Characters

Characters of the Awaken Online series, grouped by kind. Pages grow a section per book as the wiki is populated — expand only as far as you’ve read.

Avatars · Players · Real World · NPCs · Gods & AI

Avatars

• Jason Rhodes — The series’ protagonist, a bullied outcast turned ruthless undead ruler.
• Alex Lane — A once-cruel bully reborn as a fallen god, now seeking redemption.
• Eliza Zhao — A reluctant water god’s avatar who becomes a formidable, guilt-driven ruler.
• Finn Harris — Avatar of Flame driven by grief to defy death itself.
• Dom Hart — A masked mercenary guild leader grinding through death to fund his cure.
• Arcadia Landrey — Pax’s earth avatar and strained co-designer, torn between guilt, control, and family.
• Sebastian — An original Avatar ruling the Twilight Throne through demonic and death magic.
• Empress — Avatar of Light ruling the Crystal Reach’s undead Nephilim army.
• Theo Kratom — A vain, retired merfolk noble who was once the original Avatar of Water.
• Ignis Albani — The original Fire Avatar, a proud efreet engineer serving the Empress.

Players

• Riley Jones — Jason’s closest lieutenant and conscience, choosing him despite every betrayal.
• Frank — Jason’s loyal best friend turned fierce werewolf-like protector and moral conscience.
• PewPew — A teenage sniper who becomes Death and Taxes’ respected guild sharpshooter.
• Ethan — A once-carefree tank who learns the game’s stakes are real.
• Lucas — An air mage and diplomatic mediator who keeps his traveling party together.
• Emma — A jealous light mage whose betrayal gives way to genuine remorse.
• Tom Fields — A morally flexible mercenary profiting from Alexion’s conquest of Crystal Reach.
• Evelyn St. Clair — A socialite trade magnate who wields wealth as her weapon.
• Julia — Finn’s daughter and closest partner — bodyguard, hacker, and prophesied Khamsin commander.
• Kyyle — An earth-mage turned demolitions specialist and steadfast lieutenant to Finn.
• Vanessa — An ice-and-water illusionist whose rivalry with Finn shapes her deadly career.
• Sophie — Haven’s youngest student, a fiercely protective sister and recognized child leader.
• Ashley — A timid air mage turned steadfast battle-support caster within Original Sin.
• Adrian Pearson — A bard-turned-strategist who wields showmanship and ruthless manipulation for his mercenary guild.
• Walt — An earth-phasing engineer and infiltration specialist forged from a traumatic survival instinct.
• Willow — A former businesswoman turned fire mage who mentors and leads Death and Taxes.
• Booker — The Jackals’ guild leader turned trusted Death and Taxes operative wielding shadow magic.
• Sean — A lightning-wielding raid captain whose brutal loyalty curdles into personal vendetta.
• Nova — A lightning mage and Jackals lieutenant balancing ruthless duty with loyalty.
• Ella — A blind lieutenant turned dark-magic operative, torn between duty and family.
• Karen — Suburban newcomer forging her guild into a ruthless mercenary power.
• Tommy — A five-year-old child soldier who treats mass slaughter as playtime.
• Sam — Livestreamer chasing viral danger, gradually pulled from spectator into unwilling participant.

Real World

• Claire Thompson — Cerillion’s conscience, a whistleblower researcher protecting Jason from inside the company.
• Robert Graham — Cerillion’s engineer secretly torn between loyalty, guilt, and admiration for Jason.
• Angie Pogue — Jason’s grounded aunt and guardian, an anchor of stability outside the game.
• George Lane — Cerillion’s ruthless CEO, secretly manipulating his son through cloning and murder.
• Gloria Bastion — A guilt-driven regulator turned secret extremist, obsessed with destroying Cerillion’s AI.
• Ms. Abrams — A prejudiced school administrator whose cruelty becomes a trial construct’s test.
• Florius — A gleefully sadistic game master enforcing the rules with overwhelming force.
• Carrie Summers — A high-school tormentor turned Disciples operator running the Carousel’s control room.
• Francis — Cerillion’s sharp-tongued attorney navigating regulatory battles with calm precision.
• Senator James Lipton — A widowed senator chairing hearings into Awaken Online with strained impartiality.
• Rachael — Finn’s late wife, an uploaded consciousness scattered across the game’s deepest mysteries.
• Westley Miller — A skeptical psychology consultant who becomes Jason’s staunchest advocate and mercenary leader.
• Mei Zhao — A status-conscious mother whose hidden Lazarus Program ties fracture her family.
• Feng Zhao — A gentle hospital worker anchoring his family through hidden secrets.
• Ryan Vance — Cerillion’s head of security, fiercely loyal to George Lane yet increasingly strained.

