And Then There Were None/Characters

These are the main characters of And Then There Were None.

Dr. Armstrong
Dr. Edward George Armstrong is a successful Harley Street surgeon and also a recovering alcoholic at the beginning of the novel. He is accused of killing a patient, Louisa Mary Clees, while operating on her drunk.


 * The Alcoholic

William Blore
William Henry Blore is a former policeman who tends to be a bit too bold for his own good. He is accused of causing the death of an innocent man named James Landor by planting false evidence and landing him in prison, which caused him to die of untreated tuberculosis in jail. In the game, this is anted up to give him a more personal connection to the character the player controls when it's revealed that he also framed the character's brother to take the heat off himself.
 * Catch Phrase: "I get it!" in the 1945 film version. And when it seems as though he really does get it,
 * Dirty Cop
 * Flanderization: The Hollywood adaptations tend to take his basic characteristic of being too bold for his own good and make him too dumb to live.
 * The 1989 adaptation takes this to a whole new level-- not only is he Too Dumb to Live, he is also paranoid bordering on Ax Crazy. After discovering the body of  he actually tries to shoot Lombard.
 * Old Fashioned Copper: He predates the milieu associated with the trope (Britain in the 1970s), but he could be considered a precursor of it.

Emily Brent
Emily Caroline Brent is a staunchly religious spinster who takes a cold, unforgiving attitude towards anyone who, in her eyes, is a sinner. She is accused of driving her pregnant servant girl, Beatrice Taylor, to suicide after throwing her out of her household.
 * : In the game,
 * Even Evil Has Standards: In one instance, she voices a sentiment of racial equality, taking issue with downplaying Lombard's evil deed because his victims were "natives".
 * Holier Than Thou
 * : Game only.
 * Psycho Lesbian: In most of the Harry Alan Towers adaptations, at least.
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes: She hates, hates bees and wasps (in adaptations-- in the novel she mentions quite enjoying honey and never brings up bees). And of course, U.N. Owen uses it to his advantage.
 * In the game, she states she's allergic to bees.
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes: She hates, hates bees and wasps (in adaptations-- in the novel she mentions quite enjoying honey and never brings up bees). And of course, U.N. Owen uses it to his advantage.
 * In the game, she states she's allergic to bees.

Vera Claythorne
Vera Elizabeth Claythorne is a young former governess, now gym teacher and secretary. She is accused of causing the death of her young charge, Cyril Hamilton, by allowing him to swim out to sea and drown, which she vehemently denies.


 * Anti Hero: In all fairness, she is the closest thing to a main character we have as
 * : What she eventually becomes by the end.
 * : Vera is perceived by the other guests to be very sweet,
 * Break the Cutie: So very much. This becomes even worse in the Russian film adaptation as
 * Even Evil Has Standards: When Emily Brent gloats about how she drove her "sinful" maid to kill herself, Vera is very unnerved.
 * Fan Service: Because Vera is the youngest (hence most attractive) guest, she gets subjected to this quite a lot in the Harry Alan Towers adaptations. And then this is brutally deconstructed in the Russian film version...
 * Final Girl: Subverted..
 * Arguably, she's the Trope Maker.
 * Naive Everygirl: Very much so in the play.
 * The Ophelia: As time passes.
 * Proper Lady: Mercilessly deconstructed and she becomes a...
 * Yandere: Less in the Hollywood adaptations, but very much in the book. Not quite as much in the Russian film adaptation, but a single flashback showing her  is all it takes to seal it.
 * The Ophelia: As time passes.
 * Proper Lady: Mercilessly deconstructed and she becomes a...
 * Yandere: Less in the Hollywood adaptations, but very much in the book. Not quite as much in the Russian film adaptation, but a single flashback showing her  is all it takes to seal it.
 * Proper Lady: Mercilessly deconstructed and she becomes a...
 * Yandere: Less in the Hollywood adaptations, but very much in the book. Not quite as much in the Russian film adaptation, but a single flashback showing her  is all it takes to seal it.

Philip Lombard
Philip Lombard is a cool-headed and intelligent man, once a mercenary having seen various parts of the world. He is accused of leaving twenty-one men from an African tribe to starve and freely admits to it.


