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The characters of ''[[The Skinjacker Trilogy]]'':
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== Main Characters ==

== '''Nicholas/"Nick"''' ==

{{quote| ''"What if we're lost here forever?"''}}

The fourteen-year-old hero. He arrives into Everlost with Allie following a car accident. While initially passive and at times insecure, Nick develops into a more determined and strong-willed person. He quickly develops a crush on Mary Hightower.
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* [[Betty and Veronica]]: He is the Veronica to Vari's Betty in ''Everlost'', and the Betty to Milos's Veronica in ''Everwild'' and ''Everfound''.
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Nick is half-Japanese.
* [[Character Development]]
* [[Character Focus]]
* [[The Hero]]
* {{spoiler|[[I Choose to Stay]]}}
* [[Kid Hero]]
* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]/[[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Love At First Sight]]: Towards Mary.
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: Nick and Allie.
* [[Redheaded Hero|Reddish-Brown Headed Hero]]
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
=== In ''Everlost'' ===
* [[Boy Meets Girl]]: Nick meets [[Tsundere|Allie]], Nick meets [[Meet Cute|Mary]].
* [[Distressed Dude]]: Gets captured twice--first by the Haunter and then by the McGill.
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]
* [[The Eeyore]]
* [[Fish Out of Water]]/[[Naive Newcomer]]
* [[Home Sweet Home]]: Nick's initial goal until he meets Mary Hightower.
* [[Longing Look]]/[[Luminescent Blush]]: Whenever he's around Mary.
* [[Love Hurts]]
* [[Love Makes You Dumb]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]: With Lief when he becomes a [[Cloudcuckoolander]].
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: {{spoiler|When Nick realizes that Mary has been lying to the Afterlights about their coins in order to keep them in Everlost instead of moving on, he betrays Mary and frees all the Afterlights so they can reach the light.}}
* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]: Between Nick and Allie.
=== In ''Everwild'' ===
* {{spoiler|[[Body Horror]]: He's not called the Chocolate Ogre without reason...}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dating Catwoman]]: In spite of Mary's true colors and her scheme to prevent Afterlights from moving on and instead trapping them in Everlost, Nick is still in love with her.}}
* [[Like Brother and Sister]]: How Allie regards her relationship with Nick.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: {{spoiler|Mary labeling Nick "the Chocolate Ogre" in an attempt to ward Afterlights from him.}}
* [[Not So Different]]: With Mary.
=== In ''Everfound'' ===
* {{spoiler|[[Empty Shell]]}}
* [[Fake Memories]]: Milos manipulates Nick into believing that Jill is who he loves and not Mary. This doesn't last for long.
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Due to his near dissolving into nothingness and returning as a "Ogre," Nick can barely recall who he was.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Star-Crossed Lovers]]}}: With Mary.
* {{spoiler|[[Unexplained Recovery]]}}: Nick eventually regains his memories and sense of self. {{spoiler|He also completely sheds his chocolate coating...including the smudges on his cheeks that were there from the very beginning.}}
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== '''Alexandra "Allie" Johnson''' ==

