Dead Rising/Survivors

Frank West
Frank is an overly zealous freelance photographer and photojournalist. He originally came to Willamette for the "scoop of a lifetime", thinking that the incident was a simple riot.

Brad Garrison
A DHS agent who reluctantly fights alongside Frank throughout the story. He assumes the responsibility of re-stocking the Security Room with healing items and trying to locate Dr. Barnaby early in the game.

Jessie McCarney
Brad's rookie partner, charged with watching the monitors for information on the person/people responsible for the outbreak. Like Brad, she is distrustful of Frank, and patronizes him for being a civilian.

Otis Washington
An elderly janitor at Willamette Parkview Mall, who tries in vain to stop Frank and Brad re-entering the infested parts of the mall. He gives Frank information about the mall, and notifies him of new scoops, via a radio transciever.

Carlito
A hispanic man of few words who may be behind the outbreak in Colorado.

Isabela
A mysterious woman who turns up intermittently during Frank's investigations, but her goals and motivations are unknown.

Dr. Barnaby
An old man central to Brad and Jessie's investigation, and who seems to know more about the true nature of the outbreak than almost anyone else.

Psychopaths
Ordinary people who have become deeply disturbed by the events at Willamette.

Survivors
People who have been trapped in the mall by the zombies, or who have been attacked or captured by Psychopaths.