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Line 4: == April Ryan == [[File:aprilryan 4439.jpg\|frame\|Rebel. Emissary. Chosen.]] The main character of the original game, April was an [[Ordinary High School Student\|Ordinary College Student]] living in Stark when she found herself thrust in an adventure in which she was destined to save both her world and Arcadia, the world of magic, from the machinations of Jacob McAllen and his followers, the Vanguard, using her powers as a Shifter, which allowed her to travel between the worlds. Her journey came to an unexpected end and ten years later, during the events of ''Dreamfall'', she has become a jaded and bitter woman fighting a guerrilla war against the occupying Azadi Empire in Arcadia. * [[Action Girl]]: In ''Dreamfall'' only. * [[Action Survivor]]: In the first game, oh so much. * [[Broken Bird]]: She's clearly depressed in ''Dreamfall''. * [[Brought Down to Normal]]: She loses her Shifting powers between ''~~TLJ~~The Longest Journey'' and ''Dreamfall'', {{spoiler\|though the White Kin explains that this is probably because of her fear of returning to Stark}}. * [[Casual Danger Dialog]]: She in particular takes a lot of her perils with a side of wisecracking. * [[Cerebus Retcon]]: When Zoë is shown a photo of April and her friends in ''Dreamfall'', April looks considerably more [[Perky Goth\|"dark"]] then in ''~~TLJ~~The Longest Journey''. Understandable, though, since using a picture more resembling the original "colorful" atmosphere wouldn't fit the [[Technology Marches On\|new]] [[Darker and Edgier\|graphic rendering]]. * [[The Chosen One]]: Subverted: ~~She~~she {{spoiler\|assumes that she has been chosen to be the next Guardian of the Balance, but in fact, she is only supposed to ''find'' the Guardian and shepherd him to his destiny.}}. Still, there are hints in the promotional material of ''Dreamfall'' that she is yet to receive her fair chunk of destiny. She still gets more than her fair share of being Chosen, though. She accumulates prophecies like dust as the original game goes on: ~~- She~~she's the Kan-ang-la, April bandu-embata, the Windbringer, the Waterstiller... it goes on. At one point, she asks a guard something like "Don't you have a prophecy that I can fulfill? Because that's how this thing usually goes." * And, just for the record: the encounter when she says that results in her being named "the Wave" in addition to the messianic titles she gain before... **** '''A''' Wave, technically. It means she'll end up being very important to the future of Arcadia. * [[Trapped in Another World]] * [[True Companionship]]: April and her two best friends Charlie and Emma, although they can't follow her on her journey and as of the beginning of Dreamfall, {{spoiler\|they haven't heard from her for 10 years. [[Tear Jerker\|They are still searching for her, though,]] at least, Emma does. Charlie has given up on ever finding her ([[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic\|along with his dream of being a dancer]]). He does, however, go out of his way to help ''Zoe'' find her.}}▼ * [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Very much so. * [[Death Seeker]]: She becomes one in ''Dreamfall''. * {{spoiler\|[[Dropped a Bridge On Her]]: She dies highly anti-climatically in ''Dreamfall''... by being stabbed by a random Azadi grunt. Good thing she reincarnates almost immediately}}. * [[Genre Savvy]]: In the original game... and how. ** Though she displays occasional [[Genre Blind]]ness, like in the encounter with the Gribbler. But lampshades it a lot later. * [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: {{spoiler\|The Draic-Kin female hinted that April might in fact be one. Since her mother turns out to be a dragon}}...}} * [[I Have Many Names]]: Accumulates a new title with every culture she aids. * [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: As per standard for an [[Adventure Game]] protagonist. * [[Ordinary High School Student]]: Actually, she applies for university. * [[Simple Staff]]: Her weapon in ''Dreamfall''. * [[Trapped in Another World]]: In ''Dreamfall'', April has lost her ability to shift, so she's stranded in Arcadia. ▲* [[True Companionship]]: April and her two best friends Charlie and Emma, although they can't follow her on her journey and as of the beginning of ''Dreamfall'', {{spoiler\|they haven't heard from her for 10 years. [[Tear Jerker\|They are still searching for her, though,]], at least, Emma does. Charlie has given up on ever finding her ([[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic\|along with his dream of being a dancer]]). He does, however, go out of his way to help ''Zoe'' find her.