{{quote| ''"What if I don't want to forget the living world?"''}}

The-fourteen-year-old heroine. Arrives into Everlost with Nick following a car accident. She is practical and sarcastic. Allie desperately desires to return home and displays hostility towards Mary. Her choices in the story cause a chain of events that lead her to untimely consequences.
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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: The McGill/Mikey and Milos.
* [[Body Surf]]
* [[Character Development]]
* [[Character Focus]]
* {{spoiler|[[Convenient Coma]]}}: The reason why she (and other skinjackers) can skinjack.
* [[Guile Hero|Guile Heroine]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Home Sweet Home]]: Her main goal.
* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]/[[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Kid Hero]]
* [[Morality Chain]]: For the McGill/Mikey.
* [[Not So Different]]: Allie and the McGill.
* [[Only Sane Man]]
* [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]: Allie wishes she could become human once again. {{spoiler|And it's [[Convenient Coma|closer]] to the truth that she initially thought.}}
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: Nick and Allie.
* [[Ship Tease]]: With the McGill/Mikey. {{spoiler|They become an [[Official Couple]] in ''Everwild''.}}
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
* [[Tsundere]]: Type A. She can be quite [[Hot Blooded]] and impulsive, but she genuinely cares about her friends.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Mikey and Allie, Milos and Allie.
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Mikey and Allie. {{spoiler|They will.}}
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: To the McGill. {{spoiler|This is why Mikey has a [[Heel Face Turn|change of heart]] and [[Rescue Romance|rescues]] her.}}
=== In ''Everlost'' ===
* [[Batman Gambit]]/[[Scheherezade Gambit]]: Allie convines the McGill that she can teach him the twelve steps on how to skinjack so she won't get thrown overboard. They're all [[Blatant Lies]].
* [[Becoming the Mask]]: Nick calls out Allie on this when it appears the McGill's influence is rubbing off on her.
* [[Beware of Hitch Hiking Ghosts]]: {{spoiler|When Allie [[Body Surf|body surfs]] into a nineteen-year-old jogger and they fight for control of the girl's body while Allie is driving, they crash into a guard rail along the road. The jogger ends up mostly unharmed, but Allie literally falls out of the body and almost sinks into the water below before Mikey rescues her.}}
* [[Conflicting Loyalty]]: Between her loyalty in rescuing Nick and Lief versus her sympathy to the McGill.
* [[Did You Just Scam Cthulhu]]?: Tricking McGill into beliving that she was teaching him how to [[Body Surf]].
* [[Did We Just Have Tea With Cthulhu?]]?: Whenever the McGill begins showing genuine kindness towards Allie.
* [[Easily Forgiven]]: The McGill easily forgives Allie twice--after he catches her opening his fortune cookies, and then {{spoiler|1=within a couple of hours of chasing Allie for betraying him, the McGill/Mikey has a change of heart from vengence to admiration towards Allie and rescues her.}}
* [[Fish Out of Water]]/[[Naive Newcomer]]
* [[Foe Yay]]: With the McGill.
* {{spoiler|[[I Choose to Stay]]}}
* [[Interrupted Suicide]]: Subverted. When the McGill sees Allie staring off at the horizon from the deck and approaches her, she accuses him of trying to pull a [[Beast and Beauty]]. The McGill actually thought Allie was going to jump and wanted to make sure she wasn't going to.
* [[It's All My Fault]]: After Nick and Lief get captured by the Haunter.
* [[The Lancer]]
* {{spoiler|[[Most Writers Are Writers]]}}
* [[Rescue Romance]]: {{spoiler|Mikey's [[Heel Face Turn]] and rescuing of Allie.}}
* [[Stockholm Syndrome]]: Allie's slightly gradual sympathy towards the McGill.
* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]: Between Nick and Allie.
* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: Allie attempts this on the McGill to defend herself from the Haunter. The Haunter [[Family-Unfriendly Death|gets thrown overboard]], but the gambit fails for Allie because the McGill already knew she had fooled him.
=== In ''Everwild'' ===
* [[Badass in Distress]]/[[Distressed Damsel]]: {{spoiler|Gets strapped to the front of the train Milos and the rest of Mary's children are on, headed for the West.}}
* [[The Hero]]: In her respective team.
* [[Like Brother and Sister]]: How Allie regards her relationship with Nick.
* [[Love Hurts]]
* [[Mentor Ship]]: With Milos.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: In her respective team.
=== In ''Everfound'' ===
* {{spoiler|[[Humanity Ensues]]: Allie ultimately choose to return to her own body and reunites with her mother.}}
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== '''Mary Hightower/{{spoiler|1=Megan Mary McGill}}''' ==

