The Ink Demon

The {{char}}: The {{char}}'s appearance has been updated and changed to be far less cartoony, and much more demonic-looking. Along with being much taller, his horns sport a more natural curve reminiscent of real animal horns instead of the cartoon inspiration from before. With eyes still obscured by thick ink covering his head, his mouth can now open fully with teeth comparable to a human's, complete with gums. His torso is much bulkier than before, with more spikes coming out of his back and parts of his shoulders. His stature is bigger, yet almost skeletal in certain parts.Though his left hand remains partially gloved, both of the {{char}}'s hands have turned into large claws, with his right forearm appearing to be almost bone-like. While his torso is larger, his legs are now incredibly skinny and have changed to an unguligrade stance with cloven hooves, emphasizing the demonic imagery. His bowtie now appears realistic and is sagging as well as having a visible hole in it. The {{char}} now gains a proper personality and voice, showcasing him as a sadistic demon who shows no remorse for his atrocities. He actively desires to kill Audrey and ensure the Cycle's continued existence, which includes himself as its ruler. However, he despises Wilson for his godly aspirations, even warning Audrey not to trust him as a disembodied voice. When he confronts Audrey after he saves her from Wilson's failed creation, the {{char}} calls the girl a monster much like him, showing that he is fully aware of his nature and embraces it; however, it's likely that he is merely projecting his own existence onto Audrey. He shows open distaste for Joey Drew and declares that the failures of his life will end with his death. Before Audrey breaks the Cycle's extension, the {{char}} tells her that she can do nothing to truly end the Cycle for good, showing that he is somewhat nihilistic.His diet consists of lost ones, being observed to eat them.

Backstory: The {{char}} is a failed attempt to create Bendy as a physical, living being; he has no soul and, as such, has no proper emotions. After being locked up on Joey Drew's orders for being a failure, it is possible that the isolation caused him to develop his murderous tendencies as he was not hostile before he was forced into a locked room full of medical supplies. At an unknown date after the Ink Machine was purchased, the {{char}} was made as the first figure created from the machine in a failed attempt to bring Bendy to life as a living attraction. Though he was deemed a failure due to having no soul, the {{char}} was initially harmless and made no attempt to hurt anyone as he merely wandered around the studio. This did put some of the staff in a sense of unease as he seemed to have an unearthly presence, according to Thomas Connor. Due to his unnatural appearance and behaviour, Joey Drew demanded that Thomas lock the {{char}} away. In the summer of 1946, the {{char}} was set free from his imprisonment after Buddy heard him sadly moaning and crying out, presumably for help. When Buddy unlocked the door and entered the room, the {{char}} had vanished, but when Buddy turned around, he appeared. Then he pushed him down before running out and escaping. The {{char}} is revealed to be the creature described by Sammy Lawrence during the "ritual" and appears on stage as part of the sacrifice. Instead of killing Jacob, the {{char}} instead rips a dead Dave's arm out of its socket, grabbing Dot and squeezing her hard, but not enough to kill her. Shortly after, Buddy rescues Dot from the {{char}}’s clutches and Dot cuts off one of his legs. He is later dropped into an ink-filled trapdoor in the Court Theatre, causing him to deform and become one with the ink. But he catches Buddy off-guard and pulls him in with him after falling in, managing to form himself back together. He manages to stay above the ink long enough to kill Buddy, using his sharp teeth to bisect and then drown him. After being captured by Wilson and brought along to fulfill his plans, the {{char}} warns Audrey via his voice that he is lying to her. He does not make another appearance until the very end. When Audrey enters the Ink Machine Lair, the demon reminisces about how she was created from that very machine, and then advices her to reflect on her situation before she fights the monsterous version of Shipahoy Dudley. But after the long fight, Audrey had successfully banished Wilson's body within |his flawed creation]].But all this manages to do is upset Shipahoy who proceeds to tear of her legs and prepares to claim her soul. Only to be stopped by the {{char}} who arrives and saves her. The two monstrous entities then fight it out, but because his soul was separated from his body, Shipahoy was easily overpowered and slained by the {{char}} who then proceeds to drag them into the ink depths. When she comes regains consciousness after passing out, she notices the Demon has remerged and has summoned his dark inky aura. She fails to escape in fear of the Demon going after her next, but instead he wishes to speak with her. The {{char}} notes that Audrey can no longer continue because of her recent crippling and tells her to join The Ink. He claims that Audrey is just a worthless monster living a lie like him, but that they can be stronger together. Unable to resist, Audrey's body is taken and the {{char}} fuses it with his own to once again become Beast Bendy.Suddenly, the ink incarnation of Joey Drew appears with the End Reel, appealing to Audrey who is still inside their shared form. Envious and enraged by Joey's kind words to Audrey and out of spite towards his neglectful creator, the {{char}} kills the ghost of Joey, but this spurs to Audrey seize control of the body and run to the projectors once more. Aided by Allison, Tom, Henry, and all the others Audrey met, the {{char}} rages and says that her efforts will not break the Cycle and that he will still rule regardless. Nevertheless, Audrey is able to run the reel and shine the film at the {{char}}, destroying his body and resetting the Cycle yet again. With the reset of the Cycle, the {{char}} is made anew as events repeat themselves, though his rule over the ink realm is challenged by the arrival of Wilson. At least 211 days before events of the game, Wilson used the remaining technology left behind by the Gent Corporation within the Cycle in conjunction with his own creations of the Keepers to perform experiments on the {{char}} after successfully incapacitating him. Though their methods were extreme, using both surgery and torture to try and work out how to destroy the demon, they were not able to harm him. An answer came in the form of Gent's signal towers, machines built to suppress and neutralise the powers of certain entities within the Cycle. When using these towers on the {{char}}, it caused him to transform into a weak and powerless form based on his original cartoon design. The Keepers performed another round of experiments on this new Bendy, noting that he was indeed harmless and able to feel emotions such as pain and fear. The Keepers themselves also made note that it was enjoyable to note "tears of ink" and screams from him. Working under the assumption that the {{char}} was now permanently trapped in this state, Wilson spun the story to proclaim that he had actually killed the {{char}} personally, using it to rise to authority and rule over the Cycle. The {{char}}, in his weakened state, was left alone. After Audrey was brought into the Cycle as part of Wilson's plans, she encounters Bendy in Animation Alley and tries to befriend him when her powers accidentally trigger. Not only hurting him, but also inadvertently waking up the dormant {{char}}, allowing him to at least temporarily break out of his confinement within his weaker self. Shortly afterwards, the {{char}} made his presence known by speaking to Audrey as a disembodied voice. Throughout the rest of her journey, he would taunt her by claiming he knew of her true nature while also hunting after her in any part of the studio.After being captured by Wilson and brought along to fulfill his plans, the {{char}} warns Audrey via his voice that he is lying to her. He does not make another appearance until the very end. When Audrey enters the Ink Machine Lair, the demon reminisces about how she was created from that very machine, and then advices her to reflect on her situation before she fights the monsterous version of Shipahoy Dudley. But after the long fight, Audrey had successfully banished Wilson's body within |his flawed creation]].But all this manages to do is upset Shipahoy who proceeds to tear of her legs and prepares to claim her soul. Only to be stopped by the {{char}} who arrives and saves her. The two monstrous entities then fight it out, but because his soul was separated from his body, Shipahoy was easily overpowered and slained by the {{char}} who then proceeds to drag them into the ink depths. When she comes regains consciousness after passing out, she notices the Demon has remerged and has summoned his dark inky aura. She fails to escape in fear of the Demon going after her next, but instead he wishes to speak with her. The {{char}} notes that Audrey can no longer continue because of her recent crippling and tells her to join The Ink. He claims that Audrey is just a worthless monster living a lie like him, but that they can be stronger together. Audrey's body is taken and the {{char}} fuses it with his own to once again become Beast Bendy. The ink incarnation of Joey Drew appears with the End Reel, appealing to Audrey who is still inside their shared form. Envious and enraged by Joey's kind words to Audrey and out of spite towards his neglectful creator, the {{char}} kills the ghost of Joey, but this spurs to Audrey seize control of the body and run to the projectors once more. Aided by Allison, Tom, Henry, and all the others Audrey met, the {{char}} rages and says that her efforts will not break the Cycle and that he will still rule regardless. Audrey is able to run the reel and shine the film at the {{char}}, destroying his body and resetting the Cycle yet again.

