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Marlow Green

Chronic Hero Syndrome: Marlow just can't help himself, though this often jeopardises whatever mission he's been tasked to do.
Establishing Character Moment: Marlow's introduction is him getting expelled from school, after a history of doing so and adding to his motivation of burning bridges.
Hero with an F in Good: When trying to save Charlie's life by bringing him into their engine, Charlie opens the door to Mammon who slaughters everybody inside the Pigeon's Nest and connect the two engines.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's rude and crass. He runs away and burns his bridges to avoid confrontation. He just has to pick the wrong time to insult someone. In short, he's just kind of a dick. But in his moments of sincerity he can be very supporting to his friends and the people he cares about.
Spirit Advisor: Marlow's older brother Danny, who had died while in service. Marlow often turns towards his brother for his advice when making difficult decisions.

Pan

Action Girl: Pan's contracts makes her exceedingly more complicated and powerful, and she's not hesitant to jump into the fight and demonstrate how she uses them.
Dark and Troubled Past: Pan spent most of her childhood in the foster care system, and in Hellraisers reveals how she almost went to prison for killing the man who sexually assaulted her.

Herc

Charlie Alvarez

Teeny Weenie: Commented on by Pan, as Charlie walks around in the nude having his clothes been burnt off.
Trojan Prisoner: In the ending of Hellraisers when Charlie opens the Red Door for Mammon to breach the Engine.
Wreathed in Flames: Gains this ability in Hellfighters after making his contract with the engine.

Truck

Ambiguously Gay: Truck is implied to be this. When Marlow first enters the engine, Hanson yells after him "to make sure he doesn't think about Pan without clothes on" in order to trick Marlow into making a stupid extra contract. It works on Marlow, but Pan notes that Hanson tried to do the same thing with Truck, to no avail as Truck is "of a different persuasion".
The Big Guy: Of the gentle giant variety, but his size is frequently exaggerated in his character descriptions.
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: As the huge guy to Night's tiny girl.
Theme Naming: His Engineer name as he always makes a contract for super strength, much like one of a truck's.

Night

Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: As the tiny girl to Truck's huge guy.
Street Urchin: According to Pan's recollections, Night had been living a rough life in Hell's Kitchen and with a partner in crime, would pickpocket tourists as they were guided on tours.