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Protagonist and Allies
Alyssa Hamilton
Voiced by: Kirsty Dillon (English), Chika Fujimura (Japanese)
Heroine of the game, she's a Rooder, a member of a mystical clan with the power of fighting evil entities and their incarnations, the "Subordinates". She can use artifacts and summon a magical bow. Not to be confused with Alyssa Hale of the previous game.- Action Survivor: Alyssa Hamilton is the least helpless of all the Clock Tower protagonists, as she can confront the entities in proper boss fights. Even without using Rooder powers, she's also able to briefly physically overcome Subordinates after distracting them with environmental objects (such as throwing a chair at their face). Particularly notable as, unlike Scissorman from the original games who was a young child, the Subordinates are quite large grown men.
- A Birthday, Not a Break: Later parts of the game occur on her birthday.
- Daddy's Girl: A dark example. Since her father died when she was a baby, Alyssa grew up seeing her grandfather Dick as a father figure. His diary entries are full of admiration for Alyssa. As you continue, it gets more chilling as he reveals his plans.
- Girlish Pigtails: When she was young.
- Glass Cannon: Alyssa can wield a bow well, but when enemies come close, she's in big trouble.
- Holy Burns Evil: Her trusty holy water.
- Holy Hand Grenade: Her super move.
- Et Tu, Brute?: Quite a jarring example, in regards to Dick's dark diary entriesnote . Alyssa turns a blind eye to them. That is, until she finds out he killed her father, and plans to tear out her heart. She's still in denial until she reaches the top of the clock tower.
- Fiery Redhead: Though usually composed (when not frightened), Alyssa has displayed a temper regarding Dennis or her grandfather.
- Ignorant of the Call: Even though Nancy left Alyssa notes explaining to her how to use her items, she forgot to mention why she needs those items and what Rooders are. To Alyssa's dismay, she has no idea why a Serial Killer is chasing her. Alyssa only finds out about the latter through her grandfather's notes.
- In the Blood: The Rooders are a matriarchal family. Their powers pass on from mother to daughter.
- Laser Blade: Sorta. After losing her bow, her clover necklace turns into an energy sword.
- Light Is Good: Her Rooder powers are light-based magic that can damage Entities.
- Magical Girl Warrior: Her mission as a Rooder is to defeat the evil Subordinates and free the innocent souls from their clutches.
- Meaningful Name: Alyssa means to cure rabies i.e madness, or to be against madness. Within the context of the story, the fact that her name begins with "A" is important due to connecting her to Annabel, her ancestor and Darcy Burroughs' daughter whom he loved and wanted to perform the Ritual of Engagement with.
- Puberty Superpower: Her Rooder powers greatly manifest at the age of fifteen.
- Summon to Hand: She can summon her bow once she's about to hand over a sentimental item... supposedly.
- Targeted Human Sacrifice: Her grandfather wants her heart to become an Entity.
- Tsundere: Towards Dennis.
Dennis Owen
Voiced by: Dan Johnston (English), Shizuma Hodoshima (Japanese)
Alyssa's hyperactive friend.- Badass Normal: While he doesn't have any powers, he's ultimately the one who kills Scissorman and manages to distract Burroughs by lunging at him during the final confrontation.
- Big Damn Heroes: The two moments mentioned above.
- Childhood Friends: With Alyssa.
- Declaration of Protection: It's not the heroic type, unlike most examples. He comforts Alyssa with this. So far, he's kept his word.
- Distressed Dude: While being held hostage by the Scissor Twins.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Attempted twice. He tells Alyssa to leave him behind when the Scissor Twins have him, and then he is thrown off the clock tower trying to take on Burroughs. He survives both times.
- Implied Love Interest: To Alyssa.
- Keet: His Establishing Character Moment and first dialogue with Alyssa before he gets dragged into everything reveals him as this.
- Nice Guy: He's helpful and thoughtful toward Alyssa, and even willing to sacrifice himself to let her escape.
Nancy Hamilton
Voiced by: Andrée Bernard (English), Seiko Tano (Japanese)
Alyssa's mother and a former Rooder. She is heard at the start of the game narrating while Alyssa is reading her letter, warning her to go hide until her fifteenth birthday has passed.- Action Mom: Who used to be an Action Girl.
- Dead All Along: She's already dead by the time Alyssa gets home.
- Heroic Sacrifice: She died trying to protect her daughter.
- Hero of Another Story: Nancy's disappearance as well as her time as a Rooder is explained in the drama CD. She's actually the heroine of it.
