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The hero of the piece: red-haired, extroverted, enthusiastic, and loyal (though not the sharpest crayon in the box). He is also an [[Occult Detective]], which in his case means a lot of running around, meeting supernatural beings and occasionally using his magic hammer and magic marker to rectify things.

 

* [[Adorkable]]

* {{spoiler|[[Ambiguously Human]]}}

* [[Animals Hate Him]]

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: And don't mess with [[Berserk Button|his friends]].

* {{spoiler|[[Body Horror]]: Implied not to have any ''internal organs'' or at the very least a very hollow remnant of them}}

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Hanna has his [http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=5 moments].

* {{spoiler|[[Dark and Troubled Past]]}}: hinted at [http://vert-is-ninja.deviantart.com/art/After-All-This-Time-155094756 in this official art].

* [[Embarrassing Middle Name]] Falk. (Not that 'Hanna' is much better).

* [[Geek Physiques]]: Rail-thin, but with wide shoulders.

* [[Gender Blender Name]]

* [[The Hero]]

* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Hanna thought it was a perfectly sound idea to trust the vampire bat Adelaide. [[Captain Obvious|It wasn't]].

** It's not a sharpie, it's a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|magic marker]].

* [[Keet]]

* [[The Kirk]]

* [[Lovable Nerd]]

* [[Older Than They Look]]: He looks like a teen, but he's 24. No, really.

* [[The Pollyanna]]: Hanna isn't an overwhelming example, but he's hinted to have a [http://vert-is-ninja.deviantart.com/art/After-All-This-Time-155094756 pretty harsh past] and is still easily the most optimistic and extroverted of the main cast.

* [[Redheaded Hero]]

* [[Squishy Wizard]]: He's 5'3 and skinny as a rail, and relies on his rune-writing abilities for most of his offense.

* [[Unfortunate Names]]: He likes his name well enough though.

* [[Weirdness Magnet]]

 

 

{...}/Dotdotdot/Zombie/Gallahad/Imhotep/etc is Hanna's colleague and [[Heterosexual Life Partners|best friend]]. He is green, undead and [[Ambiguously Brown|vaguely Asianish]]. He also (at first glance) appears to [[Dull Surprise|have only one expression]] (of [[Perpetual Frowner|mild misery]]), but in fact exhibits a wide range of emotions - in a non-showy way.

 

* [[Anime Hair]]: He appears to have wings on his head, but it's really just white tufts of hair.

* [[Ghost Amnesia]]: Zombie doesn't even remember what his name was.

* [[Inscrutable Oriental]]: If he is in fact Asian.

* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]: Wears the clothes he un-died in, although it's a borderline case since he changes jackets and hats.

* [[The Lancer]]

* [[Nice Hat]]: his fedoras.

* [[No Name Given]]: Hanna keeps trying to name him, but they [[Running Gag|never stick for long]]. (He likes Gallahad best, so far.)

* [[Occult Detective]]

* [[The Spock]]

** Hanna [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this by keeping tabs of every time Zombie smiles.

* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]

* [[Supporting Protagonist]]

* [[Team Mom]]: Zombie's a bit of an unconventional example, but he is something of an [[Only Sane Man]] who tries to keep the others from hurting themselves. [[Papa Wolf|Always rushing to protect his allies]]; Zombie even goes as far as to put himself ''between'' friends and their attacker. He even cooks for Hanna!

** [[Fridge Logic|Wait,]] ''[[The Undead|he]]'' cooks for ''[[Lovable Nerd|Hanna]]?''

* [[The Undead]]

 

 

Rounding up the [[Power Trio]] (see above for the other two) is Conrad - a wussy, neurotic, but very, VERY angry designer. He comes to Hanna in the first chapter with an appeal for help and ends up being turned into a vampire. Which sucks because, as a vampire, Conrad is not particularly competent (i.e. the thought of biting some random stranger's filthy neck doesn't fill him with joy and anticipation). Still, he scrapes by the best he can.

 

* [[Butt Monkey]]: One of Tessa's favourite things to do seems to be scaring, hurting or otherwise torturing Conrad. And it can only get worse from here on out.

* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: Actually, there's only one fang to speak of.

* [[Emergency Transformation]]

* [[Foe Yay]]: With Doc Worth.

* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Hanna calls him "Connie," though the [[Fan Nickname|fans started it]].

* [[Hates Being Touched]]

** And he sincerely hopes he ''never'' runs into Adelaide, his Vampire Mum, ever again.

* [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]]: He hasn't mastered the ability to [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|consciously control his transformations]] into a bat yet, so they take place unexpectedly.