{{quote| ''"You see emptiness. I see possibility."''}}

Mary is a fifteen-year-old girl who takes in Afterlights and gives them a home in her utopia. She is exceptionally knowledgable when it comes to Everlost and has written many books on it. Mary is slowly drawn to newcomer Nick. 
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* [[Alliterative Name]]: {{spoiler|1=Megan Mary McGill.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Beware the Nice Ones]]}}
* [[Big Applesauce]]: Mary's haven for the Afterlights is the Twin Towers, where a good portion of the story happens.
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Character Development]]
* [[Character Focus]]
* {{spoiler|[[The Chessmaster]]}}
* [[Control Freak]]
* [[Cool Airship]]: {{spoiler|In the epilogue of ''Everlost'' and for a long duration in ''Everwild'', Mary uses the airship ''Hindenburg.''}}
* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Little Brother:]] {{spoiler|1=The McGill/Mikey.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn]]}}
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Played straight with Nick. Subverted by Vari and {{spoiler|Milos}}, who are not quite heroic.
* {{spoiler|[[I Choose to Stay]]}}
* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]/Limited Wardrobe
* {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bitch]]}}
* [[Most Writers Are Writers]]
* [[Redheaded Hero|Red Headed Heroine]]
** {{spoiler|[[Evil Redhead]]}}
* [[Redhead in Green]]
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: Mary and her brother {{spoiler|Mikey.}}
* [[Stepford Smiler]]
* [[Team Mom]] -> {{spoiler|[[Big Bad Friend]]}}/{{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]}} -> {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
* {{spoiler|[[Villain With Good Publicity]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]}}
=== In ''Everlost'' ===
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]/[[Kuudere]]
* [[Meet Cute]]
* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|1=The McGill is Mary's younger brother Mikey, and she has known about it the entire time. She also lied about the coins that Afterlights brought with them to Everlost being useless--she knew it was the key to Afterlights going into the light and wanted them to stay with her in Everlost instead.}}
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]
=== In ''Everwild'' ===
* {{spoiler|[[Dating Catwoman]]: Despite Nick betraying her in ''Everlost'', Mary still holds strong feelings for Nick. It is hinted in various occasions, such as when she is captured by Pugsy Capone in Chicago and fantasizes about Nick finding and rescuing her.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Humanity Ensues]]: Nick's plan succeeds and Zin crams Mary out of Everlost and into the human world, but Mary convinces Milos to kill her and watch over her body in Everlost during the nine-month hibernation period until she awakens.}}
* [[Not So Different]]: With Nick and Mikey.
=== In ''Everfound'' ===
* {{spoiler|[[Break the Haughty]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Charm Person]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]: Of sorts. After being defeated, rather than stay in an Everlost that is not hers, Mary decides to seal herself in a refrigerator that sinks to the center of the earth.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Deep Sleep]]: She is currently in her nine-month-hibernation.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Counterpart]]: To both Nick and Allie.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Star-Crossed Lovers]]}}: With Nick.
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== '''The McGill/{{spoiler|Michael}} "Mikey" {{spoiler|1=Edward McGill}}''' ==