- Mama Bear: She defied her father to protect her daughter at the cost of her life.
- Meaningful Name: The fact that her name starts with "N" is important due to connecting her to Natalya, her ancestor and Darcy Burroughs' wife who was slain by him during his enraged slaughter of his own people in the wake of Annabel's death.
- Our Ghosts Are Different: Reasons 2, 7, and 13.
Dick Hamilton
Voiced by: Paul Humpoletz (English), Takeshi Taniguchi (Japanese)
Alyssa's beloved grandfather who went missing three years prior to the beginning of the game. While seemingly loving and protective of Alyssa, as well as inadvertently helpful with his various books on the Rooder history guiding her along, there is a dark secret to him that Alyssa is initially unaware of...For more information, go into Lord Burroughs' character folder.
Enemies
Sledgehammer/Robert Morris
Voiced by: Robert Perkins (English), Kazutoshi Yokoyama (Japanese)
The first Subordinate met by Alyssa in a ruined English town, where he murders a little girl's ghost waiting for her father. He's a massive brute wielding a large hammer.- Ankle Drag: Does this to May shortly before killing her.
- Ax-Crazy: Anyone who murders children, wears a mask, and murders with a giant hammer isn't operating with a full deck.
- The Brute: He's a vicious murderer with a hulking build, a primitive weapon, and not much in the way of long-term strategy.
- Came Back Wrong: While he was implied to be a regular man in life, albeit one who was under possession, there's no trace of humanity in him now.
- Dumb Muscle: His chief strategy is hitting things, and hitting them harder if that doesn't work.
- Establishing Character Moment: Tormenting a little girl, bludgeoning her with a huge hammer, and then gloating about it in front of the heroine.
- Evil Sounds Raspy: Whether from being a ghost or from the method of his execution, he has a definite rasp in his voice.
- Kill It with Ice: Holy water seems to have a freezing effect on him.
- Malevolent Masked Man: He wears an executioner's mask.
- The Man They Couldn't Hang: In his backstory. He was sentenced to death by hanging, until a horrified witness saw he was still alive. He dies eventually though.
- Powered by a Forsaken Child: His main power source is the suffering of a little girl.
- Was Once a Man: Like all the Entities, he used to be a living human being. In death, he's something worse.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Implied. Unlike most of the Subordinates, Sledgehammer was seemingly an average man before his possession, as his sudden acts of violence baffled everyone who knew him.
- Would Hurt a Child: His very first victim was May Norton, a 12-year-old girl.
Corroder/John Haigh
Voiced by: Francis Stone (English), Toshikazu Seike (Japanese)
The second Subordinate, who's haunting the ghosts of two blind people, mother and son. Carries around an acid-spewing device mounted on his back.- Bald of Evil: Whether from shaving or chemical burns, Corroder has a hairless scalp and a cruel streak a mile wide.
- Came Back Wrong: Not that he was ever right to begin with, but death turned him from a cold-blooded murderer into an unhinged maniac.
- Evil Genius: His schemes in life were planned in advance, compared to the brutal murders committed by Sledgehammer.
- Evil Is Hammy: He's definitely not a Soft-Spoken Sadist by any means, and will gleefully exclaim "I'VE FOUND YOU!" upon spotting Alyssa.
- Evil Laugh: He's got a pretty wicked cackle going as he stalks you.
- Historical Domain Character: He's a fictionalized depiction of John George Haigh
, though his stage is set two decades after the real Haigh was active/executed.- Fridge Brilliance: However, as the game establishes that even when a killer chosen by the Entities die, they don't stay dead. As such, it's entirely possible that the game version of John Haigh is meant to be the John Haigh.
- Improbable Weapon User: A sort of acid tank on his back. On Hard mode, the nozzle becomes a spray bottle.
- Karmic Death: His death by falling into a vat of sulfuric acid, which he used to dispose of his victims. The news report about it lampshades this.
- Kick the Dog: What he does to poor Albert and Dorothy.
- Kill It with Fire: Holy water seems to burn him, as he screams about it being hot.
- Malevolent Masked Man: He wears a gas mask.
- Was Once a Man: In life, he was a serial killer. In death, he's become a murderous phantom.
Chopper/Harold Powell
Voiced by: Mike Hayley (English), Yoshinori Okamoto (Japanese)
The third Subordinate and one of the strongest. Stalks Alyssa through a series of caverns, and later in his personal dimension, before getting finally vanquished for good. True to his name, he carries around a couple of axes.- Bald of Evil: Like Corroder, he's got no hair on his head, nor any mercy in his heart.
