Dark Character Test

The IDRLabs Dark Character Test is inspired by psychometric methodology and based on research into the characters in Dark. The test provides feedback such as the following:

Hannah Kahnwald

Hannah Kahnwald is intense, emotionally driven, and deeply motivated by desire and attachment. She experiences love, jealousy, and longing with overwhelming force, often acting impulsively when she feels rejected or threatened. Hannah craves connection and validation, yet struggles with insecurity and fear of abandonment. Her emotions guide her decisions more than logic, leading her into morally complex situations. Hannah’s story explores obsession, vulnerability, and the darker side of love. She embodies the raw human need to be chosen and remembered, revealing how unresolved pain can shape behavior across time. Her character highlights the consequences of emotional wounds and the difficulty of letting go in a world governed by repetition and fate.

Martha Nielsen

Martha Nielsen is empathetic, thoughtful, and torn between love and identity. Sensitive to the emotions of others, she often finds herself at the center of conflict while trying to understand her own place within it. Martha longs for meaning and connection, especially in relationships that feel destined yet painful. Her compassion is balanced by quiet strength, allowing her to face overwhelming truths with resilience. Martha’s journey reflects themes of duality, choice, and self-discovery, as she confronts different versions of herself across realities. She represents the struggle to remain true to one’s heart while navigating forces far beyond personal control, embodying both vulnerability and courage in the face of inevitability.

Ulrich Nielsen

Ulrich Nielsen is impulsive, passionate, and driven by deep emotional bonds to his family. He acts quickly and decisively, often guided by instinct rather than reflection. Ulrich’s love for his children defines him, pushing him to extremes when they are threatened or lost. His flaws—recklessness, infidelity, and anger—are inseparable from his humanity, making his choices tragic yet deeply relatable. Ulrich’s story explores regret, obsession, and the devastating consequences of trying to change the past. He represents the pain of a parent unable to let go, illustrating how love, when paired with desperation, can lead to irreversible consequences across time.

Claudia Tiedemann

Claudia Tiedemann is intelligent, pragmatic, and fiercely determined to understand the truth. Analytical and strategic, she values knowledge as both power and responsibility. Claudia is willing to make painful sacrifices for what she believes is the greater good, even if it costs her relationships or reputation. Her strength lies in foresight, patience, and the ability to operate within moral ambiguity. Claudia’s journey reflects themes of agency, consequence, and long-term thinking. She embodies the belief that understanding systems—time, cause, and effect—is the key to breaking cycles. Her character represents resilience, intellectual courage, and the burden of knowing too much in a world where every choice echoes endlessly.

Mikkel Nielsen

Mikkel Nielsen is imaginative, gentle, and quietly resilient. A child displaced in time, he adapts to an impossible reality with surprising emotional depth. Mikkel relies on creativity, humor, and introspection to cope with loneliness and confusion, finding solace in small moments of wonder. Though vulnerable, he possesses a quiet strength that allows him to endure profound loss and isolation. Mikkel’s story explores innocence, identity, and acceptance, highlighting how children process trauma differently than adults. He represents the cost of time’s cruelty and the fragile beauty of adaptation. His character embodies melancholy resilience and the quiet tragedy of growing up too soon in an unforgiving world.

Jonas Kahnwald

Jonas Kahnwald is introspective, compassionate, and burdened by a profound sense of responsibility. Haunted by loss and guilt, he seeks meaning in suffering and desperately wants to prevent pain for others. Jonas is driven by empathy and moral conviction, even as he becomes entangled in paradoxes that test his identity. His journey reflects the struggle between free will and determinism, as each attempt to change fate seems to reinforce it. Jonas represents the emotional core of Dark, embodying grief, hope, and perseverance. His character illustrates how good intentions can evolve into heavy burdens, and how the desire to save the world can slowly reshape the self.

Noah

Noah is calm, enigmatic, and unwavering in his belief in destiny. He presents himself as composed and purposeful, guided by faith in a greater plan that transcends individual suffering. Noah values order, structure, and meaning, even when his actions appear ruthless or detached. Beneath his controlled exterior lies devotion, loss, and a profound longing for reunion and redemption. His journey explores themes of belief, obedience, and moral absolutism. Noah represents the danger and comfort of certainty—the idea that surrendering choice can feel like peace. His character highlights how faith, when unquestioned, can justify extreme actions in the name of love and salvation.