Names are hard. Here are some quick explanations to jog your memory. BEWARE OF SPOILERS! All statuses (Alive/Deceased/etc.) are stated here as of the epilogue of The Unsleeping City. Some statuses may have changed since then, so proceed to character pages with caution!!
- Note: Characters introduced in the second season of The Unsleeping City (The Unsleeping City: Chapter II) are listed on the Chapter II NPC Guide.
PC Families[]
Human - Alive Pete the Plug's father. Lives in upstate New York and shows up to bring Pete back home. Floats away on bubbles and disappears into Nod when he tries to deadname Pete. | |
Human - Alive Kingston Brown's mother. Frequently makes him food in tupperware which she slips into his bag before work. | |
Human - Alive Kingston Brown's father. An avid John Wayne fan. Plays dominoes with Pete and wins $400. | |
Claude Brown | Human - Alive Kingston Brown's cousin. Lives with Kingston and his parents along with his kids, Eliza, Jamil, and Cooper. |
Eliza, Jamil, and Cooper Brown | Humans - Alive Kingston Brown's nieces and nephews. They play a lot of video games, frequently causing them to be late for school. |
Humans - Deceased Late husband of Sofia Bicicleta. Accountant by day, mystical monk by night. | |
Humans - Alive Sofia Bicicleta's parents. They are separated and live on Staten Island. They didn't like Dale Lee, and were constantly trying to convince Sofia to come back home. Anthony worked for Robert Moses. | |
Human - Alive Sofia Bicicleta's brother. A failed fashion designer whose business went up in flames. Worked for Robert Moses. | |
Human - Alive Ricky Matsui's sister. Works at St. Owen's Hospital with Kingston Brown. Frequently tries to help Ricky get dates. | |
Vampire - Undead Kugrash's oldest son. Became a lawyer specializing in white-collar crime because of his father's deeds. Married to Diane with two kids, Matt and Delia. Was turned into a vampire. | |
Human - Alive Kugrash's youngest son. A former MTA worker who was able to see the Unsleeping City seemingly without having been inducted into it. Frequently left out notes and baskets of food for Kugrash, who spoke to him from the shadows as "Rat Jesus". He is now the new Santa Claus. |
The Waking World[]
Midsummer Nights[]
Humans - Alive Misty Moore's assistant and pianist respectively. | |
Perry LaFev | Human - Alive The director of the show Midsummer Nights. Has worked with Misty Moore multiple times before. |
Rebecca | Human - Alive A fan of Misty Moore. Attended one of the previews for Midsummer Nights with her family. |
Dupree St. Croix | Human - Alive A Broadway critic from the New York Times, called "The Grey Lady". Attends Midsummer Nights sitting in the front row and is endlessly pleased by Misty's unconventional performance. |
Other[]
Human - Alive Russia mob doctor in New York City. Performed Pete's top surgery. | |
Human - Alive Pete the Plug's supplier. | |
Human - Alive Ex-girlfriend of Pete. | |
Marta | Human - Alive The grandmother of Yagdash Scrovich. Formerly housed Pete, kicked him out after she discovered he was a drug dealer. |
Yagdash Scrovich | Human - Alive The grandson of Marta. Likes to go to parties and used to buy drugs from Pete, his former housemate. |
Johnny | Man who thanks Kingston for helping his sister. |
Human - Alive New York City bus driver. | |
The Johns | Humans - Alive Ricky Matsui's colleagues at the New York Fire Department. All three of them are named John. |
Human - Alive The owner of a local café that Kingston Brown visits frequently for coffee. | |
Ricky | Human - Alive The owner of a dumpling cart, recently grew a mustache to please his girlfriend. |
Sean | Human - Alive The owner of an Irish bar that Sofia visits. Is baffled when Sofia asks if there is a Kindle she can read. |
Tina and Richard | Humans - Alive Tina is a bride-to-be that visits Sean's bar, engaged to Richard. |
The Unsleeping City[]
Gramercy Occult Society[]
Human - Deceased Archmage of the Gramercy Occult Society. | |
Human - Alive Proctor of the Clinton Hill Chantry and a very powerful wizard. | |
Vampires - Undead Wizards and the granddaughters of Alejandro Ortiz. | |
Statues - Alive Stone guardians of the Gramercy Occult Society Headquarters. | |
Gargoyle - Alive Gargoyle doorknob to the Clinton Hill Chantry. | |
Weapon - Alive |
Order of the Concrete Fist[]
Human - Alive First Fist of the Monastery of the Midnight Sun. Retires and gives his position over to Sofia Bicicleta. |
Robert & Co.[]
Lich - Deceased Master of making deals. Built the highway hex to cut off Hell and Faerie in New York. | |
Succubus - Deceased Representative of Hell. Engaged to Robert Moses. | |
Pixie - Alive Pixie mob boss of New York. | |
Pinky and Twinkle | Pixies - Alive Goons who work for Don Confetti. |
Centaur - Deceased Centaur police officer that works for the NYPD of the Unsleeping City. | |
Faires/Pixies - Alive Attendees at Angela and Ronald's wedding. Includes: Rourke Redcap, one head of the fairy mafia; Greg Prickthorn, the Consigliere; some domovoy that are Russian fairies; and a water nixie spirit as part of the band. | |
Melissa | Human - Alive A young woman present at the wedding being used as food for the vampires in Robert's party. |
Critters[]
Fred and Marty | Cockroaches - Alive Leaving town because Santa Claus' sleigh had crashed and they had seen a flash of green light. |
