Alan Wake / Characters and factions

Alan Wake Characters and factions

Identify Alan, Alice, Barry and the Bright Falls contacts.

Edition covered

Original 2010 Xbox 360 game and its 2012 PC release; pictures show the original PC version. The Signal and The Writer are separate special episodes. Alan Wake Remastered and Alan Wake 2 mechanics are excluded.

5 characters · one picture per entry · open a picture for full size.

Characters and factions

Playable novelist

Alan Wake

Searches for his missing wife in Bright Falls.

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Alan's wife

Alice Wake

Her disappearance drives the investigation.

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Literary agent and friend

Barry Wheeler

Comes to help Alan.

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Bright Falls sheriff

Sarah Breaker

Investigates the town's crisis.

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Psychiatrist

Emil Hartman

Runs Cauldron Lake Lodge.

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Quick notes

Character directory. Alan is the playable novelist, and Alice's disappearance initiates his search.
Organizations and relationships. The Taken are people overtaken by darkness, while the Dark Presence is the wider supernatural force.
Who the player controls. The original game follows Alan.
Read the manuscript for other perspectives. Departure pages can describe events involving people away from Alan's immediate location.

Organizations and relationships

Setting and relationship reference
Name	Connection	Useful distinction
Taken	People possessed by darkness	Light removes their protection.
Dark Presence	Supernatural force	Influences Bright Falls and the lake.
Bright Falls	Town and surrounding wilderness	The campaign setting.
Departure	Manuscript	Collected pages describe the unfolding story.

References

Guide references
Reference	Website
Publisher game description and pictures	store.steampowered.com
Original publisher manual	store.steampowered.com