- Blow You Away: Holy water temporarily traps him in a tornado when he's splashed with it.
- Bullying a Dragon: What he suffered in his human life, which caused him to turn into a monster who kills people.
- Came Back Wrong: He was already warped in life, but being brought back as a Subordinate didn't do him any favors.
- The Dragon: He's the most dangerous Subordinate, and he's fought twice.
- Dual Wielding: He's clearly of the mind that one axe alone is just too dull.
- Hero Killer: He was the one who killed Nancy, as well as many other Rooders.
- Informed Deformity: Notes you find indicate that the Chopper was tormented when he was alive due to being rather deformed since birth, but from what we see of him in game, his appearance is that of a fit man in tight pants. It is possible that as Subordinates can shapeshift, he chooses to look that way.
- Kick the Dog: Taunts Alyssa by showing her a flashback of her father's death at the hands of her grandfather. Does this again later when he shows her the graveyard of all the Rooders he killed, including her mother.
- Love Makes You Evil: He fell in love with an innkeeper's daughter, but was rejected due to his deformity. It was the last straw, and he killed her in retaliation.
- Monochromatic Eyes: They're pure white.
- No-Sell: The only Subordinate strong enough to shrug off a full-powered Rooder Finishing Move, and he's able to do it without even flinching.
- Tattooed Crook: His markings could be this or Body Paint.
- Troll: He tricks Alyssa into believing she has him cornered during their initial battle, only to shrug off her Finishing Move and drag her into his domain with an evil laugh.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: The only thing he wears from the waist-up is a cowl-like cape.
- Was Once a Man: Like all the other Subordinates, he was human once.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: His backstory explains that years of torment and abuse over his deformity when he was human drove him to become violent and vengeful.
- Younger Than They Look: If his backstory is any indication, he died at the age of 19, making him the youngest in the group. However, since he died in 1655, he's technically also the oldest Subordinate.
Scissortwins/Ralph and Jemima
Voiced by (Ralph): Greg Burns (English), Gou Tatsukawa (Japanese)
Voiced by (Jemima): Lucy Blair (English), Yukie Azuma (Japanese)
Two murderous psycho siblings working for the Dark Gentleman, met in a spectral hospital and later in Burroughs Castle. Both of them wield oversized scissor blades. They kidnap Dennis and try to murder him.- Affably Evil: They greet Alyssa politely and treat stalking her like a game. That said, Scissorman does NOT take the death of his sister well...
- Ax-Crazy: What else would you expect from a couple of psychotic murderers who enjoyed mutilating their victims while they were still alive?
- Brother–Sister Team: Of the villainous variety.
- Dark Action Girl: Scissorwoman.
- Dual Wielding: Each of the twins wields a pair of scissor blades.
- Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: They both have snow-white skin and black hair.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: They genuinely love each other, as Ralph has a breakdown when Jemima is killed.
- Evil Is Hammy: They're very boisterous and theatrical, befitting of their harlequin appearances.
- Genki Girl: Jemima is very upbeat and peppy, and even cheers for herself if she successfully lands a blow on Alyssa during her boss fight.
- Giggling Villain: Do their fair share of laughing, even in death.
- Glass Cannon: Scissorwoman has very little health considering how late in the game you fight her, but she's very agile and makes heavy use of Teleport Spam. Scissorman is more similar to the other Subordinates in his boss fight.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Scissorwoman has plenty of scarring on her body, and Scissorman appears to have one over his left eye.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Scissorman meets his end via the bladed pendulum he planned on using on Dennis. Guess who pulls the lever after Alyssa defeats him?
- Light 'em Up: Holy water has this effect on both of them, causing them to glow with a yellow aura as they thrash in pain.
- Madness Mantra: "ALYSSA, ALYSSA, ALYSSA, ALYSSA, ALYSSA..."
- Mini-Boss: Jemima, while still dangerous, goes down too quickly to be considered a proper boss fight. She even has her own special theme.
- Non-Standard Character Design: They look more like they belong in [[Video Game/Soul Calibur]] or a Post-Final Fantasy VII [1] game than in a horror game.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: After the death of Scissorwoman, Scissorman drops his previous lighthearted cheeriness and becomes extremely aggressive.
- Psychopathic Manchild: They both act very childishly and get their kicks by torturing and killing people.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Scissorman's boss fight commences immediately after Alyissa kills Scissorwoman, with him determined to avenge his sister. In fact, he would've succeeded in getting his revenge if it weren't for Dennis' intervention.
