History Characters / FromDuskTillDawnTheSeries

A tough veteran Texas Ranger who crosses paths with the Gecko Borthers

* {{Mayincatec}}: Despite being the queen of the Mayan Mythology version of hell, her name comes from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaru_(mythology) a serpent or dragon]] from IncaMythology.

* ImmunetoBullets: Brasa has been shot many times, but they no effect on him.

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: By the time of Season 3 rolls out, he is back to control of his own safe and has vowed to not feed on the innocent, only the guilty.

* TheHunter: After his repeated exposure to the world of the Supernatural

[[AC:Seth Gecko]]

[[AC:Richard “Richie” Gecko]]

[[AC:Jacob Fuller]]

[[AC: Katherine "Kate" Fuller]]

[[AC:Scott Fuller]]

[[AC:Ranger Earl [=McGraw=]]]

[[AC:Ranger Freddie Gonzalez]]

[[AC: Ranger Gary Willet]]

[[AC:Santánico Pandemonium / [[spoiler:Kisa]]]]

->'''Played By:''' Eiza González

[[AC:Carlos Felipe Madrigal]]

[[AC:Narciso Menendez]]

[[AC:The Regulator]]

[[AC:Maia]]

[[AC:Ximena Vasconcelos]]

[[AC:Burt / Ilhicamina]]

[[AC:Lord Amancio Malvado]]

[[AC:Lord Celestino Oculto]]

[[AC:Lord Venganza Verdugo]]

[[AC:Amaru, Queen of Xibalba]]

[[AC:Brasa]]

[[AC:Calavera]]

[[AC:Olmeca]]

[[AC: El Caporal]]

->'''Played By''': Micah Fitzgerald

[[AC:Zolo]]

->'''Played By''': Marko Zaror

[[AC:Cipactli]]

->'''Played By''': None.

[[AC:Vanessa Styles]]

Seth’s wife and the brothers’ accomplice in the bank robbery.

* [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim Break Her Heart to Save Her]]: Seth has to break up with her because he knows that he will have to spend the rest of his life on the run taking care of Richie.

[[AC:Uncle Eddie Cruickshank]]

[[AC:Margaret Gonzales]]

[[AC: Dr. Dakota Block]]

* CanonForeigner: She represents a curious case of this in that she had no counterpart in the original movie, but she did originate in Film/{{Grindhouse}} which also featured Earl [=McGraw=] as her father. The continuity between both properties is a matter of debate.

[[AC:Professor Aiden Tanner]]

[[AC:Sergeant Frost]]

[[AC:Sonja Lam]]

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Despite working for the Lords and being initially cold, she [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre believes the culebras are capable of helping mankind]].

* FullCircleRevolution: They escaped Xibalaba because they were slaves there and treated little better than cattle by Amaru and the demonic aristocracy. Once they established themselves on the mortal world, they dubbed themselves Lords and started treating the rank and file culebras like slaves and treating humans like cattle.

* NebulousEvilOrganisation: The Nine Lords’ influence is said to be very widespread and powerful. The only aspect of it seen on the show is TheCartel.

* ActionGirl: She enters in to a sword fight with Scott and almost kills him

!Family members

[[folder: Vanessa]]
[[AC:Vanessa Styles]]

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/AdriannePalicki

Seth’s wife and the brothers’ accomplice in the bank robbery.

* [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim Break Her Heart to Save Her]]: Seth has to break up with her because he knows that he will have to spend the rest of his life on the run taking care of Richie.
* CanonForeigner: She has no counterpart in the movie.
* PutOnABus: She disappears from the show after her she is arrested providing a diversion for Seth to escape.
* ShooTheDog: Seth tries to convince her to take 4 million dollars and go start a new live in Florida.
* StatuesqueStunner: Like the actress who plays her, she’s 5'11" (1,8 m) and ''very'' attractive.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The audience never finds out what happened to her after she was arrested. But since the bonds Seth gave her ended up as evidence in the rangers' hands, it can be presumed that she went to prison.