}}. == Cortez a.k.a. Mannie Chavez a.k.a. {{spoiler\|the Red Kin}} == A mysterious old man that tended to hang outside April's boarding house, Cortez at first seemed akin to a crazy hobo. But as the story unfolds, Cortez is shown to be much more than that and winds up being April's mentor in her quest to restore the Balance. * [[Cool Old Guy]]: {{spoiler\|What with being a dragon in human form}}. * {{spoiler\|[[The Obi-Wan]]}}▼ * [[The Mentor]] ▲* {{spoiler\|[[The Obi-Wan]]}} == Father Raul == Line 42 ⟶ 41: == White Mother == The original White Draic'Kin, one of the four that created the two worlds ages ago. She first appears in a dream of April's early on the game, her importance is not fully realized until much later. * [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler\|She's actually April's biological mother and may be Zoe and Faith's as well.}}.▼ * [[Our Dragons Are Different]] ▲* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler\|She's actually April's biological mother and may be Zoe and Faith's as well.}} == Charlie == One of April's best friends. * [[Everyone Can See It]]: He is in love with April. * [[Nice Guy]]: He's incredibly kind. He's willing to help both April and Zoë without question. * [[Nice Guy]] * [[True Companionship]]: With April and Emma. == Emma == April's best female friend and a student at the Venice Academy Of Arts like her. * [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: But several characters in the game are of the opinion that although she's a terrible flirt, she's clever and can take care of herself. * [[Undying Loyalty]]: {{spoiler\|She hasn't heard from her best friend in ten years, and still spends a lot of the money from her career as an artist on searching for her.}}▼ * [[Plucky Girl]] * [[Shipper on Deck]]: Regarding her two best friends. ▲* [[Undying Loyalty]]: {{spoiler\|She hasn't heard from her best friend in ten years, and still spends a lot of the money from her career as an artist on searching for her.}}. == Zack Lee == April's rude neighbor that lives across from her in the Border House. * [[Jerkass]]: His introduction scene already has him being extremely obnoxious, then his second appearance is him essentially blackmailing April into going on a date with him. Finally, he gets extremely vindictive when April either does not show up for their date and makes "look stupid in front of his friends", or knees him in the groin during their date for groping her. * [[Jerkass]] == Brian Westhouse == Like April, Brian is a denizen of Stark that has journeyed to Arcadia, but unlike April, he is not a Shifter so he can't return home. In the original game, he lived in his seaside home in Marcuria where he languished his days away with drink. After aiding April on her quest, Brian decided to turn his life around and leave Marcuria to explore the rest of Arcadia. * [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: His role in ''Dreamfall'' would seem to indicate that he's much more important than it initially seemed. Line 74 ⟶ 69: * [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: As a bird, he gets distracted rather easily. * [[Non-Human Sidekick]] * [[Non-Indicative Name]]: He's not actually a Crow (and gets more than a little upset when April tells him what "Crows" are known for in her world). He was named by April after her favourite childhood cartoon -: "Crowboy". * [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: In both games. He doesn't appear until near the end of the game in ''Dreamfall,'' though, so his levity is rather overdue after a game full of being harassed, arrested, and attacked. He's also somewhat less "plucky" than most examples, because it's quite easy to hurt his feelings; probably because his only friend in the world (viz. April) tends to treat him like a tool, and a somewhat dim one at that. Zoë goes a long way towards endearing herself to him by treating him with considerably more respect-: an optional conversation with him in ''Dreamfall'' is just a conversation for the sake of conversation. == Frank Minelli == A hapless detective whose life April tended to inadvertently ruin on her quest to save the Balance. * [[The Chew Toy]]: April encounters him early on in ~~chapter~~Chapter 2. She ends up {{spoiler\|poisoning him with toxic waste, then stealing his identity, which later results in his being tortured for information he doesn't actually have}}. There's no indication that he deserves any of this. == Burns Flipper == Line 90 ⟶ 85: == Gordon Halloway {{spoiler\|a.k.a. the Thirteenth Guardian}} == Jacob McAllen's right-hand man, Gordon is an emotionless and cruel man that the Vanguard sought to make the new Guardian. * [[The Atoner]]: After {{spoiler\|his rational and magical selves were joined by April, and he decides to be the Thirteenth Guardian to atone for his crimes.}}. * [[Creepy Monotone]]: Speaks in one due to {{spoiler\|having his soul separated from him, manifesting as the Chaos Vortex in Arcadia.}}. * [[The Dragon]]: To McAllen. == Jacob McAllen {{spoiler\|a.k.a. the Green Kin}} == * [[Big Bad]]: Of the first game, who, ironically enough, is {{spoiler\|a dragon}}. * [[The Chessmaster]] * [[Dark Messiah]]: He saw himself as one, being a charismatic religious leader that sought to bring back the powers of both worlds to humanity. Line 102 ⟶ 97: {{reflist}} [[Category:The Longest Journey]] [[Category:Characters]]