but cannot move a few boxes to reach a door that the developers don't want you to get through.
- Metaphorically True: When Caroline meets the reverend Noah, who also happens to be her maternal grandfather, for the first time, he claims "they have met before", which Caroline denies. But then she ends up traveling a few days back in time through a VHS projector, and meets up with Noah before most of the game's events happen. Not to mention those two have definitely met 14 years before, as blood relatives.
- My Greatest Failure: Upon regaining her memories as Emma, Caroline feels guilty about not being able to escape with her sister.
- Nail 'Em: Caroline's weapon of choice is modified nail gun provided by Morrisette.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!: Bringing Anna from the 70s to the present causes the events of 'Tormented Souls 2 to unfold.
- Rip Van Winkle: She was subjected to it in the second game, being placed in a chemically induced coma that kept her from aging for fourteen years.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Invoked by Anna's Diary log taken after Caroline enables escape from her cell by pouring acid on the padlock, she writes Caroline's features "reminds [her] of her mother". No surprise, Caroline is the grown-up Emma from the present.
- Supermodel Strut: Caroline has a rather noticeable swing to her hips as she walks, both in her slow and speedier walking animations.
- Tap on the Head: How Caroline gets knocked out soon after entering the mansion before waking up in the bathtub. William did it to her, not realizing she's one of his own twin daughters he hasn't seen in years. You find a diary entry from him:I hit her over the head with a lead pipe, which I admit was unwise. Had I hit her much harder, she would not have survived, and a potential test subject would have been wasted.
- Tomato in the Mirror: Caroline turns out to be Emma Wildberger, one of the very twins she was looking for.
Anna Wildberger (Unmarked Spoilers)
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Lucia infected Anna with the Puppet Virus to serve her.
- Eye Scream: The last page of Anna's diary also implies that she gouged her own eyes to avoid being taken to the bunker by Noah.
- Fiery Redhead: In the second game in being moody.
- Dying as Yourself: Upon being cured, Anna dies moments after regaining her humanity.
- Fan Disservice: Her ghostly mutant form is a naked, bloated, saggy woman. But her human form is as shapely as her twin.
- Fish out of Temporal Water: Caroline's travels back to time to save Anna before she was mutated, though the side-effect is her suffering nightmares.
- Foreshadowing: When Caroline meets Anna in the past, Anna has a small bow on the front of her outfit which matches the larger bow on the back of Caroline's dress. This hints at their relationship.
- Guide Dang It!: The game does not even hint that the best way to deal with the Implacable Man floating monster is to leave the room and then come back. It usually de-spawns.
- Identical Twin ID Tag: After reuniting with Caroline in the second game following the latter's Rip Van Winkle coma, the only thing that sets them apart is Anna's hair being shorter with dyed tips compared to Caroline's eye patch.
- Implacable Man: Anna's slow, floating fat mutant form is reminiscent of the ghosts from Silent Hill 4. It cannot be killed, only stunned by enough damage, and appears at random throughout the mansion to hunt you.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Anna has been described as extroverted, while Emma was quiet and distant.
- The Resenter: In the second game towards Caroline after being held captured by Lucia for fourteen years. Later revealed to be under the influence of Lucia's Puppet Virus.
Wildberg Hospital
Father Noah Morrisette (Unmarked Spoilers)
- Abusive Parents: The first entry of Maria Wildberger's diary states he whipped her a lot, his treatment to his granddaughters mentioned to be even worse.
- An Arm and a Leg: Noah winds up losing one of his arms the third time you run into him, as it becomes obvious that some of his followers are turning on him.
- Bad Boss: He sacrificed his own followers to fulfill his goal .
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: The seemingly kind and helpful Father Noah turns out to be [[Evil All Along the psychopath responsible for all the nightmares occurring in Wildberger Hospital and everything Caroline and Anna went through.
- The Chosen One: Considers himself as one.
- Corrupted Character Copy: To Claudia Wolf, both being cult leaders seeks to bring forth a deity through the protagonist. But while Claudia is a Well-Intentioned Extremist seeking to fulfill her order's goals, Morrisette is a self-serving man using his faith to justify his actions.
- Expy: To Kirei Kotomine as a man of the cloth who supports the protagonist before beng revealed as the story's Big Bad.
- Sinister Minister: Father Noah turns out to be the fanatical leader of the Pollux Sect, committing numerous atrocities to revive his religion's god.
- The Starscream: He betrayed William and took over leadership of the Pollux Sect.
- Treacherous Quest Giver: He's game's Big Bad who is also only living supporting character Caroline encounters in the mansion's present.
- Would Hurt a Child: He whipped his daughter as a child and and tried to abduct her twin daughters for a ritual, only getting Anna while Emma escaped.
- The Unfettered: He is willing to sacrifice his family, followers, and even himself, to achieve his goals.
- You're Insane!: Caroline calls him that upon learning his goals.
William Wildberger
The twins' father who oversees the Wilberger Hosptial.
- My God, What Have I Done?: He administer the antidote to Maria, but is forced to watch her die.
- Red Herring: He was presented as the Big Bad, knocking out Caroline when she entered the hospital. But he was murdered by the time Caroline found him.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He is trying to find an antidote to counteract the mutation exposure to the sacred placenta, which requires him to experiments on people.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Once William completed the antidote, Morrisette kills him.
Bertram Wildberger
The twins' grandfather and previous overseer of the Wilberger Hospital.
- Greater-Scope Villain: He is responsible for the revival of the Pollux Sect.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He held back the Pollux Sect cultists while his daughter-in-law escapedwith the twins.
Villa Hess
Mother Lucia
- Batman Gambit: Even though Caroline refused to help her willingly, Lucia arranged her to kill the four guardian bosses that housed fragments of Nautilis's soul to speed up his revival.
- Big Bad: The antagonist of Tormented Souls 2.
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: To Noah Morrisette, both being cultists posing as Christian clergy people who need the Wildberger twins for their plans to release a Eldtrich deity into the human world. But Noah is devoted to the Pollux Sect's savior while Lucia sought to control Nautilis.
- Evil Is Not a Toy: Lucia believed she can control Nautilis with her Puppet Virus, but the monster quickly killed her off the moment he is brought into the human world.
- Nuns Are Spooky: Herself and followers.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: She was altruistic before coming to Villa Hess.
Sister Angelica
- Foreshadowing: Angelica looks youthful when she welcomes Caroline and Anna. But after Caroline awakens, Angelica appeared much older behind her mask.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: She and the other nuns are slaughtered by the Iron Maiden once Lucia got Anna.
Sister Isabella
- The Atoner: She wanted to make amends for being a pawn in Lucia's schemes.
- Broken Pedestal: To Mother Lucia, her sister.
- My God, What Have I Done?: She feels guilty for sending Caroline and Anna to Lucia.
Miguel
- Expy: Of Luka Redgrave, being a male supporting character.