[[folder: Uncle Eddie]]
[[AC:Uncle Eddie Cruickshank]]

->'''Played By:''' Jeff Fahey

The man who raised the Gecko brothers after their father died.

* LockedOutofTheLoop: For most of his time on the show he is the only named character who doesn't know about the existence of the culebras and the supernatural. [[spoiler:It ends up costing him his life]]
* OldMaster: A master criminal who still has a lot of contacts in the criminal underworld.
* ParentalSubstitute: He is the closest thing Seth and Richie have to a father.
* SenseiForScoundrels: He raised the Geckos to be criminals, and damn good ones.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He believes he is living in a world of CrimeFiction and operates in terms of criminals planing TheCaper. Unfortunately for him he is actually in a [[VampireFiction vampire story]] with hints of CosmicHorrorStory.

[[folder: Maggie]]
[[AC:Margaret Gonzales]]

->'''Played By:''' Jamie Tisdale

Ranger Gonzalez’s wife and the mother of her child.

* BrainyBrunette: She is very smart and is able to use her college education to help her husband in his research.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After [[spoiler:Sex Machine attacks her home]] she takes her daughter and runs.

[[folder: Dakota]]
[[AC: Dr. Dakota Block]]

->'''Played By:''' Nicky Whelan

Earl [=McGraw=]'s estranged daughter.

* CanonForeigner: She represents a curious case of this in that she had no counterpart in the original movie, but she did originate in Film/{{Grindhouse}} which also featured Earl [=McGraw=] as her father. The continuity between both properties is a matter of debate.
* HospitalHottie: Doctor Block is insanely gorgeous.
* TheShrink: She is a psychiatrist.
* YouKilledMyFather: The reason why she hates Richie with a passion.

!Others

[[folder: Prof. Tanner]]
[[AC:Professor Aiden Tanner]]

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/JakeBusey

An archeology professor at Alamo State who advises Ranger Gonzalez about a series of gruesome murders and their connection to Mesoamerican mythology.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: His movie counterpart is [[spoiler:Sex Machine]], of all people. When he goes undercover to follow the trail of the Blood Cult he assumes that identity, while in the original movie [[spoiler:he was just a random badass who happened to be at the bar that night]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: He's in cahoots with Carlos and wants to [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]] Kate. He is also implied to be responsible for the ritual murders Freddie originally consulted him about. ]]
* AdventurerArchaeologist: He fancies himself this, going ''“undercover”'' to investigate the Blood Cult.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Returns in Season 2 as a Culebra working for Lord Malvado.]]
* DirtyOldMan:
** He hits on Kate the minute he crosses paths with her for the first time.
** The girls at the college where he teaches have been filing sexual harassment complains against him for ''years''.
* KilledOffForReal: He meets his end at the hands of [[spoiler: Kate and Freddie. Or does he...]]
* MrExposition: He’s the main source of information about the Blood Cult and the culebras for the Geckos, the Fullers and the audience.
* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler: He has no intention of helping anyone leave the temple.]]
* TooDumbToLive: He drops a backpack with all the weapons into the giant people grinder. [[spoiler: Could be justified since he was intending to leave them for dead all along.]]

[[folder: Frost]]
[[AC:Sergeant Frost]]

->'''Played By:''' Edrick Browne

A former soldier [[spoiler: who hides out in the Culebras' temple]].

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Had Kate not said his name out loud, no one would have guessed he was movie Frost's counterpart.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the original movie, he is one of the two badasses (the other being Sex Machine) who helped the Geckos and the Fullers fight the vampires. In the series, he [[spoiler: hides out in the storage room in the Culebras' temple, trying to survive, and absolutely refuses to leave or even fight back.]]
** AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Both versions of Frost tell a war story. The movie's Frost tells his gleefully, to entertain the crowd, reenacting parts of it while smoking a cigar; the series' Frost tells his while horrified, holding back tears.
* DemotedToExtra: Among all the characters from the original movie, Frost was perhaps the only one to have been even ''less'' developed in the series. He also appears in only one episode.
* LastNameBasis: Unlike Carlos and Sex Machine, he was not given a full name in the series.