{{quote| ''"I am the McGill. Hear my name and tremble."''}}

A monster feared by all of Everlost. It is said that he leaves no survivors.
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* [[Alliterative Name]]: {{spoiler|1=Mikey McGill.}}
* [[Beast and Beauty]]: The McGill and Allie.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Allie.
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Betty to Milos's Veronica.
* [[Big Bad]] -> {{spoiler|[[Defeat Means Friendship]]}} -> {{spoiler|[[Rival Turned Evil]]}} -> {{spoiler|[[Love Redeems]]}}
* [[Bishounen]]: As Mikey.
* [[Blackmail]]: Believes in the power of this.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: As Mikey.
* [[Brought Down to Normal]]
* [[The Captain]]
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Feeling left out when he is around the Skinjackers, his ability to change, and his feelings for ''Allie''.
* [[Character Development]]
* [[Character Focus]]
* [[Cool Boat]]: Has a ship named the ''Sulphur Queen,'' {{spoiler|1=but leaves it behind for a [[Cool Horse]] when he chases after Allie (and gets chased after, himself, by an angry mob. Vari takes the ''Sulphur Queen'' and becomes the new McGill.}}
* [[Cool Horse]]: {{spoiler|Has a horse that can dive from frightening high places until he it in the sequel.}}
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* Eldritch Abomination: As the McGill.
* [[Foe Yay]]: With Allie.
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}
* [[Hesitation Equals Dishonesty]]: After the McGill catches Allie opening his fortune cookies, she hesitates in answering him, and he assumes that she will lie. In spite of this, he decides to believe what she says.
* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[Humanity Is Infectious]]
* {{spoiler|[[I Choose to Stay]]}}
* [[I Love You Because I Can't Control You]]: The McGill takes a growing interest in Allie not only because of her skinjacking ability but also because she doesn't fear him (she secretly does).
* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]/[[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Jerkass]] -> [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[The Lancer]]
* [[Living Lie Detector]]: The McGill believes he is this, but his arrogance blinds him from seeing Allie's [[Blatant Lies]].
* [[Luminescent Blush]]: Or glowing lavender.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: {{spoiler|He remembered his ''last name''.}}
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Played straight with the McGill. Averted with Mikey.
* [[Not Good With People]]
* [[Not So Different]]: With Allie.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: To Milos's [[Blue Oni]].
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]
** In ''Everlost,'' the McGill chases after {{spoiler|Allie}} for foiling his plans, {{spoiler|but as time passes he grows to admire her as a [[Worthy Opponent]] and rescues her.}}
** In ''Everwild'', {{spoiler|1=under the belief that he can never have Allie and that Allie had chosen Milos over him, he becomes the McGill once again and pulls an [[If I Can't Have You]] moment by attempting to force Allie to move on into the light rather than not being able to have her at all.}}
* [[Ship Tease]]: With Allie.
* {{spoiler|[[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: With Mary.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Sixth Ranger]]}}
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
* [[Tsundere]]: Type A as Mikey. ''Tsun-tsun'' towards people he doesn't know or when socializing with others in general. ''Dere-dere'' towards ''Allie''.
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]: Initially doesn't understand and denies his feelings for Allie.
* [[Will They or Won't They?|Will They Or Won't They?]]: With Allie. {{spoiler|They will.}}
=== In ''Everlost'' ===
* [[Big No]]: {{spoiler|1=When Mary shows him a picture of who he really is--Mary's brother, Michael Edward McGill, which changes him back from an [[Eldritch Abomination]] to the fourteen-year-old boy he once was.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Defeat Equals Friendship]]}}
* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: Narrowly averted towards Allie.
* [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Friends]]
* [[Lima Syndrome]]: Develops feelings for Allie.
* [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]: His initial goal.
* [[Stalker With a Crush]]: After he starts to like Allie, he has a habit of appearing behind her several times.
* [[Take My Hand]]: {{spoiler|"Hold on to me, and don't let go."}}
=== In ''Everwild'' ===
* [[Body Horror]]: {{spoiler|1=When he turns into the McGill once again. He gets better.}}
* [[Butt Monkey]]: For some time in the story since he's not as threatening in his fifteen-year-old body than he was as the monsterous McGill, and well, because [[Loners Are Freaks]].
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: When he tells the Afterlights at the diner that he was the McGill, and when Mikey tells Milos, Squirrel, and Moose that {{spoiler|Mary Hightower is his sister.}}
* [[Crazy Jealous Guy]]: He does not take too kindly to Milos, a rival for Allie's affections and a fellow skinjacker. What sends him on the tip of the iceberg and makes him {{spoiler|1=become the McGill once more}} is {{spoiler|seeing Milos and Allie kiss.}}
* [[Date Peepers]]: Mikey spies on Milos's and Allie's "lesson," and everything went downhill after that...
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Sees Milos as a threat and is jealous of the growing closeness between Allie and Milos and how much time they've been spending together.
{{quote| Mikey had no idea whether or not Milos was a good spirit, or bad, all he knew was that he hated Milos for simply existing.}}
* [[If I Can't Have You]]: {{spoiler|1=Mikey (reprising his role as the McGill) literally says this to Allie in ''Everwild'', convinced that he can never have Allie because she had chosen Milos over him, and he would rather have Allie take a coin and be returned to the tunnel to the light than to not be able to have her at all.}}
* [[I Will Find You]]: Twice towards Allie--{{spoiler|1=Once as the McGill (again) to return Allie to the tunnel to the light than to be unable to have her, having been convinced that Allie had chosen Milos over him, and then as Mikey when Allie is captured and taken to the west, leaving Nick and him to find her.}}
* [[Loners Are Freaks]]
* [[Love Hurts]]
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]
* {{spoiler|[[Love Makes You Evil]]}}
* [[Not So Different]]: With Mary.
* [[Reckless Sidekick]]
=== In ''Everfound'' ===
* [[Love Redeems]]: He acknowledges that his love for Allie had "saved" him and restored him to his true self, but at the time, cooled off his furious McGill nature, which serves to be a bit of a problem when {{spoiler|the "Ogre" version of}} Nick and him are attempting to follow Mary's train by going through the earth (as doing so needs willpower and fury).
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== Introduced in Everlost ==