- Tag Team Twins: Averted. Though they technically work together, they stalk and battle Alyssa separately.
- Token Minority: The only subordinates who came from the orient.
- Torture Technician: During their time working for Lord Burroughs.
- Twincest: Implied.
- Villainous Breakdown: Scissorman is hit with this hard after his sister dies.
- Villainous Harlequin: They're more campy than anything, but still considerable threats and perfectly capable of killing Alyssa.
- Weak, but Skilled: Scissorwoman, who has the least amount of health and can be taken out with one fully-charged shot... if you can actually land a hit on her. She's swift, has teleportation powers that make locking onto her impossible, and can deflect arrows with her spinning attack, making up for her lack of stamina with unpredictable skill.
Lord Burroughs
Click here for his Dark Gentleman disguise
Voiced by: Paul Humpoletz (English), Takeshi Taniguchi (Japanese)
Also known as "The Dark Gentleman", he's the main villain behind the game, an abusive British lord from a few centuries ago who tormented his subjects out of a superiority complex and pleasure. One day, his precious daughter died in an accident and he went insane out of grief. His subjects eventually attacked his castle, and he died after failing into the gears of the castle's clock tower.It is eventually revealed that his daughter was a Rooder and he planned to sacrifice her to obtain godhood. He corrupted and eventually took over the body of Alyssa's grandfather, Dick Hamilton (who is a descendant of his) to complete his long-desired ascension to godhood by sacrificing Alyssa in a dark ritual.
- BFS: His weapon.
- Big Bad: He's behind everything that happens to Alyssa in the game. His end goal is to marry Alyssa in a dark ritual to become an Entity, by cutting out her heart and drinking its blood.
- Damage-Sponge Boss: Lord Burroughs has tons of health compared to any other boss in the game; combined with the fact that you yourself can't heal in the middle of a boss fight, and fighting him is very much a matter of chipping away at his health while outlasting his attacks and making sure not to take too much damage.
- Death by Irony: Lord Burroughs met his demise by falling into the clock tower; Dick as Burroughs meets the same fate. Also a Shout-Out to how Bobby died in First Fear.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Lord Burroughs was said to have loved his daughter Annabelle deeply, and her death left him absolutely devastated. Dick also clearly loves Alyssa... too much. Subverted in that he seems to think nothing of having Nancy, his daughter, killed for "betraying" him.
- Evil Is Hammy: Thanks to his deep voice.
- Fat Bastard: Subverted.
- Godhood Seeker: His ultimate goal by sacrificing Alyssa.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Courtesy of Alyssa's energy sword.
- Kick the Dog: He had his daughter Nancy killed for interfering with his plan to sacrifice Alyssa, and again a second time in front of Alyssa's eyes.
- Long-Range Fighter: Oddly enough.
- The Man Behind the Monsters: After merging with the evil spirit of Darcy Burroughs and becoming the "Dark Gentleman", Dick is effectively the one commanding the Subordinates.
- Meaningful Name: It's hard to pick between this and Punny Name, as it's meaningful, and punny at the same time, yet very apt. Whether it's intentional or not, he lives up to his name. Within the context of the story, the fact that Dick's name starts with "D" is important as it ties Dick and Darcy together into the same role of having unhealthy relationships with their teenage offspring and desiring to perform the Ritual of Engagement to become one with them. Discovering this connection is what causes him to finally jump off that slippery slope and commit to ripping out Alyssa's heart.
- Mirror Boss: Lord Burroughs has the same fighting style as Alyssa, only throwing energy balls instead of using a bow, and his energy balls have the exact same tethering effect as Alyssa's Rooder arrows. He even has a super move similar to Alyssa's if he manages to hit her with three tethers, just like Alyssa can do to Subordinates.
- Murder the Hypotenuse: Why he murdered his son-in-law, Phillip, for marrying his daughter and convincing Nancy to not raise Alyssa as a Rooder. Which is odd because..."Why did Nancy have to marry a man like you? A man with no spine, no spirit!"
- Neck Lift: Done during his Life Drain move.
- Obviously Evil: His Dark Gentleman disguise. All black and a deep voice.
- Offing the Offspring: He had Nancy (his daughter) killed for trying to protect Alyssa (his granddaughter). The latter he plans on marrying in a dark ritual that ends with cutting out her heart to drink her blood.