[[folder: Sonja]]
[[AC:Sonja Lam]]

->'''Played By:''' Briana Evigan

An expat living in Mexico, where she works as a tattoo artist and document forger.

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: She has Seth at her mercy but doesn’t kill him for ruining her life, because she needs him to do a job.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Seth, after he ruins her business.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As much as she hates Seth’s guts for ruining her business she doesn’t turn him in for a reward once she catches him.
* InJoke: [[invoked]] The fake documents she makes often contain references to the client’s real identity, such as using the surname Literature/{{Parker}} for Seth's fake passport, because she figures it's a name that suits a gentleman thief.
* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler: She started working for Lord Malvado at some point after she hooked up with Seth]].
* AllWomenAreLustful: She tries really hard to jump Seth’s bones after she delivers him his fake passport.

A Xibalban master torturer, he is responsible for hunting down and capturing lesser culebras with the purpose of torturing and breaking them.

* ArchEnemy: To Ilhacamina, the legendary culebra warrior that killed several Xibalbans, was one of the few to have evaded El Caporal and caused his facial scars.

* EvilOverlord: She is the absolute master of Xibalba, an entire hell dimension.
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Amaru can drain someones life force with just one touch.

'''Played By''': Micah Fitzgerald

* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler:Averted. She survives past the point in the story where her movie counterpart was killed]].

* StageNames: Santanico Pandemonium, unsurprisingly enough, turns out to be a name given to her by Amancio Malvado in the 19th century when he first came up with the plan to turn the Temple into what would become known as the Titty Twister. Her birth name is [[spoiler:Kisa]].

* HumanoidAbomination: Lord Oculto implies that unlike all the other culebras, who started off as human, the Nine Lords are beings who came from another realm an took an almost human form.

A Xibalban master torturer, he is picking up lesser culebras

* CoatHatMask: A cowboy mask, a red bandana mask and a leather coat to be precise.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: His fighting style has some shades of this when he throws down against smaller opponents.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Santanico Pandemonium

* MsFanservice: She spends most of her screen time in very little clothes.

* TheDragon: She is Lord Venganza's top lieutenant and second in command.

* SheIsTheKing: Despite being female, she uses the title “Lord”.

* ImmunetoBullets: Brasa has been shot many times. but they no effect on him

* DwindlingParty: As of the end of the second season, [[spoiler:the Nine Lords have been reduced to Seven. This lasts all of one episode before all of them but Venganza are killed in the third season premiere.]]

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Commits suicide in front of Amaru to stop her from using her in her ritual.

* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:The last remaining Lord after the Xibalbans successfully massacre the entire council.]]

* TakeOverTheWorld: She wishes to open the door to hell and let it consume the world.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Shows sincere affection and concern for his brother and later, Kate.

->'''Played By: ''' Danny Trejo

* ActionGirl: She becomes this around the end of Season 1 and Season 2, proving herself time and time again in combat situations with all kinds of weaponry.

* KickTheDog: Was given immortality by Carlos back in the 1700's, how does he repay him? By rising through the ranks and making the former his errandboy/punching bag for all his dickmoves. Sam could be said of Scott whom after Carlos turned him, became Narciso's [[ReplacementGoldfish new dog]] whom he literally has on a leash and quite literally kicks.

* CainAndAbel: He really doesn't get along with Celestino - [[spoiler: He kills him in the episode ''Bizarre Tales'']]

* TheChessMaster: As it turns out Malvado had been setting up events in season two from the get go animating his [[{{Golem}} enforcer]] to work on his behalf was just the beginning. He set Gonzalez on the trail of his brother Oculto in order to find the key of the Blood Well, had the tattoo artist/document forger Seth took a liking too in his pocket the whole time, [[spoiler:only Santanico was catching onto this fact]], he even figured Richie into his plans by playing on his SiblingRivalry tendencies which'd been gestating since the end of season 1. All in all he had near all of his bases covered, even that last bit was more of a XanatosGambit which nearly payed off.

* BadAss: He handles himself pretty well during the big fight at the Titty Twister.