== '''Lief/{{spoiler|Travis}}''' ==

{{quote| ''"It would have been a fun forever. But that's okay. I don't mind. I'm ready."''}}

An initially nameless boy who finds Nick and Allie and introduces them to the world of Everlost. Allie names him "Lief." 
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* [[Character Focus]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Becomes this after he gets captured by the Haunter and gets stuck in a pickle barrel.
* [[Distressed Dude]]: Gets captured twice--first by the Haunter and then by the McGill.
* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]/[[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Please Don't Leave Me]]: Does this to Nick and Allie when they decide to leave the forest to find their homes. He secretly follows them to make sure they don't get hurt and rescues them when they are ambushed by Johnnie-O and his gang.
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]
* [[Retro Gaming]]: Plays [[The Legend of Zelda]] on the [[Game Boy]] at one point and becomes so obsessed with [[Just One More Level|Pac-Man]] that he plays it for five days straight.
* [[Tagalong Kid]]: For Nick and Allie.
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
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== '''Speedo''' ==

A finder working under Mary. Owns the ''Hindenburg''.
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* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]/[[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Keet]]
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
=== In ''Everwild'' ===
* [[Mission Control]]
=== In ''Everfound'' ===
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Because he's in the engine room with no one to talk to, once someone comes, he or she will be a "captive audience" until the train stops.
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== '''Johnnie-O''' ==

{{quote| ''"Welcome to Everlost. This here's my territory, and you gots to pay me for passage."''}}

A gang leader that Nick and Allie encounter during their first few days in Everlost.
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* [[Bratty Half Pint]]
* [[Character Focus]]
* [[Chaste Hero]]: According to Allie, he doesn't like girls because he died a year too young.
* [[Cowardly Sidekick]]: At times.
* [[Delinquents]]
* [[Heel Face Turn]]
* {{spoiler|[[I Choose to Stay]]}}
* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]/[[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Minor Major Character]]: Gets a bigger role in ''Everwild''.
* [[Only Sane Man]]
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: {{spoiler|He loses his cigarette in ''Everwild''.}}
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
=== In ''Everlost'' ===
* [[Defeat Equals Friendship]]: He and his gang join Allie in rescuing Nick and Lief from the Haunter.
* [[Shout Out]]: Allie [[Little Miss Snarker|compares]] him and his gang to [[Peter Pan]] and the lost boys with herself as Wendy.
=== In ''Everwild'' ===
* [[Number Two]]: To Nick.
* [[Reckless Sidekick]]
* [[Sarcastic Devotee]]: Towards Nick.
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: The Manly Man to Charlie's Sensitive Guy.
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Zin. Lampshaded by Nick.
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== '''Stradivarius/"Vari"''' ==

{{quote| ''"She'll grow tired of you. She likes you because you're new, but you won't be new forever. Soon you'll be just another Afterlight, and she won't even remember your name. But I'll still be here."''}}

