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The Hero
Joseph "Joe" Gomez/ Ralabast
Joe Gomez
The main character of the story, an normal teenage boy that finds out he's a chimera and The Chosen One. At least, at first. In truth, he's IS Ralabast, the first chimera and in fact the first living thing in existences, who died mysteriously for mysterious reasons.- The Atoner: As its revealed, Ralabast killed himself partially because he felt the actions he committed to protect nature were too terrible to bear, and began to question wether he really needed to do them to begin with, and so opted to die so he could reincarnate as a new person with a fresher perspective.
- Badass Adorable: A very dorky teenage boy that's also a terrifyingly powerful Chimera.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Joe is nice, friendly teenage boy who just wants to live his life with his family and friends, and who really hates when people get hurt because of him. None of that changes that he's also an immensely powerful Chimera that absolutely destroy you if needed And that's even truer for Ralabast. See Good Is Not Soft below.
- Bully Hunter: Doesn't like seeing people abusing their power over others, whether that be normal humans or not.
- Character Development: From a normal nerdy kid, to a powerful leader that stands as the main barrier between Nature and humanity and complete annihilation.
- Clothing Damage: During the first few times he used his shapeshifting, his clothes were often torn off, leaving him stark naked once he transforms back to human form. This becomes less frequent as the series goes on.
- Color Motif: When he uses his powers, his eyes turn and orange-yellow hue, at first, after embracing Ralabast, his eyes turn blue.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: By Season 2, Joe's hair has become more unkempt and reaches down to his shoulders.
- Good Is Not Soft: Joe is a heroic and kind person that often offers his enemies mercy, and once they've shown that they don't care about that mercy, it's over for them.
- Good Thing You Can Heal: Joe can heal himself from almost everything, which is fortunate given how much pain and suffering he goes through.
Allies
Corkindale
Corkindale
A mysterious rat Chimera that's with a mission to help Joe.- Anti-Hero: Incredibly manipulative and deceitful, and even willing to murder, but, his goals are alligned to good, and his acts of ruthlessness are not something he's proud of.
- Been There, Shaped History: He caused the Black Plague in Europe.
- Creepy Good: A dirty, gaunt old man who can turn into rats and has a propensity to invade people's privacy who is (trying) to do good.
- One to Million to One: He can turn himself into multiple rats at the same time.
- Older Than He Looks: While he already looks really old, he was actually born from a tribe destroyed by the romans.
- Weak, but Skilled: Being a rat Chimera, Corkindale isn't exactlt strong, but he is very smart on how to use his limited powerset to deal with much larger foes.
Kagan (SPOILERS)
Kagan
A ancient and powerful Chimera with secret plans that involve Ralabast.- Anti-Hero: Unscrupulous Hero at first. Kagan's motive's for her actions consists of 1) being with Ralabast, and 2) continuing his mission of protecting Nature. She shows zero hesitation with the idea of killing someone for sake of this goals, thought she does listen when there's more peaceful solutions to the problems she faces.
- Arc Villain: Of season one, as she orders the Soul Parasites to attack Joe and force him to awaken his powers. She becomes more of an ally as the time goes on.
- Green Thumb: She's the first character in the webcomic to exhibit this power, using it both to bind others with vines and create clothes for herself.
- Hidden Depths: Despite staying most of the time separeted from humanity, she seems to have spend enough time watching human pop culture to know who Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker are.
Joe's friends
General
- Action Survivor: They are all normal humans, but manage to survive a lot of what is thrown at them.
- True Companions: No matter what comes at them, they're always there for one another.
Sean(Spoilers)
Sean
Joe's longtime best friend. And an Avatar of the Ravel- Abusive Parents: His father is a violent drunk that pushed most of his family way, with Sean waiting until he's old enought to leave too.
- Driven by Envy: Played With. By the time the story is started, Sean has spend a good chunk of his life resenting being "weak" because he could not fight back against his father's abuse. As the story progresses and more and more dangerous forces started surrounding his life, this resentiment grows to point that when offered power, he takes it, and even after finding out exactly what that means, he still clings to it.
- Humanoid Abomination: As the Ravel starts to grow inside of him, the less human he becomes.
Phoebe
Phoebe
- Amateur Sleuth: She's a fan of conspiracy theories, which leads to her discovering Joe's secret before any other of his friends.
- Conspiracy Theorist: Her podcast is dedicated to talking about many conspiracy theories and mysteries, and she's determined to find the truth. this obssession was born from seeing her older be dragged by a mysterious monster.
- Love Interest: To Joe.
- The Sixth Ranger: Played with. She is the newest member of Joe's circle of friends,
Fletcher Reed
Fletcher
- Deadpan Snarker: With a heavy focus on the deadpan.
- The Stoic: He takes the revelation that his friend is a magical shapeshifter remarkably well.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: His hair is dyed green.
Charlotte
- All Drummers Are Animals: She's the drummer of the band and the most oustpoken and agressive of the group.
- Has Two Moms:
- Love Triangle: Sort of forms one between her, Joe and Phoebe, but it fizzles out quickly.
Paolo
- Lovable Coward: He's the most easly scared of the crew.
Family
Mr. and Mrs. Gomez
Joe's parents
- Papa Wolf / Mama Bear: They are very protective of Joe, and unwilling to put themselves on the line for him, in spite of being normal humans.
- Parents as People: They're very loving kind people who do all they can do take care of their, and go through a lot because of Joe's status as a Chimera and and the world's oldest living creature, but their inexperience with supernatural put them in danger, and lead them to accidentally help the Big Bad's plan
- Unwitting Pawn: After Joe disappears in the end of season two, they become desperate to find him again, and accept the offer the first person who comes to help them... That just so happens to be Ngaidoshi.
Antagonist
The Soul Parasites
Abberant spirits that posses humans in order to cause chao and destruction.
- Body Horror: They can twist the possessed's one body into grotesque monsters.
- Demonic Possession: They can possess humans and use their bodies to interat with the physical world.
The Devourers/ Daughters of Circe
A trio of witches who sacrifice Chimeras to gain their powers.
- Arc Villain: Of season 2. Until they are all killed by Ralabast.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: They wanted the power of Ralabast for themselves, and after pissing Joe har enough, they are destroyed by it.
- The Hecate Sisters: They seem to be comprised of a young looking girl, an adult woman, and an old lady. Thought it's not something set in stone, as the memebers can change their age at a whim, and is implied that they regulary change roles from time to time.
- Older Than They Look: How much is unknown but their comments suggest that they are all centuries older than they look.
