The following is a list of characters in the game The Sinking City.
List of characters[]
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
- Vincent - Sailor from Boston who offer a side case Bounty of the Sea
- Raymond Archer - Treasure hunter who was working with Joseph Hill, then became the vessel for Usha.
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
- Victor Olmstead - Owner of the Devil's Reef Hotel
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