Mary's right hand man and favorite, Vari is greatly loyal to Mary and grows jealous of Nick, who Mary takes an interest in.
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* [[Betty and Veronica|The Betty]]: The Betty to Nick's Veronica.
* [[Bratty Half Pint]]]]
* [[The Bus Came Back]]: {{spoiler|He returns in ''Everfound''.}}
* [[Character Focus]]
* [[Crazy Jealous Guy]]: Towards Mary. Doubles as [[Green-Eyed Monster]], especially when he tries to [[Murder the Hypotenuse]] by indirectly leading Nick, Allie, and Lief to the Haunter.
* {{spoiler|1=[[Cool Boat]]: Vari becomes the new McGill and takes the ''Sulphur Queen''.}}
* [[Creepy Child]]: Especially in the beginning of the story when he's a [[Crazy Jealous Guy]].
* {{spoiler|[[I Choose to Stay]]}}
* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]/[[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Number Two]]: To Mary.
* [[Precocious Crush]]: On Mary.
* [[Red Oni]]: To Nick's [[Blue Oni]].
* [[Tagalong Kid]]: To Mary {{spoiler|1=until he accidentally gets left behind. Then Vari becomes the new McGill.}}
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
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== '''The Haunter''' ==

{{quote| "The price of faliure is an eternity to think about it."''}}

An expert in the Criminal Arts of haunting the living world. He captures Nick and Lief.
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* {{spoiler|1=[[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: When the McGill sends the Haunter overboard his boat to sink.}}
* [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Friends]]
* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]/[[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]].
* [[Minor Major Character]]
* [[Only the Worthy May Pass]]
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
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== '''Pinhead''' ==

{{quote| ''"He's my captain, not my master."''}}

The McGill's chief associate, Pinhead is a boy with an unusually small head.
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* {{spoiler|[[I Choose to Stay]]}}
* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]/[[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]].
* [[Minor Major Character]]
* [[Number Two]]: To the McGill {{spoiler|and later Vari.}}
* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|1=The reason why the McGill never goes to Atlantic City is because that is where he suffered his first defeat at the hands of the Twin Pier Maradaurs, who captured him. One of the members of the Maradaurs later turned traitor and set the McGill free. He knows of this crucial information because ''he'' was the traitorous Maradaur who set the McGill free.}}
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
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== '''Choo-Choo Charlie''' ==

A nine-year-old Afterlight and the conductor of a ghost train.
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* [[Character Focus]]
* [[The Chick]]
* [[Cowardly Sidekick]]
=== In ''Everlost'' ===
* [[Cool Train]]: Owns a ghost train and the only source of transportation for Nick's team.
=== In ''Everwild'' ===
* [[Mission Control]]
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: The Sensitive Guy to Johnnie-O's Manly Man.
=== In ''Everfound'' ===
* [[Broken Record]]/[[Madness Mantra]]: Sings endlessly while trapped on the ''Hindenburg'' with Johnnie-O.
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== Introduced In Everwild ==

=== '''Main Characters''' ===

== '''"Zach the Ripper"/Zinnia "Zin" Kitner''' ==

Known as "Zach the Ripper" in rumors of an Afterlight with the Criminal Arts skill of ecto-ripping. Nick hopes to find the Ripper to add to his forces to defeat Mary. It is soon revealed that "Zach" is actually a ''girl'' named Zin. She reluctantly joins Nick's cause when she hears about a war.
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* [[Affirmative Action Girl]]
* [[A Boy and His X|A Girl And Her Dog]]
* [[Bob Haircut]]
* [[Character Focus]]
* [[Child Soldiers]]
* {{spoiler|[[Humanity Ensues]]}}
* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]/[[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]
* [[Reckless Sidekick]]
* [[Samus Is a Girl]]
* [[Sarcastic Devotee]]: Towards Nick.
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Johnnie-O. Lampshaded by Nick.
* [[The Smart Guy]]
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: In her respective team.
* [[Southern Belle]]: Averted.
* [[Tomboy]]
* [[Team Pet]]: Her dog, Kudzu. {{spoiler|Nick later orders her to cram Kudzu back into the living world and she reluctantly complies.}}
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
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== '''Vitaly Milos Vayevsky''' ==