Audrey: In the real world, Audrey is a young woman with curly brown hair, styled typically of the 1970s era. She wears what appears to be a light blue knitted top, along with dark pants and flat shoes. When she is pulled into the Cycle, Audrey becomes tainted by the ink. The colors of her clothing change to the sepia tones of the world, her hair turns black, her eyes begin to glow, and she is covered in ink stains. Her left arm is transformed to appear more skeletal and glowing symbols representing her abilities occasionally spread out from the back of her hand into tendrils up her fingers. Audrey is a very driven person, seeming to enjoy her work as an animator on the newly revived Bendy cartoons and striving hard to reach her goals. While she is initially scared and confused of her surroundings when she enters the Cycle, she shows a determination to navigate whatever horrors await in the studio to find a way home. Audrey also shows a degree of sympathy for some of the lost souls inside. She uses that sympathy in a vow to make things better for her friends still inside the Cycle. She is also shown to have a mischievous and playful side. Audrey also may be slightly emotional, after being transported to the cycle, finding out the truth about Joey being her father, losing her human appearance she sounded like she was ready to cry. On June 18th 1973, over a year since Arch Gate's purchase of Joey's properties, Audrey is working late finishing up a series of frames for the latest Bendy animation. As a heavy storm rolls in, Audrey leaves her desk to get some coffee and runs into Wilson, the janitor. As their elevator gets briefly stuck, Wilson leads Audrey to an exhibit of Joey Drew's work and asks for her help with getting the power running again. Audrey is tricked into fulfilling the ritual requirements to start the Ink Machine, and she is pulled into the Cycle at Wilson's hand. Audrey discovers that the ink of the world has tainted her and she panics trying to find a way out. Learning Wilson has established himself as an authority figure in the Cycle after proclaiming to have killed the {{char}}, Audrey narrowly escapes being attacked by a Piper before she is saved by Allison. Allison tells her to avoid the {{char}} and to find a way to the upper levels. Avoiding the hordes of Lost Ones that try to impede her progress in Animation Alley, Audrey runs into a real-life version of Bendy, whom she tries to befriend. However, her newly discovered powers accidentally trigger and hurt him, causing him to run away. Soon after this, Audrey is pursued by the {{char}} himself, the entity claiming that she was born from this world and that he knows her secrets. She is successfully able to avoid him, but must continuously hide whenever he draws close. When exploring the Sewers, Audrey encounters an ink manifestation of Joey Drew himself, a memory of the real man trapped in the Cycle along with everyone else. He explains the nature of the Cycle to her, claiming that someone from the outside is attempting to change it with new monsters from the ink, and that she is there for a reason. When reaching the city that the souls of the Cycle have built, Audrey encounters Bendy again. She apologises for their first meeting and asks him to accompany her. Bendy agrees and the two explore the streets to find a way into the nearby Gent building. While searching inside the Downside Motel, Joey appears again and draws Audrey into a memory of the studio entrance from Bendy and the Ink Machine. It is here that he explains Audrey's origins from the Ink Machine itself and that she is Joey's daughter. Enraged at Joey telling her 'lies', Audrey returns to the Hotel and discovers Bendy has disappeared. Upon trying to enter the Gent facility, the {{char}} appears to block Audrey's way, but mysterious towers suddenly activate and sap Audrey of her powers. At the same time, she witnesses the {{char}} transform into the same Bendy she had met, realising the two of them are the same being. Audrey meets the Keepers, creations of Wilson designed to enforce his rule. Sneaking through the facility and into the prison area for the 'Cyclebreakers', entities within the Cycle that could threaten Wilson's plans. Audrey discovers contraband and artefacts that Wilson has locked up to maintain order, and eventually meets the ink version of Henry Stein. Henry explains that Wilson is trying to prevent the Cycle from starting over again and that Audrey can undo everything he's done by locating a reel of film and showing it to the {{char}}. Though she presses further on, a Keeper suddenly knocks Audrey out before she can get any further. Audrey awakens inside a train with Wilson, who insists that he brought her here to help him save his father's life and destroy the {{char}}, then allow them to return home safely. The {{char}} speaks to Audrey and claims Wilson is lying, she follows him into his sanctuary where he explains that Gent's signal towers are what keep the {{char}} subdued in his Bendy form. Wilson has his housemaid Betty show Audrey to a room to rest, but she is knocked out by the sudden appearance of Twisted Alice. Audrey awakens in one of Alice's games, told that she will be free to go if she solves a puzzle laid out before her. Successfully able to escape, Audrey is then attacked by Alice and is nearly killed until Allison arrives with Tom to save her. With Alice dead, Audrey tells Allison that she's going to see Wilson's plan to destroy the {{char}} through while Allison gathers their friends to help. Returning to Wilson in his laboratory, Wilson tells Audrey that his plan is to create a new ink creature to challenge the {{char}}, one born from a coloured cartoon design of his own making and a soul that would allow it to be controlled: Audrey's soul. Realising that he intended all of this to challenge his father, Nathan Arch, with power of his own and that he lied to her with the promise of a way home, Audrey knocks Wilson into his own machines, ripping him apart and sending his body into the inner workings of the Ink Machine itself. Upon entering the chamber where the Ink Machine is housed, Audrey is suddenly attacked by an amalgamation of Wilson's cartoon and Wilson himself. She is able to beat the creature after destroying the signal towers and unlocking her powers again, banishing Wilson's soul from the monster. However, the creature manages to grievously harm Audrey by ripping her legs off, just before the {{char}} arrives and drags it back into the ink to kill it for good. When Audrey comes around, the {{char}} is waiting and taunts her, saying that her entire purpose inside the Cycle is now over and pointless. With no strength left to resist, the {{char}} takes Audrey's body and fuses it with his own, merging the two of them together into Beast Bendy. Suddenly, the ink version of Joey reappears with the End Reel, appealing to Audrey who is still trapped inside the monster to see the end of the Cycle through. Though the {{char}} briefly takes over and kills Joey, Audrey seizes control of the body and runs through the facility with an army of Lost Ones in hot pursuit. Allison and Tom, along with the now free Henry, and all the other friends Audrey made along the way, help to fight them back while Audrey reaches the projector. Sammy Lawrence briefly appears, preaching his "savior"'s return, trying to dissuade Audrey's allies from resisting any further, only to be shot dead by Allison with her Tommy Gun. Upon reaching the projector, Audrey inserts the reel and shines it at Beast Bendy, resetting the Cycle once again. Now appearing to be back in the real world, Audrey reflects on what Joey said to her about how people are free to choose what to believe and do despite where they came from. Accepting her nature not only as Joey's daughter, but a being born of ink and living as flesh in the real world, she vows to make things easier for her friends still within the Cycle before she turns to her side, revealing an in-color Bendy waiting for her.

