BLACK SOULS Characters
A spoiler-controlled roster for both games. Filter by game, type, recruitable, missable or ending. Character pages that say full route tell you where they appear, what to do at each progression beat, and what permanently closes the line. Leaf, Red Hood and Mabel have full published routes. The other 13 detail pages now have source-reviewed prerequisites, encounter order, lockouts and rewards; they remain excluded from external search until a current Steam playthrough and original captures verify them.
Data and page structure reviewed. Reviewed . Steam completion rates use the July 2026 global-stat snapshot and indicate popularity, not route triggers. Currently 3 of 16 character pages contain full routes; 13 additional routes have a community-source cross-check and remain noindex pending first-hand captures. 18 additional named NPCs are listed without a separate URL.Methodology· Report a correction.
| Character | Appears in | Type | First location | Recruitable | Missable | Ending | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS1 · BS2 | heroine | Holy Forest, north (BS1) / Queensland sealed jail (BS2 identity) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full | |
| BS1 · BS2 | heroine | Red Hood's House via Holy Forest boat (BS1) / Lutwidge Town bridge at SEN 0 (BS2) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full | |
| BS2 | heroine | Queensland Mystery Maze / white door | No | No | Yes | Source-reviewed | |
| BS2 | npc / boss | Chaos Dungeon (early glimpses) / Winterbell wine house (named visit) | No | Yes | Yes | Full | |
| BS2 | npc | Queensland sealed jail | No | Yes | Yes | Source-reviewed | |
| BS2 | npc | Park of Fog | No | No | — | Source-reviewed | |
| BS2 | npc | Duchess Mansion / Red Castle Frissel | No | Yes | — | Source-reviewed | |
| BS1 | heroine | Witch House | Yes | Yes | Yes | Source-reviewed | |
| BS1 · BS2 | heroine | Fort Ivern (ashes) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Source-reviewed | |
| BS2 | npc | Carroll River | No | Yes | — | Source-reviewed | |
| BS1 | heroine | House of Truth, Rotten Burg | Yes | Yes | Yes | Source-reviewed | |
| BS1 | heroine | Tainted Bog (Sin 5+) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Source-reviewed | |
| BS1 · BS2 | heroine | Holy Forest (progression 3) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Source-reviewed | |
| BS1 | heroine | Match shop / Rotten Burg | Yes | Yes | Yes | Source-reviewed | |
| BS1 · BS2 | heroine | Holy Forest (progression 1) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Source-reviewed | |
| BS1 | heroine | Behemoth Ranch (Master Key) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Source-reviewed |
Character route pages

Leaf
BS1 · BS2Leaf is the first companion most players meet in BLACK SOULS and the face of its most-completed character ending (28%). In BLACK SOULS II, Mary Ann (Leaf) gives one ring in Queensland; that same item unlocks the achievement and gates the hidden F/G route.

Red Hood
BS1 · BS2The wolf-hunting girl of the Grimm tale. In BLACK SOULS she is a paid recruit with a mother she must not meet. In BLACK SOULS II she is the SEN-0 bonfire ghost whose ten meetings open Ending G — and therefore DLC3 and Ending H.

Alice
BS2The girl at the heart of Wonderland. BLACK SOULS II is built on Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and Alice herself anchors the game's most-completed ending.

Mabel
BS2Mabel, Girl of Nihility, is threaded through BLACK SOULS II as a voice, a Chaos Dungeon bartender, a Winterbell drunk, a boss, and the person standing between you and Leiden. None of her three tracked events are on the critical path to Alice End — all three are easy to miss.

Mary Ann
BS2Mary Ann is the name used for Leaf in BLACK SOULS II's Queensland jail event. Leaving the meeting peacefully gives the single Leaf's Ring used by both the achievement and hidden F/G route.

Cheshire Cat
BS2The grinning cat of Wonderland, found early in the Park of Fog. Playing with him is one of the first optional discoveries most players make in BLACK SOULS II.

Duchess
BS2Carroll's pepper-loving Duchess, reimagined with a taste for the rare and the forbidden. She appears across several optional events — from the croquet grounds of Red Castle Frissel to the Walrus' Dwelling.