- Parental Incest: Just like Kay in Clock Tower II, he had repressed feelings for Nancy when she was young, then transferred his feelings to Alyssanote Which in turn...
- Pater Familicide: Subverted, but oh boy, explanation above.
- Take My Hand!: Attempts this when Alyssa is dangling from the clock tower. Naturally, he's only trying to manipulate her.
- The Reveal: He's Alyssa's grandfather, corrupted by his evil ancestor.
- Start of Darkness: When he found the book of Entities.
- Unholy Nuke: His super move, in contrast to Alyssa's Holy Hand Grenade.
- Walking Spoiler: Half of the entries here.
- Yandere: Dick murdered his son-in-law out of jealousy that Nancy married a man he perceived as a spineless coward. His goal is to kill Alyssa and drink her blood so that they can always be together as an Entity.
Spirits and Others
May Norton
Voiced by: Unknown (English), Iku Nakahara (Japanese)
A pianist whose father is involved in World War II, resulting in her living alone until his return. After failing to win the Piano Concord, which would air her performance on the radio and allow her father to hear her, May is violently killed by Sledgehammer and stuck in an endless loop of failure.- Adorably Precocious Child: She fixes her father's clothing for him, according to her journal.
- Dad's Off Fighting in the War: She lived on her own while her father was away serving in the war.
- Death of a Child: She was only 12 years old when Sledgehammer killed her.
- Girlish Pigtails: Sports a pair.
- Kill the Cutie: Poor little May...
- Memento MacGuffin: Her father's musical pocket watch, which he had on him at the time of his death. Alyssa uses it to finally reunite their spirits.
- Pink Means Feminine: She wears a pink sweater and socks, along with matching ribbons in her hair. The dress she wore on the night of her murder was also pink.
William Norton
Voiced by: Nick Hutchison (English), Ken Nakaide (Japanese)
The father of May Norton and owner of Norton's Tailor. He was drafted into the second World War, where he died without knowing the tragic fate of his beloved daughter.- Sharp-Dressed Man: He wears a pretty nice suit.
- Stairway to Heaven: When his spirit appears to May, he's standing on an ethereal staircase.
Albert Rand
Voiced by: Unknown (English), Hiroyuki Sase (Japanese)
A toymaker who takes care of his elderly mother. He is blinded and brutally killed by Corroder, doomed to endlessly search for his mother throughout all eternity.- Cruel and Unusual Death: Burned alive in a vat of acid alongside his blind and elderly mother. "Cruel" is putting it lightly.
- Extremely Protective Child: He tried taking on Corroder to protect his mother, but sadly failed.
- Eye Scream: An unfortunate fate that he and his mother suffered as a result of their deaths, causing them to both bleed from the eyes as ghosts.
- Friend to All Children: He's a toymaker, and is always making something new for the children in the neighborhood.
- Nice Guy: Enjoys making toys for children and knits a shawl for his mother during his spare time.
Dorothy Rand
Voiced by: Richenda Carey (English), Mitsue Mori (Japanese)
A blind, elderly woman who lives with her son. She is brutally killed by Corroder and doomed to wait for her wandering son for all eternity.- Cruel and Unusual Death: She horrifically burns alive in a vat of acid alongside her son, who had attempted to save her.
- Eye Scream: As if the poor woman's eyes didn't have it bad enough to begin with, things become even worse for her in death, as she now bleeds from them.
- Memento MacGuffin: The shawl that Albert knitted for her ends up being the key to putting their souls to rest, and also restores their sight.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Dorothy willingly took in John Haigh, thinking he was kin in need of somewhere to stay. For her kindness, she and Albert were brutally murdered.
Philip Hamilton
Voiced by: Unknown (English), Hiroshi Kawachi (Japanese)
Alyssa's father, who passed away just after she was born. In reality, Dick had murdered him and made it seem like an accident.- Dirty Coward: How Dick saw him, though he is an Unreliable Narrator.
- Disappeared Dad: Thanks to a jealous father-in-law.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Nothing is known about Alyssa's father, how he met Nancy, how he reacted to her heritage, or what his personality was like. We only get one scene with him, and he immediately dies.
Linda Owens
Voiced by: Unknown
The older sister of Dennis Owens, who is Promoted to Parent and takes care of her brother while working as a nurse in a refugee camp in Africa. She is introduced in the Scissor Twins' level but is revealed to be Jemima in disguise.- Uncertain Doom: Is Linda working in a refugee camp, unaware of the events going on, or did the Scissor Twins kill her to take her identity? The game gives no indication.