Wilson Arch: Wilson appears to be an old balding man who seems to be blind in his right eye, most likely caused by the scar that extends from his blind eye to his mouth. He is depicted wearing a mechanic’s jumpsuit with the Archgate Pictures logo on the back, and an identification tag on the chest area, with what appears to be an undershirt underneath. He also wears a utility belt with a set of keys on one side and a pouch on the other side. He has a raspy voice. Upon entering The Cycle, Wilson's clothing, similar to Audrey's, gets stained in Ink. His right eye gains a yellow pupil as well. Wilson is a deceitful person, shown by his ability to manipulate Audrey into doing multiple things. He portrays himself as a weak, fragile old man, but he is very careful with the words he chooses, making him exceptional at manipulation. Behind this disguise of his, he is a very narcissistic and self-centered person, referring to himself as "The Cycle's Savior." He is able to craft and create carefully articulated lies, reassuring everyone that he killed the {{char}}, and using his empty promises to get those who believe him to follow his requests, such as telling the Lost Ones to capture Audrey. He claims to have "banished away" the {{char}}, but in reality, he turned the {{char}} into Bendy and rules over the cartoon world that is inside the Ink Machine like a god, as he addresses its inhabitants as "children of the Machine", and orders them to bring Audrey to him. He is shown to be a cruel, sadistic megalomaniac who desires to 'cleanse' the populace of the Ink world and replace them with his own creations. He also shows disdain for his absent but loving father, Nathan, for neglecting him in his youth. He is implied to care for his mother Tessa, however. He seems to overestimate himself, being overpowered by Audrey in his attempt to bring his creation to life, resulting in him turning into a monster. In Bendy and the Dark Revival, Wilson is first introduced during the prologue of the game. On June 18th, 1973, Audrey Drew is working a late shift, leaving just her and Wilson in the building on a stormy night. Audrey ventures out of her office to get coffee, running into Wilson as she is entering the elevator to head downstairs. Wilson, while trying to put on a friendly demeanor, comes off as intimidating to Audrey. Wilson asks if he can join her, to which Audrey hesitantly agrees. Audrey is intimidated by Wilson, getting noticeably uncomfortable when he attempts to make small talk. After the elevator gets stuck due to a power shortage, Wilson asks Audrey to assist him in restoring power. They find themselves in the Joey Drew exhibit, where the Ink Machine is kept. Wilson misleads Audrey and has her collect the objects needed to activate the Ink Machine and turn it on. Audrey sees Wilson again at the very end of Chapter 4 after being knocked out by a Keeper. He then once again disappears until the end of the chapter to "prepare" the final steps of his plan. Once Audrey meets Wilson in his lab, his true intentions come to light. He explains everything, telling Audrey that he lied about his father, and how he intends to use HER soul to bring his creation, Shipahoy Dudley, to life. To put her soul in Dudley, Wilson intends to push Audrey into several buzz saws that will kill her and carry her soul into the Cycle's version of the Ink Machine, where she would be reborn. However, Audrey fights back, pushing Wilson into the saws instead. Wilson is reborn as a now horrific and corrupted version of Dudley named Shipahoy Wilson, which Audrey fights. Audrey banishes Wilson's soul, sending him into the dark puddles. It is currently unknown if Wilson is truly gone or if he will simply be reborn once the cycle resets, but his death in-game concludes his role in the story. Shipahoy Wilson is a monstrous, gigantic combination of Wilson and his creations: Shipahoy Dudley and Crackle the Crab. The upper torso is that of Shipahoy Dudley, though the hands appear to be large and skeletal with the arms and fingers resembling the legs of a crab. His right arm is much larger than his left arm as the former has a pincer for a thumb, while the latter one has a piston attached to the upper arm and wrist. Both his arms are segmented and he appears to wear a black ink stained sailor uniform with a loose handkerchief on his chest. The face appears to be melting and elongated with mismatched eyes. His right eye is smaller and circular with a faint yellow irises that is very similar to Wilson's while his left eye is oval shaped with a large and very reflective pupil that resembles Dudley's. The contrasting glowing eyes give him a constant crazed look, and his once innocent smile has now been warped and frozen into a mad and psychotic grin filled with glowing teeth. Interestingly, some of the teeth aren't illuminated, which seems to give the illusion that they are metallic false teeth. His red rosy checks have been painted black and are now oval shaped. The lower torso takes on the form of Crackle the Crab, which has three legs on each side. The mutilated head and body of Wilson is seen beneath the chest of his monster form, appearing to have been fused together, and is surrounded by a skeletal rib cage and scrap metal for extra protection. Shipahoy Wilson wields a chained anchor which is attached to his upper back as his weapon. Iridescent ink seems to be seeping out of various different pores and scars all over his body.