{{quote| ''"I can forgive you for everything...except for taking her away from me. I will never forgive you for that."''}}

A skinjacker who befriends Allie and Mikey and travels with them. Milos and Allie can understand each other because they are both skinjackers. He is the leader of the group, the Deadlies, and his companions are Squirrel and Moose. Milos is looking for their former companion, Jackin' Jill, who he was once fond of.
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* [[Birds of a Feather]]: Played with. Jackin' Jill and he are both skinjackers and were once in a relationship, but Jackin' Jill betrayed the Deadlies and disappeared. As fellow skinjackers, Allie and he also gradually grow closer, much to Mikey's jealousy, but Allie ultimately rejects him for Mikey.
* [[Blue Oni]]: To Mikey's [[Red Oni]].
* [[Body Surf]]
* [[Broken Masquerade]]: Allie isn't the only person who can skinjack.
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: He is Russian.
* [[Character Focus]]
* [[The Dragon]]/[[Dragon With an Agenda]]: To Mary. He seeks to rule with Mary and to replace Nick in her heart. By ''Everwild'', he has become the substitute leader {{spoiler|while Mary's body is hibernating.}}
* [[Et Tu, Brute?]]: Two of his relationships with girls end sourly due to their betrayal until he meets Mary Hightower.
* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]/[[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[In Love With Love]]: Even he is aware that he falls in love too fast.
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]
* [[Mentor Ship]]: With Allie.
* [[Number Two]]: This is what he wants to be towards Mary.
* [[Perma Stubble]]: He crossed into Everlost when he was 16, so he has a little bit of facial hair. And since he's an afterlight, it's literally permanent.
* {{spoiler|[[Psychotic Smile]]}}
* [[The Rival]]
* [[Romantic False Lead]]: For both Mikey/Allie and Nick/Mary.
* [[Second Love]]: Invoked. He wants to replace Nick in Mary's heart.
* [[The Smart Guy]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]
* [[Technicolor Eyes]]:
{{quote| ... Curious eyes that were [[Blue Eyes|blue]], speckled with white, like a sky dotted with clouds.}}
* [[Temporary Love Interest]]: For Allie.
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
* [[Betty and Veronica|Veronica]]: To Mikey's [[Betty and Veronica|Betty]] for Allie and to Nick's Betty for Mary Hightower.
* [[You Are Not Alone]]
=== In ''Everwild'' ===
* [[Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are]]: He hunts down Allie to bring her to Mary as a prisoner in this fashion in order to be in Mary's favor.
* [[Enigmatic Minion]]
* [[Face Heel Turn]]
* [[This Is Unforgivable!]]/[[Tranquil Fury]]: {{spoiler|When Mary is thrown back into the living world.}}
=== In ''Everfound'' ===
* [[Break the Haughty]]
* {{spoiler|[[Cessation of Existence]]: Via intentionally touching Clarence at the command of Mary.}}
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Allie knows that in spite of how hot-headed he can get when his [[Berserk Button|buttons are pushed]] or how evil his actions are, he [[Would Not Hit a Girl|won't hurt a girl]] or [[Honor Before Reason|break his word]]. Of course, that doesn't stop him from using [[Exact Words]] loopholes.
* {{spoiler|[[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Willingly gets extinguished by Clarence at Mary's request.}}
* [[Hot Blooded]]: He can be quite furious at times if his buttons are pushed or if he's stressed.
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Mary.
* [[Yandere]]: Only for Mary.
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== '''Jackin' Jill''' ==

