Characters / Whiskers

William Johnson

A former SAS soldier and private detective who was kidnapped by Mr. Whiskers while he was investigating on the latter.

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• All for Nothing: All his actions to escape from Mr. Whiskers' sadistic game ultimately lead to him being killed by the latter alongside Wally.
• All There in the Manual: While this trope applies to more or less all the characters in the game, William is the most extreme example since without the extras you wouldn't even know how he looks like.
• In-Series Nickname: The Boarman continuously calls him "little lion".
• The Protagonist: He's the Player Character and the game's main protagonist.

Winston "The Boarman" DePorte

A maniac with a deep hatred for humanity who decided to willingly assist Mr. Whiskers in his sadistic game, turning himself into a mutilated boar-like creature known as "the Boarman".

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• The Dragon: He's Mr. Whiskers' right-hand man (and only ally).
• Faux Affably Evil: He speaks politely when meeting William for the first time, despite the fact he's trying to stitch a lion mask on his face.
• The Heavy: While Mr. Whiskers is the Big Bad and the Boarman merely serves as his Dragon, he's also a much more active threat in the game compared to his boss, being the one to directly pursue William and the one who the other survivors perceive as a more active threat to hide from.
• I'm a Humanitarian: Aside from his hatred towards mankind, Winston turned himself into the Boarman because he thought this would give him the courage to eat human eat. His character sheet also mentions he likes medium rare cooked legs.
• Token Evil Teammate: While not everyone kidnapped by Mr. Whiskers is necessarily a good person, the Boarman was the only one among Mr. Whiskers' victims to willingly join him.

Mr. Whiskers

A mysterious serial kidnapper who traps people on an island to force them to play a twisted game.

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• The Bad Guy Wins: By the end of the game he kills both William and Wally as they attempt to escape the island, making it clear that the others will never leave his game alive and that Mr. Whiskers himself will never face any punishment for his actions.
• Big Bad: He's the game's titular antagonist, being the one responsible for William Johnson and all the others getting trapped on the island.
• Eldritch Abomination: Whatever Mr. Whiskers is, it's very clear that he's NOT a human being. For starters (unlike the other characters in the game, who wear masks), Mr. Whiskers is an actual anthropomorphic cat and is shown to possess various supernatural abilities, like teleportation, mind bending, space and time alteration, and a superhuman strength.
• Faux Affably Evil: He always speaks with a polite tone, although it hardly hides his sadistic nature.
• Sadist: He absolutely loves watching people struggle to survive and give them hope only to then take it away.
• The Spook: We essentially don't know anything about him. Even his character sheet doesn't tell us much about him beyond confirming that he isn't human.

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