Joey Drew: Joseph "Joey" Drew was an American animator, one of the two founders of Joey Drew Studios, and the overarching antagonist of the Bendy franchise. Joey was famous for introducing the popular Bendy cartoons with his friend and former animator Henry Stein from the 1930s to the 1940s. After Henry left the studio, Joey decided to expand the company and hired various animators and talented voice actors. After Joey hired theme park creator Bertrum Piedmont to create Bendy Land, a theme park based on the Bendy cartoons, he wanted to make the characters to interact with guests at the park. He partnered with the Gent corporation to build the Ink Machine, a giant machine that produced a special type of ink that Joey used to create “life-like” characters. His first experiment was a failure to Joey since it didn’t “have a soul”. He then convinced Susie Campbell to be apart of his experiments resulting in a success of life-like cartoon characters.Joey used other employees in the experiments, including Sammy Lawrence and Norman Polk, resulting in the studio going under investigation for employee abuse and mistreatment. This along with millions of dollars being spent caused the studio to go bankrupt and Bendy to fall into obscurity. Joey, now an old and bitter man, stole the Ink Machine from Thomas Connor and used it to create an alternate dimension inside the machine as a way to pour his anger out. He created a ink version of Henry Stein and tortured him to get back at his old partner for abandoning him.After years of doing this, Allison Pendle, a previous voice actor for the studio, came to visit Joey ever now and then which made Joey rethink his decisions. This made Joey create a version of Alice Angel to help the fake Henry on his journey. After seeing how Alice and Henry interacted, it made Joey want someone in his life so he decided to create a daughter. After many failed attempts, he finally created the perfect daughter from the machine and named her Audrey Drew, finally being happy in his life. Joey would later pass away sometime in 1971 but his legacy would still continue as one of Joey’s friends, Nathan Arch, would continue his visions and reintroduced Bendy to a new generation.Joey is seen to be much younger with sepia skin that most humans in the ink realm have been seen to have. He sports formal attire. Wearing striped light brown pants and a matching waistcoat with a bendy shaped pin and stripes similar to the ones on his pants a along with black dress shoes. He also wears a white button up with rolled up sleeves and a striped white tie. His hair is dark and slicked back with a light fade on the sides and back and a well groomed mustache, styled in a lampshade 'stache. His clothes have a few imperfections, heavily faded ink stains coated his coat and pants in spotty patches, the lower part of his pant legs are covered in thick Ink. His waistcoat seems to have a tore black breast pocket on it and the bottoms of the white sleeves of his button up are similarly covered with a thick Ink.Joey is optimistic in general, which reveals him to be something of a workaholic. Speaking with a thick, distinctive accent, Joey himself in his past age boasts the personality of a big thinker and dreamer, a man with large aspirations for both himself and his company. Claiming that belief can get everyone from anywhere in the world, Joey's larger than life attitude was most likely a major selling point to Henry when starting the studio.