 * : A plot twist in the many Hollywood versions and game turns him into this.
 * : In the game
 * Even Evil Has Standards: He definitely has a chivalrous streak in the novel and Wouldn't Hit a Girl  This is subverted in the Russian version, however; he comes across this way at first, or at least a bit protective of Vera.
 * Gentleman Adventurer: What he is the Hollywood versions, although this can be attested to  Novel!Lombard is more like a evil version of the trope.
 * In the game, or more specifically
 * Politically Incorrect Villain: Besides his crime of course, it's kind of interesting that while the newer version of the novel replaced the racist earlier title, Lombard's anti-Semitic sentiments are left intact, and while his chivalry is a redeeming quality, it also marks him as sexist.
 * Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Played straight between him and Vera
 * Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Played straight between him and Vera

General Macarthur
General John Macarthur is a retired World War I general. He is accused of causing the death of Arthur Richmond, his wife Leslie's lover by sending him on a mission that guarantees him dead.


 * Cassandra Truth: He predicts none of the guests will be leaving the island alive, but his ranting is first dismissed to him just being older and thus, more likely to be off his rocker.
 * Death Seeker: Because of his deep guilt over his actions, he takes on a fatalistic attitude toward the certainty of the guests being killed and seems to welcome death.
 * In a later Canadian novel adaptation, nothing happened to him because of this property. He then admits to the police that he killed the other nine people so they can hang him, but he can't explain the story.
 * May December Romance: Implied among him and Leslie, which explains why she ultimately turned to a much younger man.
 * Uriah Gambit: His method of doing away with his wife's lover, in a neat inversion. He stays away from church whenever the passage about David and Uriah is to be read.

Anthony Marston
Anthony James Marston is a young, spoiled vain youth with little concern for others. He is accused of causing the death of two young children, John and Lucy Combes, by accidentally running them over.
 * Its All About Me/Lack of Empathy: He regards running over two kids as unlucky for him, because his license was suspended, and feels no guilt about it.
 * Large Ham: Every actor who has portrayed his equivalent in the Hollywood adaptations. They all make sure  is the most exciting thing to watch in the whole film.
 * Spoiled Brat

Mr. and Mrs. Rogers
Thomas and Ethel Rogers are the butler and maid who accomodate the other guests. They are accused of causing the death of their former employer, a rich spinster named Jennifer Brady, by withholding a vital drug so she'd die and they could inherit her money.


 * : Lampshaded in the game: "Will it ring true this time? Did the butler do it?" In both game and book,
 * Domestic Abuser: Rogers mentally dominated his wife and essentially forced her into causing the death of Ms. Brady.
 * Shrinking Violet: Mrs. Rogers, sorta. Especially after their crime is revealed; ever since then, she seems to be always at the verge of a breakdown.
 * Stiff Upper Lip: He continues to do his job even as the corpses start piling up.
 * Villainous Breakdown: Mrs. Rogers's reaction when "The Voice" reveals all of the crimes.

Judge Wargrave
Lawrence Wargrave is a retired hanging judge with a no-nonsense attitude. He is accused of deliberately sentencing an innocent man, Edward Seton, to hang.


 * Acquitted Too Late: Trope Namer
 * Hanging Judge: Obviously.
 * : Especially in the book.
 * : not in canon, but a popular trope for productions of the play is to have him introduced using a wheelchair.
 * Hanging Judge: Obviously.
 * : Especially in the book.
 * : not in canon, but a popular trope for productions of the play is to have him introduced using a wheelchair.
 * : not in canon, but a popular trope for productions of the play is to have him introduced using a wheelchair.

Patrick Narracott
The man who brings the victims to the island.


 * Captain Obvious: If you click on certain items, Patrick will comment on them by stating the obvious: "It's a painting of an albatross" says he of...a painting of an albatross.
 * Chekhov's Gunman: In the epilogue, it's mentioned he came back to the island when he realized something's wrong.
 * Clear Their Name: Patrick is attempting to clear his brother's name by exposing Blore's lies and landing him in prison.
 * Rivals Team Up: But this doesn't stop them from occasionally teaming up or confiding clues to one another.
 * Unwitting Pawn: He isn't on  plan.