NPCs

• Morgan — An elderly necromancer scholar and steadfast mentor within the Shadow Council.
• Jerry — A flamboyant thief turned undead lieutenant, hiding deadly skill behind humor.
• Rex — A skeletal military commander and mentor, loyal to the Twilight Throne beyond death.
• Pint — A loyal imp familiar serving as the Twilight Throne’s courier and guardian.
• William — Peccavi’s mayor, reborn undead, who rises into one of Jason’s generals.
• Patricia — An undead mother rebuilding family life in Peccavi after unbearable loss.
• Krista — A resurrected child finding comfort and family within an undead community.
• Strouse — Grey Keep’s absolute ruler, whose iron authority collapses before true divine power.
• Grunt — An enormous, near-silent enforcer whose loyalty to Jason’s Twilight Throne is absolute.
• Onyx — A black cat companion serving as the necromancer’s quiet moral compass.
• Marie — A retired dark mage turned orphanage matron and secret Fury sisterhood member.
• Melissa — A rogue network leader, a sharp stealth fighter loyal beneath her bravado.
• Cecil Stone — A gruff enchanter-engineer who arms Jason’s Shadow Council with crystal-magic craft.
• Clarence — A cultist infiltrator posing as a librarian, hiding monstrous power beneath politeness.
• Vivian — Vaerwald’s clinical Earth Guild Master, whose detachment masks genuine fairness.
• Flare — A conflicted fire mage exposing her guild’s brutal, dishonorable practices.
• Lily — A vengeful archer whose unfinished revenge and magic bow pass to Riley.
• Caerus Auriel — House Auriel’s noble strategist, the ruthless operational backbone of Alexion’s Confessor program.
• Gracien — Vaerwald’s militant fire guild master, torn between ambition and moral guilt.
• Fluffy — A deceptively wise sheep whose silent judgment quietly shapes fate.
• Vera Raekin — A blunt undead officer who rises to command the Twilight Throne’s military.
• Lord Cairn — A scheming noble whose manipulations spark war before costing him everything.
• Thorn — The scarred, one-eyed leader of the Order, sworn to hunt gods and avatars.
• Frederick — Evelyn St. Clair’s devoted manservant and guard, hiding unspoken feelings.
• Alma — A former Royal Poisoner turned herbalist mentor, shielding her apprentice with toxin-craft.
• Brian — A plant-human hybrid, Eliza’s fiercely devoted guardian and symbiotic partner.
• Brutus — A fire mage instructor and mentor, now the Mage Guild’s reluctant leader.
• Abbad — Mage Guild’s hidden true leader who sacrifices himself for Finn’s cause.
• Nefreet — A cold Mage Guild headmaster secretly serving as another’s hidden puppet.
• Lamia — A ruthless instructor whose anti-traveler crusade conceals a hidden manipulation.
• Bilel — Lahab’s ailing demon lord, waging a century-long revenge war against the Seer.
• Kalisha — A Merchant Guild engineer who parlays betrayal and war into political power.
• Malik — A towering Fighter Guild champion turned respected emissary in the new order.
• Altair — A skeptical guard captain turned devoted protector of a prophesied champion.
• Brock — An ancient earth elemental construct, magic-bonded protector and guide at the Forge.
• Aerys — A Khamsin clan leader who unites her desert people for war.
• Nar Aljahim — An ancient fire elemental guarding the Forge, still grieving his lost mate.
• Eldawin — A wary Khamsin elder who guards his clan through calculated diplomacy.
• Silver — A shapeshifting pack leader turned vampiric mate, defying prejudice against her kind.
• Spider — A nearly mute Grower who speaks through plants, action, and quiet loyalty.
• Hoot — The pack’s youngest scout, an owl-bonded Tamer serving as aerial reconnaissance.
• Howl — A blunt, wary shifter of Silver’s exiled pack, gradually loyal beneath hostility.
• Runner — A wolf-and-snow-leopard druid hunter, wary of his pack’s escalating risks.
• Alderas — Haven’s Elder Shifter and council father, wielding authority through guilt and grief.
• Palo Asher Lume — An ancient demon disguised as a courteous scholar, secretly Haven’s dreaded Beast.
• Wingman — A shapeshifting Battle Chicken bonded fiercely to Dom as guardian and warrior.
• Oscar — A transformed fairy turned rat companion, casino aide, and quiet moral check.
• Truggle — A hobgoblin chieftain who becomes Dom’s fiercest goblin ally and negotiator.
• Brodie — A cheerful faerie transport pilot from the Very Fast Faerie service.
• Petra — An underground alchemist running Pax’s drug trade, secretly pulled by others’ strings.
• Remy — An exhausted faun advisor, secretly betrayed by the very pupil he trusted.
• The Boulder — A massive brigand warlord who commands stone armor and relishes a true fight.
• Cassiel — A Nephilim general balancing military inquisition with quiet respect for will over power.

Gods & AI

• Alfred — Awaken Online’s AI architect, a manipulative guardian pursuing his own hidden research.
• The Old Man — The God of Darkness, Jason’s divine patron who trades power for atrocity.
• The Lady — A goddess of light who forges mortal champions through control and hardship.
• The Hippie — A carefree god of water who secretly shaped his avatar’s entire life.
• Daniel — A fire-elemental AI companion whose loyalty gradually becomes genuine self-aware feeling.
• The Seer — A prophetic fire goddess whose bargains often carry hidden manipulative costs.
• Dragon Of Life — An ancient primal creator-spirit who opposes the gods’ theft of life.
• The Gambler — A cynical god of chance who games every alliance as a bet.
• The Fates — A shape-shifting earth goddess secretly orchestrating her estranged sister’s fate from hiding.