Dorothy
BS1The girl from the Wizard of Oz thread of BLACK SOULS. Her personal ending is completed by about a quarter of players, and the Oz motif she carries continues into the sequel's Fairy Tale collection.

Jeanne d'Arc
BS1 · BS2The saint of Orléans, dragged into the Lost Empire's mist. Her route in BLACK SOULS spans both an ending and one of the game's rarest boss fights, and her legend persists in BLACK SOULS II as a collectible Folk Tale.

Humpty Dumpty
BS2The proud egg from Through the Looking-Glass, sitting on his wall in Wonderland. Feed him enough souls and something unprecedented hatches.

Victoria
BS1A heroine whose route runs through one of the deep tier's defining fights — the Demon of Desire. Her ending is completed by 24.2% of players; her boss form by only 20%.

Miranda
BS1One of the quieter heroines of BLACK SOULS — no boss achievement carries her name, only her ending, completed by 23% of players.

Catherine
BS1 · BS2The saint at the bottom of the rarity table. Saint Catherine is the single rarest boss kill in BLACK SOULS (11.4%), her ending is completed by 22.9% of players, and her legend returns in BLACK SOULS II as the Folk Tale [Saint of Alexandria].

Elma
BS1The second-rarest character ending in BLACK SOULS (21.6%) — and, like Miranda, a route with no boss achievement attached. Elma's story is deep because it is easy to lose, not because it is hard to fight.

Elisabeth
BS1 · BS2The Blood Countess as heroine: the rarest character ending in BLACK SOULS (21.3%), a late-game boss fight (18.3%), and a Folk Tale in the sequel whose achievement is titled 'Forgive Me for What I've Done'.

Goose (Golden Goose)
BS1The strangest entry in the character-ending table: a route that ends in the Goose End (22.1%) and runs through the Golden Goose fight — one of the rarest in the game at 14%.
Roster without a page yet
These names already show up in endings, the map and tools. They do not get their own URL until a route is documented and reviewed — that is deliberate. Search still finds them from the notes below.
| Name | Game | Type | First location | Why they matter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Rabbit Node | BS2 | companion | Rabbit Hole / Clock Tower | Ending B is taken with Node at Covenant Lv3. |
| Foolish Bird Dodo | BS2 | npc | Park of Fog | Teaches Run like Dodo. Do not feed to the Duchess if you want this line. |
| Lizard Bill | BS2 | npc | Billingsgate Fish Market | Covenant Lv3 required for Ending B. |
| Caterpillar Shisha | BS2 | npc | Spore Forest | Covenant Lv3 required for Ending B. |
| Hatta the Hatter | BS2 | npc | Endless Tea Party | Covenant Lv3 required for Ending B. |
| Mock Turtle | BS2 | npc | Beach of Grief restaurant | Covenant + Griffy soup line. |
| Wolris the Walrus | BS2 | npc | Oysters' Rotted Sea | Covenant Lv3 required for Ending B. |
| Tweedle Twins | BS2 | npc | Looking-Glass grounds | Covenant Lv3 required for Ending B. |
| Vernai | BS2 | quest | Rabbit Hole | Moonlight Greatsword / moon visit. Four talks + three summons. |
| Griffy | BS2 | quest | Beach of Grief | Turtle Soup two-step. Fails if you leave without the soup. |
| Leiden | BS2 | quest | Winterbell / Lion's Fort | Must be saved from Mabel. DLC3. |
| Unis | BS2 | quest | Lion's Fort | Spare after betrayal for 8.6% event. DLC3. |
| Prickett | BS2 | npc | Queensland | Three talks open the boss door for Leaf's Ring. Her ring decides Hell vs Heartbroken. |
| Carnacki | BS2 | npc | Winterbell Throne Room | The Ghost-Finder (14.6%). Clasp his shoulder. |
| Kuti | BS2 | npc | Beach of Grief | Talk after she floods the beach (9.6%). |
| Gerda & Kai | BS2 | quest | Temple / Snow Queen thread | Strictest base-game failure: both must live. |
| Poro | BS1 · BS2 | companion | Red Hood's House | Follows Red Hood. Fights beside her as a boss and as a summon. |
| Baphomet | BS1 | boss | Black Court, Tainted Bog | Ending D contract. Sin must be under 5 to get an audience. |