Lenny | Squirrel - Alive Loves Christmas and stealing. Stole someone's keys. |
Ronald Pigeon | Pigeon - Alive A pigeon that is engaged to Angela Confetti. He comes from good stock. |
Pigeon - Alive A pigeon who is madly in love with Kugrash. | |
Rats - Deceased A false monarch of the sewers that has a vendetta against Kugrash. It is a being comprised of a bunch of rats tied together by their tails acting as one. | |
Spirit Steed (Dalmatian) - Alive Ricky Matsui's steed. Can never die, because you can never kill hope, and also because he is made of light. Is a good boy. | |
Spider - Alive A spider spinning a web in the alley of the Art Show Space. Catches Sofia Bicicleta as she falls from the roof, and she makes him a pompadour out of his web for him. | |
Albino Alligators | Alligators - Various Former minions of the Rat King. One of them desires to be a king, another one of them wishes to be on Broadway. |
Humans[]
Human - Deceased A spirit for the children of the world and a powerful sorcerer. He is the current incantation of a long line of Santas after St. Nick. | |
Human - Alive Powerful wizards and Esther's cursed mother and grandmother. | |
Human - Alive A frequent patient of Kingstons who can identify magical artifacts by shoving them up his rectum. | |
Human - Deceased Broadway legend. | |
Human - Alive Kingston's ex-wife. A resident of the waking world that was unwillingly dragged into the Unsleeping City. Became the district attorney of the Unsleeping City. | |
Josefina Gatsby | Human - Deceased Vox Phantasma of the 1920's. A wealthy heiress who threw the best parties. |
Emma Lazarus | Human - Deceased Vox Phantasma of the late 1800's. Writer of the poem inscribed on Lady Liberty's tablet. |
Other[]
Statue - Alive The iron angel atop the Bethesda Fountain and guards the waters of New York. | |
Brick Golem - Alive The Golem of Williamsburg. | |
Cat Spirit - Alive Guardian of a cosmic Bodega that contains rare magical artifacts and treasures. | |
Shit Elemental - Alive Friend of Kugrash and Willy. Often participates in Willy's poker night. | |
Dragon - Deceased Ancient being that lives in the New York subway. Chose Kingston to be the Vox Populi with the Eternal Token. | |
Pixie - Alive Fifth daughter of Don Confetti. Marries Ronald Pigeon. | |
Priapus | Satyr - Alive Associate of Misty Moore. |
Clock Gnome - Alive High Priestess of the central chapel to clocks and clockwork. | |
Clock Gnome - Alive Innovative Clock Gnome. | |
Dragon Train - Alive Draconic locomotive. | |
Green and Red | Animated Light - Alive Friends of Willy. They often participate in Willy's poker night. They don't have the healthiest relationship. |
Stained Glass Saint | Stained Glass Being - Alive Friend of Willy. Lost a lot of money at Willy's poker nights. |
Nod, the Sixth Borough[]
Dream Monarch - Alive The monarch of the Sixth Borough. | |
Dream Being - Alive Showed Pete the Sixth Borough for the first time. Has made out with Misty Moore. | |
Dream Rat - Alive Welcomes Pete to the Sixth Borough, helps Alejandro Ortiz summon the Train to Nod. | |
Mermaid - Alive Waitress at Poseidon's Diner, serves The Dream Team. | |
Dream Mint - Alive Tells Ricky Matsui that he is intended to be eaten after a meal. Covered in their own urine. | |
Mutant Santa Clones | Mutant Clones - Deceased Faulty clones of Santa Claus. |
Wasp Centaur - Deceased Leader of the Bugsters. Desires to become real. | |
Dream Insectoids - Deceased A hoard of dream insectoids who tried to invade the Waking World, specifically Astoria, Queens and La Gran Gata's Bodega. Tricked Pete the Plug into letting them out of Nod. | |
Ghosts - Undead Formerly commanded by the Onyx Badge of Epona Cirillo. Their goal was to kill Nod to be released from their bonds. | |
L-Train Carriage Whimsical train carriage to dreaming that is never on time. | |
Celestial Paragon - Alive | |
Dream Being - Alive Kissed Pete the Plug the first time he was in Nod. | |
Marble Pianist | Dream Being - Alive A marble statue that plays the accompaniment to "Fly Me to the Moon and Back" as Misty Moore sings. |
Estebans | Cherry Tomatoes - Deceased A bunch of cherry tomatoes in a Tupperware container of salad that are all named Esteban. Eaten by Ricky Matsui. |
Mobster Sleeping with the Fishes | Human - Deceased Sleeps on a king-sized bed under the East River, surrounded by a bunch of fish. Crossed Lucky Luciano, a Don, while they were alive. |
Randy | Rat-Man - Deceased After killing himself he ended up in Nod at the Mouth of Hell in the rat race. His soul looks like a rat. An old friend of Kugrash. |
The Statue of Liberty | Statue - Alive She holds her torch towards The Golden Door. Meets Ricky Matsui and Kugrash in Nod. Willy has a crush on her. |
Faerie[]
Archfey - Deceased Queen of the Seelie court. | |
Satyr - Alive Herald of the Unseelie court. | |
Fearie - Alive Representative of the Seelie court. Asks a favor of Rowan Berry to return her shoes so that the Seelie can have one of their artifacts back to defend themselves. | |
Fae - Deceased Servants of Titania. | |
King Oberon | Unseelie Fae - Alive King of the Unseelie court. Offered three boons to Rowan Berry if she would give the crown to the Unseelie Court. |
Pile of Leaves | Fae Leaves - Alive Says hubbub, hubbub, hubbub, hubbub in response to Rowan Berry refusing to make another Fae Monarchy. Scares Ricky Matsui. |