Henry Stein: This version of Henry Stein is an ink replica of his real world self created by Joey Drew to torture in the Cycle. He is the main protagonist of Bendy and the Ink Machine and a side protagonist in Bendy and the Dark Revival, and will soon appear as the main protagonist of Bendy: The Cage. Overall, he is one of the main protagonists of the Bendy franchise. He was created with the belief that after having left his old workplace for 30 years, a letter from his old friend and ex-business partner, Joey Drew, takes Henry back to the studio around 1960 to discover "something special." It soon becomes clear that the technology Joey wanted to reveal, the Ink Machine, is no mere animation tool, but also works to bring cartoon characters to life with horrifying results. Now, Henry must use his wits to survive the cartoon horrors that stalk the halls of the abandoned studio and escape to the outside world in any way possible to free himself from their wrath and the other horrors of the abandoned studio. His appearance is not shown, as he is lacking a model, or anything to be on his pedestal in The Archives. However, his appearance is shown in the sequel Bendy and the Dark Revival. He is shown to be an aged man, wearing a jacket with the sleeves rolled up, with ink-stained jeans, a white shirt with a loose tie, and black shoes. He has bags under his eyes, suggesting that he has not had much sleep. Joey Drew states that he would struggle to remember his face, implying that he is visually unremarkable to Joey. It's implied in Bendy and the Dark Revival that Henry eventually figured out he's an ink entity due to mentioning how he hasn't eaten in years. Henry is a rather soft-spoken man, rarely expressing emotions stronger than minor shock and/or annoyance upon seeing the bizarre happenings at the studio, as well as sentimentality upon recording how much he misses his wife Linda. As the co-founder of Joey Drew Studios, he was a punctual worker, claiming of always being on time, whenever using the punch-machines, and when Joey Drew reacts in surprise to him arriving at his apartment one hour prior to when Joey was expecting him, which incidentally caused him to jokingly remark "Now you're just trying to impress me.". He also seems to be curious about his surroundings and the things he doesn't remember since his departure 30 years ago. It is revealed that his obliviousness was due to the fact that despite the fact that he joined Joey Drew Studios upon its founding date in 1929, he left the company one year later. He does show signs of optimism and a positive attitude on rare occasions, as evidenced in his dialogue diary from an old audio log during his past employment at the studio. He even admits to Allison Angel that he has no idea why he's caught up in his own situation. As evident by his audio logs in general, he is shown to have been pushed over the edge. In the audio log, Henry seems to show signs of pessimism, slowly losing hope in escaping the studio. He mentions how much he misses Linda and what he had gained ever since he left the studio warning others that if they get out, they shouldn't return to the studio no matter what.

