Characters

The following is a list of characters in the game The Sinking City.

Outsiders/Newcomers

 * Charles W. Reed - Private investigator from Boston, former U.S. Navy sailor (Protagonist)
 * Johannes van der Berg - Scholar with an interest in the visions afflicting Reed
 * Glenn Byers - Charles Reed-lookalike who was blackmailed to 'kill' van der Berg

Oakmont Notables

 * Caleb Lyons - Captain of the Coverside Police Precinct
 * Brutus Carpenter - Wealthy and influential citizen seeking immortality
 * Graham Carpenter - Brutus Carpenter's son
 * Herbert Glover - Art collector
 * Milton Pierce - Mayoral candidate
 * Agatha Pierce - Milton Pierce's mother
 * Albert Throgmorton - One of Robert Throgmorton's sons, missing after a deep sea expedition
 * Robert Throgmorton - Head of the prestigious Throgmorton family
 * Ebernote Blackwood - Member of the Blackwood Grand Family
 * Dr. Grant - Doctor of the Hospital of St. Mary

Residents of Oakmont

 * Frank - Brutus Carpenter's most trusted subordinate
 * Harriet Dough - Professor, leader of a missing expedition
 * James Warren - Crematorium worker
 * Joy Hayden - Librarian at Oakmont University Library, former singer
 * Lewis Flynn - An Innsmouther fisherman
 * Philip O'Connel - Alias "Squint", a burglar
 * Sidney Stokes - Philip O'Connel's accomplice
 * Anna Liddel - Prominent EOD member
 * George Cavendish - Professor at Oakmont University
 * Joseph Hill - Local archaeologist
 * Fred - Rogue member of EOD
 * Billy Drunnon - Seven Oaks bar regular and gang leader

Supernatural Beings

 * Granny Weaver - Originally Anne Osborne, a Salem witch; now allegedly torments those who gossip about the strange happenings in Oakmont
 * Lord of the Woods - A deity worshipped by an old, secretive church
 * Usha - An undead Mayan priestess who got revived by Joseph Hill

Other Persons of Note

 * The Book Collector (unseen) - Acquirer of strange and ancient tomes, now missing and presumed dead
 * Obed Marsh - Member of the Marsh family is closely related to the Blackwoods