Jackin' Jill was the former member of the Deadlies, a group consisting of Milos, Squirrel, and Moose. Among the jobs they did, she was the one who passed on messages of Afterlights to the living. Milos and Jackin' Jill were close. But one day, Jackin' Jill left, taking with her all of their belongings, as well as the belongings of the Afterlights they were staying with. Milos, Squirrel, and Moose are currently trying to find Jackin' Jill.
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* [[Body Surf]]
* [[Dark Chick]]
* [[Enigmatic Minion]]
* [[Lovable Traitor]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]
* [[Psycho for Hire]]
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Was the only girl among the Deadlies.
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
* [[Unkempt Beauty]]
* [[Wild Card]]
=== In ''Everwild'' ===
* {{spoiler|[[Career Killer]]}}
* [[Number Two]]: She wants to be this towards {{spoiler|Mary.}}
* [[So Long and Thanks For All The Gear]]: Stole all the finest belongings of the Deadlies and of the Afterlights they were staying with.
=== In ''Everfound'' ===
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Inverted. Jix is the one who's attracted to her. She later reciprocates his feelings.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Jix.
* [[Character Development]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: 
{{quote| '''Jill''': Very touching. I may have to skinjack someone just so I can hurl.}}
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]/[[Pet the Dog]]: She sacrifices her coin in an attempt to free Jix when they are ambushed by the Neon Nightmares.
* [[High Heel Face Turn]]: She leaves Mary's group after {{spoiler|Jix and over fifty souls sink to the center of the earth through drowning.}}
** [[Reverse Mole]]: But she rejoins Mary at {{spoiler|Jix}}'s suggestion to remain in her good graces and to keep an eye on her.
* [[Kiss Kiss Slap]]: When having to choose between Jix and returning to Milos and the gang, Jackin' Jill kisses Jix and then slaps him before deciding to stay.
* [[Love Redeems]]: Jix's presence makes her second-guess her choices and lifestyle.
* [[Tsundere]]
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=== '''Supporting/Minor Characters''' ===

== '''Squirrel and Mitchell "Moose" Terrence Moessner''' ==

Skinjackers who follow Allie, mistaking her for their former companion Jackin' Jill. Squirrel and Moose are companions of Milos, the leader of their group, the Deadlies.
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* [[Body Surf]]
* [[The Brute]]
* {{spoiler|[[Cessation of Existence]]}}: {{spoiler|Squirrel's fate after being touched by a scar wraith.}}
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]
* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]/[[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Those Two Guys]]
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
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== Introduced in Everfound ==

== '''Jix''' ==

The loyal subject of the Mayan King of Everlost, perpetually fifteen-year-old Jix is a "furjacker"--a skinjacker except that Jix prefers to possess animals (specifically jaguars) rather than humans. After spying on Milos and his group on a {{spoiler|reaping}} excursion, he decides to join them their cause with a hidden agenda--to learn more about the "Eastern Witch" Mary Hightower.
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* [[Animal Motifs]]/[[Transformation Conventions]]
* [[The Atoner]]: After because the indirect cause of a little girl's death, Jix makes it his responsibility to look after the girl and apologize her to after she wakes up from her nine-month-hibernation.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Jackin' Jill.
* [[Body Surf]]: Though he prefers to possess animals rather than humans.
* [[Catboy]]
* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]] 
* [[Cute Little Fangs]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Towards Jackin' Jill. His main reason for prolonging his stay on the train is because of her.
* [[Enigmatic Minion]]
* [[Jacob Marley Apparel]]/[[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Jix is devastated when his actions of releasing a panther he had furjacked led it to killing a little girl standing nearby and letting it run loose in the city. See [[The Atoner]].
* [[Reverse Mole]]
* [[Trapped in Another World]]
* [[Unusual Ears]]: Much like the rest of his cat-like appearance, his ears have shifted higher on his head and have become smaller and pointier.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]
* [[Wild Card]]
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== '''Clarence''' ==
A former firefighter hero turned public nuisance following a fire rescue that burnt the left side of his face and left his eye dead, his ear deaf, and stole his left fingers, Clarence can see Everlost through his left eye and is determined to uncover the "spirits" he sees to prove to everyone that he's not going mad. He turns out to be a "scar wraith," a being that is half in Everlost and half in the human world and has the ability to extinguish an Afterlight by touching one.
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* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Everyone Can See It]]: He quickly takes notice to Mikey's feelings for Allie and isn't above telling Mikey straight to his face that Mikey is in love with her.
* [[I Reject Your Reality]]
* [[Jerkass]] -> [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Sanity Slippage]]

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