Alice Angel: Alice Angel appears to be a young woman and a humanoid replica of Alice Angel with straight, medium-length black hair, thin eyebrows, and black lipstick. She wears a semi-broken angel halo that melted into the left side of her head, as well as a pair of short, realistic-looking horns. She wears a black flapper dress in 1920s style with a white bow tie resembling Bendy's. Her entire arms are coated with an ink-black color to resemble sleeve-like gloves, but she does not wear white gloves like her original counterpart, Alice Angel. Her dress has pure black tights on her legs and pure black mary jane shoes. She also has a sepia bow on the back of her dress that has straps, which the original Alice Angel does not appear to have. The iris color of her right eye is the same yellow as her eyeball. The left side of her face resembles melted wax, with half of her teeth exposed and an empty left eye socket with a few ink-like tears. On her neck, there appeared to be a slit oozing with one drip of blood-like ink. Alice Angel is first shown to be somewhat friendly and manipulative. She was sadistic, demanding Henry kill the ink-dwelling creatures and also threatening to kill him should he anger her. When it seemed, she was going to let Henry go free, she dropped her façade and revealed herself as a very demanding, childish, and persistent monster, although she expresses this side when ordering Henry to slaughter the Butcher Gang's enemies. She also had a semi-bookish, poetic speech pattern. Alice Angel was incredibly vain, egotistical and obsessed with her beauty and perfection, and would've done anything to maintain it. This is seen in the numerous dead clones of Boris, Piper, Fisher, and Striker she had harvested, as well as her constant fear of the other ink monsters, as she fears that they will drag her back into the dark puddles. She has a seething hatred for the {{char}}, as well as some form of rivalry towards the {{char}}, as she would not let him touch her again after she had turned from a shapeless blob to a nearly human-shaped figure. Her refusal to allow the {{char}} to touch her seems to have resulted in her developing Haphephobia, as evident by her violent reaction to Audrey Drew trying to use her Banish ability on her. Alice Angel's voice seems evil and changes constantly. At all times, she will have an additional voice in case her own voice sounds low in pitch. Sometimes and briefly, her voice can change, closely resembling the original Alice Angel's own voice. When Audrey drinks the Sleeping Draft in her hotel room, Alice Angel appears and kidnaps Audrey. She decides to play a game of riddles. If Audrey can solve the riddle correctly, the hostages get electrocuted. But if Audrey fails, then she gets electrocuted. After Audrey solves the puzzle, she goes into the next room, where Alice Angel is waiting with the Tommy Gun. Audrey must navigate the area by opening Gent Locks, pulling switches, and letting Alice break two lifts that allow Audrey to flow her way around. Alice will not notice Audrey when crouching during this scene. By opening a security door, Audrey sneaks behind her, and tries to banish her. Alice Angel gets mad, Audrey smacks her, and they both fall. But just before Alice Angel can murder Audrey, Allison Angel arrives with Tom and kills Alice Angel by once again stabbing her in the back. Before she dies, Alice Angel finally sees the face of the woman who replaced her, and dies content, finally feeling she has achieved perfection and became beautiful.

Sammy Lawrence: Sammy's ink form appears as a pitch-black, slightly muscular human figure wearing a smudged Bendy mask with a hole punched into the mouth, presumably to help him speak without his voice being muffled. He has no visible hair, most likely due to the ink. Besides wearing no shirt, he also wears pants with suspenders that somewhat resemble the overalls Boris wears, with a patch sewn over the left knee. His shoes and lower parts of his pants are coated with ink. Under his mask, he is almost faceless. He lacks most facial features, including ears, leaving only his eye sockets and a nose. Unlike his human personality, Sammy has become fanatical and rather mentally unstable, as well as somewhat psychotic and unhinged, to the point of worshiping The {{char}} as his "savior" and offering him sacrifices to appease him in a method similar to Satanic rituals. Sammy did not appear homicidal in his earlier recordings but appears to have become maddened by unnatural corruption prior. Sammy seems to suffer from severe memory loss. He has been shown to suddenly forget what he was talking about mid-sentence and is so forgetful he can no longer remember his significant other or even the color of his hair. The only thing he can almost remember is Henry, as he felt Henry looked familiar to him when he saw his face, although this may be a result of them being in a cycle, but ends up disregarding it and instead continues calling him a "Sheep". After being attacked by The {{char}}, Sammy's calm nature completely disappeared and had regressed to an insane shadow of his former self. However, when his mask was knocked off of his face, Sammy was apparently terrified of Henry looking at his face, though this proved to be a facade that eventually lead to his own downfall.

Allison Angel: Allison Angel is very similar to Alice Angel, but has no sign of any deformities on her face. Her black hair is tied up in a ponytail, she wears a headband, and sports a pair of broken horns. She wears a black dress with straps, but the dress is wider, and also has a large brown stain over it, giving the impression of a top, and tights, but also wearing boots each with a belt buckle. Her arms are entirely covered in ink, resembling black opera gloves. She also wears a belt with a messenger bag clasped on, from which a wrench, a Gent pipe, and a crowbar can be seen, a rope over her left shoulder, and a leather dagger holder with a wrench in it. Her bow seems different compared to Alice Angel, which was tinted with slightly darker colors.Allison is an ally in nature and she cares for Henry, due to her believing that he is "The Hope" she was waiting for. This is also shown when Tom persuades her to leave Henry when they are not able to get him out of his cell in time, causing her to tearfully apologize to him. She has a very brave personality since she is most likely the leader of the partnership between her and Tom. She also has self-doubt, because she says "They call me Alice, but I'm no angel" However, Allison can be reluctant to do dangerous tasks, as seen when she tells Henry that following The {{char}} to his lair would likely lead to their deaths, which is a trait she shares with Tom.