* [[Jerkass Facade]]

* [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]]

* [[The McCoy]]

* [[Metrosexual]]

* [[Nerd Glasses]]

* [[Only Sane Man]]

* [[Tsundere]]: [http://i.imgur.com/MfFVW.png As demonstrated here.]

* [[Vegetarian Vampire]]: Out of neurosis, not consideration for human lives.

 

 

A highly shady, sleazy, crabby and unpleasant individual who is Hanna's go-to for all medical purposes. His unique specialization (dealing with non-humans) is probably the only thing that keeps his business going, since he's not even a proper doctor but rather a med-school dropout. His main hobbies seem to be smoking, looking suspicious, [[Vitriolic Best Buds|fighting with his best friend/partner in crime Lamont]] and insulting Conrad who he is [[Foe Yay|allegedly "keen on"]].

 

* [[Australian Accent]]: Reportedly. It's also mostly unintelligible and peppered with profanities.

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Interviews reveal that he does in fact have a younger sister, and might have just a touch of a protective streak over her (to bad for him she’s apparently a swimsuit model)

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] / [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Apparently, [[Evil Is Sexy|sleaze is sexy.]]

** Or just [[Laughably Evil|funny as hell.]]

* [[Fur and Loathing]]: Though he's not so much evil as he is simply a dick.

* [[Morality Pet]]: Hanna kind of seems to be this, a little. Doc has forbidden Hanna in past from dealing with ghosts, apparently because they always hurt him. He knows Hanna will disregard what he forbids him to do, so he urges {...} to look after him.

* [[Mad Doctor]]

* [[Satisfied Street Rat]]: is very content and happy, despite living in filth, being unqualified for his job, having troubles with finances and dealing with the supernatural on a regular basis.

* [[The Smart Guy]]: Well, he certainly has more sense than [[The Hero|Hanna]] and he ''DID'' get into med school...

* [[Trash of the Titans]]: he has roaches at his place.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: with Lamont.

 

 

No, she's not in a band. (It's theater). No, she won't tell you where she buys those clothes. (They are cool though, aren't they?). No, she's not a weird human. (She's a werewolf). And YES, she WILL go berserk on you if you threaten one of her friends.

* [[The Big Guy]]: Despite not being big nor a guy.

* [[Hair Decorations]]: She wears a green cross-shaped barette.

* [[Older Than They Look]]: According to a [[Word of God|character Q&A]], she became a werewolf in the 80s. Assuming the comic's set in or near the present, she's probably a couple decades or so older than she looks.

** Or she was born that way in the 80s. Hanna is 24 and he says Toni is around his age.

* [[Mama Bear|Mama Wolf]]: No, really, don't screw with her friends. Unless you feel like getting bitch-slapped by a werewolf.

* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Toni's werewolf form is usually something along the lines of a [[Big Badass Wolf]], but due to her power source being damaged, she takes ''[http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=762 this]'' form.

*** [http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=767 Hanna agrees.]

* [[Sleep Mode Size]]: Since her talisman is broken, she has to take the form of a small dog instead of a full werewolf in order to conserve its energy.

* [[Strange Girl]]

* [[Twofer Token Minority]]: A girl, half-Asian, half-Latina, and a werewolf (in a comic where [[Word of God|werewolves are rare]]).

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Normally. Unfortunately, [http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=759 this] strip shows that it's currently [[Involuntary Shapeshifting|involuntary]], as long as her talisman is broken.

 

 

 

* [[Abusive Parents]]: His dad [[Incredibly Lame Pun|clubs baby seals.]]

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Sharks

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: More snark than deadpannery, but still.

** He has them on [http://vert-is-ninja.deviantart.com/art/His-Jaws-Go-Gnarr-Gnarr-159199065 here], but this is only on Tessa's deviantART.

* [[Green Eyes]]: hinting at both his unusual parentage and his connection with nature.

* [[Handsome Lech]]: Those shark teeth don't stop the ladies, apparently. He's almost to the point of [[Anything That Moves]], if the artist's doodles are anything to judge from.

* [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]

* [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]: [http://vert-is-ninja.deviantart.com/art/It-Was-Bound-To-146817083 Rawr.]

 

 

Accountant by day, clockwork aficionado by night. Sports the look of a Victorian gentleman and looks good in britches. Also, technically, he has only just appeared in the [http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=679 current storyline].

* [[Kaleidoscope Eyes]]: They go from [[Blue Eyes|blue]] to [[Eyes of Gold]] in his first two appearances, more than the lighting would seem to account for.