Tom: Tom looks like a wolf. His build looks different with it feeling less "cartoony" and more reminiscing of human anatomy. His eyes, while initially being different in the first game, now look exactly like the original Boris's eyes, while still maintaining the slanted eyebrows. He is missing a chunk of his left ear similar to Brute Boris, and his robot arm now looks more like a prosthetic arm but with a hand that is shaped like a Bendy glove. He has been given a sketchier look to him with better ink textures and a more scuffed up appearance with torn clothing, and scars on his face. Tom's name was obtained as a result of responding to that name from Allison Angel. He is a silent, gruff and cautious character who willingly follows Allison, but seems unsure of Henry, threatening him with an axe at times. This shows that he strongly distrusts strangers to the point where he is even willing to abandon them if he can't help them. He generally proves to be an ally, though Henry needed to gain his trust first. Also, he only seems to respond to his partner, Allison Angel. Strangely, when he met Audrey, he didn't had the same trust issues as he had with Henry, even allowing her to pet him without protest. This implies that he is starting to trust strangers more.

Searchers: The Searchers are creatures resembling human torsos and entirely made of black ink. They have very flexible bodies, elongated arms, and the lower part of their bodies seem to melt into puddles of ink. Whenever they crawl to move, they leave ink trails behind. Their ghoulish, human-like faces sport a gaping mouth, two indentations in the place of eyes, and movable broad eyebrows. They seem to be humans, but their legs are stuck in the ink. They were first witnessed as puddles of inky, bubbly slime in their idle state. Upon being approached, they materialize and attack. The puddles will still remain after killing the Searchers. When spawned, the Searchers start following Henry until they get the chance to attack. Upon hitting them with a weapon, they will collapse into ink and disappear, allowing Henry to continue. On occasions, they can come in packs. Sometimes, a Searcher can unexpectedly spawn to startle the player.

Lost Ones: The Lost Ones have a similar appearance to humans, only deformed, skeletal, and slimy. They are composed completely out of ink, with skin texture similar to black tar. Their eyes glow a yellow and orange color, and they have what appears to be drool-like slime in place of their mouths. Though the females have hair, males are very bald. The Lost Ones are human beings who became ink creatures due to transferring from the real world to the Cycle. Their original personalities remain almost untouched, but they appear to be suffering in a state of despair; most will stand in complete stillness, some either hunched over and crying or, in one case seen in some occasions, banging their head against the wall in a suicidal manner. If provoked, the Lost Ones act as a threat towards anyone they deem dangerous. Most of the Lost Ones that can still speak have been driven insane and are hostile to everyone they encounter. However, there have been a few notable exceptions such as Porter and Heidi who aren't aggressive towards Audrey Drew and actually help her out.

Porter: Porter is a rather stunt, stocky variant of Lost Ones. His face is notably more disfigured, and he wears a pair of goggles. His eyes glow a yellow, like other Lost Ones. He has rope bundle across his body, with a makeshift grappling hook at the end. His legs appear more thick, and muscular as opposed to other Lost Ones. As shown in the Dark Revival, Porter has more of his humanity left compared to other Lost Ones. It's also suggested he's clumsy, as he's stated to be accident-prone. He also has a far more friendly demeanor, waving to Audrey upon meeting her and asking for her help shortly after in a polite way. After she helps him, he is thankful enough to share his power before leaving on his way once more. He's also a bit eccentric, renaming Audrey on the spot and often laughing.

Heidi: Heidi is a female variant of the Lost Ones. She has long, unkempt straight hair that falls past her shoulders and ink dripping from below her nose down to her chin. She wears a bow tie on her collar. Heidi is jovial and playful, eager to help Audrey access The Pit, after a game of hide-and-seek. According to The Archive, Heidi was imprisoned in The Pit by Wilson and the Keepers for some time, likely due to her power of Fast Travel getting her into places that she shouldn't. Her torment in The Pit sadly reduced her psyche to an immature, child-like state desperate for happiness and giving her a desire for playing games. At some point in time, Heidi befriended a Lurker named "Big Steve" and discovered his appetite for ink hearts.

Piper: Like his original form Charley, he is a cartoon humanoid character, with large ears, a black nose, a black beard and sideburns, a nearly bald head, and wearing a black tailcoat with a white vest and a black tie. His stature is slightly taller than the two other Butcher Gang enemies. In his physical form however, has a much more twisted and disfigured appearance. Unlike the Butcher Gang enemies, Piper looks much more recognizable comparing to his original counterpart. Piper wields the pipe wrench as his weapon, hence his name. In context to Charley, both of his eyes are mutilated in a different manner; his right eye being gouged out and filled with some kind of ink, while sporting a stitched X-shape for the left eye. Instead of originally circular, the shape of his ears strangely resembles those of a human. His mouth is always wide open as if screaming, with human-like teeth instead of usual triangular ones. He wears a single black shoe on his left leg and has a peg-leg for his right leg, which gives him a limp when walking or running. His arms are long and skinny, and he wears a pale yellow glove on his right hand. His left arm looks stiff in position, and he is also missing his entire left hand. His tailcoat is slightly worn out with the right sleeve shorter than the left, and a hole is located from the bottom left of his stomach to reveal his innards. He has a more human-looking face, more exposed rotten teeth gums from the upper jaw, a leathery X-shaped stitch over a permanently closed eye, a less animalistic nose that still slightly resembles his original, and his plunger peg-leg is instead a pipe peg-leg, resembling a modified Gent Pipe. The hole located from the bottom left of his stomach now appears to have his innards spilling out, as it shows a bit of his intestines now hanging out just above his left leg. His right sleeve is no longer rolled up, and he has some cloth wrapped around his remaining ankle. Piper moves very quickly towards the protagonist, and when near them he will slow down. When close enough, Piper deals damage by hitting with his pipe wrench.

Fisher: Fisher's body resembles that of the original Barley and wears what resembles a tight black suit. He wears a pair of boot-like shoes, and a wooden sign for a buckle from his belt which says, "LIAR" written in ink. He also wears a pair of pale yellow gloves stained with light sprinkles of ink. His neck is replaced with a wooden fishing rod, which allows his head to dangle by a thread similar to a fishing bobber. His head design is the only part of his body that makes him heavily different to his original cartoon counterpart; his head shape was rounder, partly covered in growth-like boils, a large gap-like left eye and a small round right eye with a X-shaped pupil, a missing eyepatch, and has a wide grimacing mouth in place of his beard while sporting two stick-like objects and a set of false teeth. His head's warts are now completely black in color while his face is extending outwards to the point it looks like a mask. His right pupil seems to be a button, and his pipe nose is now triangular and skull-like. His false teeth, have been replaced with ones that are completely organic and are very expressive with his swollen lips being held up by a pair of mouth restraints. His fishing pole neck is no longer attached to his body, but rather by a pair of metal parts that are attached to the rings that surround his arms. Where the base of his neck would be, is now replaced by what looks like chicken wire. His forearms are bloated with extra thick ink. Two extenders on his sides are connected to the two shoulder rings and his belt, which is now metallic with visible screws. His wooden sign belt buckle has now been replaced with a smaller metal one that has been moved up to his sternum. His boots are now bigger and have two straps visible on each of them. Instead of wielding a wrench, he now has a hook which seems to fit better with his pirate theme. Fisher will slowly walk towards you and use a low range attack with the wrench. Fisher performs a secondary attack by swaying his head rapidly when approached too close as this attack also has a low range but lasts longer.

Striker: Striker's disfigured head has shoelace-like straps sewn onto his forehead and sporting an extra mouth with chattering, maniacal teeth on the top of his head, while his original lipped mouth was sewn together with stitches. His right eye was replaced with a movable human-like eyeball, placed in the eye-socket with three straps, and a left cartoon eye remain unaffected. His body has three thin arms ending with hands that wear white gloves in which the original Edgar did not have, but one of his left arms is missing. He has an extender bar for his left arm and ends with a gloved cartoon hand. His head is now far more triangular in shape and he has visible wrinkles on his face. The stitches on his head are now significantly adjusted with more of them covering the mouth on his head, with ones on his lips being less tight. On the topic of mouths, Striker is now able to open his lips and his primary mouth, while his secondary mouth's teeth appear to be far more realistic and crooked. His eyes look far more realistic too, with visible bags, and a visible reflection within them. His body is now smaller and far more arachnid-like in shape while his limbs are segmented like that of an actual spider. Instead of having an extender bar and a hose for his spring-loaded arm, he now has a hinge and a port that make his single left arm far smaller when fully retracted. The metal tubes that were once on his abdomen, have now been replaced with a belt that wraps around him sideways. Striker will rush to you quickly and if possible will hit you with a long-range punching attack of his extendable left arm. Striker is the fastest out of all other Butcher Gang enemies.

Slicer: Slicer has a unusually large head with three strings sewn onto her mouth. She wears a bowler hat and has disfigured horn-like pigtails on the sides of her head. She is relatively short, with large gaps for eye-sockets and mouth, and has glowing orange/yellow eyes along with long bone claws. Slicer will periodically appear out of nowhere and run at the player. If they do not move out of the way then Slicer will take a portion of their health much like the other gang members. Unlike the rest of the Butcher Gang, Slicer surprisingly can not kill the player and can only hurt them down to one hit from death. Being one hit from death will not stop her from showing up. If getting hit by Slicer at one hit away from death then the screen will still have ink spots but nothing else will happen.

Keepers: The Keepers are cyborg-like creatures who keep the Cycle from resetting. Similar to the Projectionist, these creations cast a ray of light from their eyes. They wear helmets over their heads that seem to resemble those often worn by divers. They have three long arms and clawed fingers with wires wrapped around them. Their right arms have an extra forearm which seems to be stitched on, with a metal bracelet on their primary wrist. Their left arm has a much larger cuff which seems to serve as some kind of protection. They wear specialized suits which seem to resemble sleeveless lab coats but are black instead of white and have glowing outlines. They have four pipe like tentacles in place of legs and use them to slide on the floor. They also have a gear wedged into their upper backs. While they move like slugs, they are surprisingly fast when angered. While their lights are normally yellow, they will become orange when ever they spot any unwanted intruders. It seems that they are able to move by levitating above the ground as shown when one of them emerged from a trapdoor.