* [[Never Gets Drunk]]: Ples [http://vert-is-ninja.deviantart.com/art/Ples-Doodledump-154820256 "does seem to drink a lot though, according to friends and co-workers. But he holds his liquor very well and never seems to get drunk in front of others."]

* [[Skunk Stripe]]

* [[Waistcoat of Style]]

* [[Younger Than They Look]]: He is in his mid-thirties like Doc and (probably) Lamont, but looks considerably older than either of them.

 

 

Once a boring human, now a horrifying ghost who's lost most of his personality and seems to have retained only the negative aspects. When alive, was best friends with Veser's dad, which presupposes a spectacular talent at ignoring the unpleasant but obvious.

* [[Blue Eyes]]

* [[Dem Bones]]: As a ghost, he looks like a glowing skeleton.

* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]

* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: He and Veser seemed pretty close, although Lee was oblivious to the cause of the latter's bruises and sour disposition.

* [[Loss of Identity]]: He kept his memories after he died, but lost his personality and conscience. [[Shadow Archetype|Making him the opposite of Zombie, in a way]].

* [[Unlucky Everydude]]: Lee was in love with his best friend's wife, which was the cause of his undoing.

* [[The Woobie]]: Poor thing.

 

 

[[Those Two Guys]].

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: One could imagine that Casimiro's brashness gets him into trouble more often than not. Fortunately, he has the older, wiser Finas to tell him when to [http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=447 sit down and shut up].

* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: Casimiro's the kind of guy who will cheerfully kick you in the face and tell you it was just [http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=435 "in good fun"]. At times he seems to [http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=582 walk the line] between [[Cheshire Cat Grin]] and [[Slasher Smile]].

* [[Evil Eye]]: Casimiro is blind in his left eye due to a painful curse, which also makes it completely white.

* [[The Hedonist]]: both of them, according to the cast page.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]

* [[Hollywood Pudgy]]: Some of the fans like to make fun of Finas for being "fat."

** Although according to [http://vert-is-ninja.deviantart.com/art/Soooooooo-Manly-160082013 this] it is actually [[The Big Guy|just the opposite]].

* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: Casimiro.

* [[Multicolored Hair]]: Casimiro's is part black, part lighter brown.

* [[Odd Couple]]

* [[Stout Strength]]: Finas, who looks stout compared to the rest of the characters (excluding Lamont) but is actually [http://vert-is-ninja.deviantart.com/art/Soooooooo-Manly-160082013 all muscle underneath].

* [[The Stoic]]: Finas.

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: All vampires are ''supposed'' to be capable of this.

 

 

Vampire lady and Conrad's sire. She is beautiful and treacherous, as Hanna found the hard way after undoing her curse. Casimiro has some beef with her as well.

* [[The Cat Came Back]]: While there is no word on how their last meeting actually went, Lamont’s reaction to seeing her in his car makes it seem like he might be a little …''nervous'', about her return.

* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: A [http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=27 subtle one.]

* [[Fangs Are Evil]]

* [[Femme Fatale]]

* [[Hair Color Dissonance]]: She's been drawn with either purple or dark green hair. It's actually black. Also, if there's such a thing as Eye Color Dissonance then that applies too, since they're often rendered as pink or purple instead of the red that all vampires have.

* [[Killer Rabbit]]: [http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=22 This] is the horrible vampire that maimed Zombie and killed Conrad.

* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: She is a pinkish purple when in bat form.

 

 

Doc Worth's partner in crime and [[Vitriolic Best Buds|friend]]. Looking like a member of [[The Mafia]], he is no less shady than his colleague - but considerably more polite and pleasant. He does business with the non-human populace of the city and is thus very knowledgeable about the suspicious characters who prowl the night.

* [[Luminescent Blush]]: [http://vert-is-ninja.deviantart.com/art/Fairly-Unlikely-161487662 Cue fangirl squealing.] <s> [[Epileptic Trees|And]] [[Woman Scorned|speculation]]. </s>

* [[Nice Guy]]

** Justified, [[Vitriolic Best Buds|he and Worth occasionally punch each other.]]

 

 

 

(That kissing thing was not zoophilia, promise).

 

* [[Badass Normal]]: One of the few truly ''human'' characters in the cast, and also one of the most [[Badass]].

** [[Multicolored Hair]] (part red, part black)

* [[The Hunter]]: Of vampires. Don't take it personally, though. After all, he is a professional.

* [[Loyal Animal Companion]]: Paradox goes almost everywhere with him, [http://vert-is-ninja.deviantart.com/art/Mercy-Kill-149264187 even while vampire-hunting. ]

 

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