Children

Throughout the Little Nightmares franchise, other children can be seen inhabiting the twisted, sinister world of The Nowhere. The children within this world either struggle to survive under brutal conditions, or fall victim to mysterious forces and monsters that viciously prey on them. Six, the Runaway Kid, the Girl in the Yellow Raincoat, Mono, Low and Alone, come across other imprisoned or killed children within the Maw, the Nest, the Pale City, and the Spiral. They play secondary, supporting, or minor roles in Little Nightmares, the comic series of the same name, Secrets of the Maw, Very Little Nightmares, Little Nightmares Comics, Little Nightmares II, The Sounds of Nightmares, and Little Nightmares III.

Note: The names of most children listed here are placeholders and unofficial.

List of Notable Children

• Six
  • Dark Six
• Mono
• Low
• Alone
• The Runaway Kid †
• The Girl in the Yellow Raincoat †
• Spirit (unused)
• The Bread Giving Boy
• The Flashlight Girl †
• The Kid with a Red Scarf †
• The Boy in Green
• The Long-Haired Girl
• The Refugee Boy
• The Humpback Girl
• The Bandaged Kid †
• The Refugee Boy's Younger Sister †
• The Boy who got Tall
• The Boy who got Strong †
• The Boy who got Forked
• The Girl with a Sou'wester
• The Toddler †
• The Girl with Braids
• The Fat Kid †
• The Ghost Child †
• The Black Children †
• Noone
• The Child with Gooey Hair
• Jester
• The Performing Children (Rusty)
• The Naughty Kids
• Ethan

List of Children-related Creatures

• Nomes
• Shadow Kids †
• Glitching Remains
• The Bullies
• The Pretender †

List of Notable Minor Children

Petrified Children

Status: Deceased Location: The Maw / The Nest
	The Petrified Children (unofficial name) are children that have fallen victim to The Eyes. They appear in Little Nightmares and Very Little Nightmares.
Appearances: The Petrified Children appear to be small children of various gender that have been turned to stone. Their body languages imply that they either tried to cower from the light or that they were caught off guard.
Role: In the first Little Nightmares game, Six walks past a group of petrified children shortly after entering the first part of The Prison. In Very Little Nightmares, The Girl in the Yellow Raincoat walks past a group of petrified children in a hallway being monitored by three Eyes.
Gallery: In-game Little Nightmares: Very Little Nightmares: A petrified child (bottom left).

The Child Prisoners of the Maw

Status: Varied Location: The Maw
	The Child Prisoners of the Maw (unofficial name) are a group of children seen imprisoned inside of the Maw. They appear in Little Nightmares and Secrets of the Maw.
Appearances: The Child Prisoners of the Maw appear to be children of various genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds. Some caged Prisoners appear to have bags tied around their heads.
Role: After Six's encounter with the Eyes, she enters a room filled with children sleeping in beds. The Janitor eventually enters to check on them. Later on, after being captured, Six ends up in a cage in a room filled with other caged children. The Janitor drags one of them out of the room before Six makes her escape. In the first chapter of Secrets of the Maw, the Runaway Kid wakes up in a room with other sleeping children. After escaping, a child can be witnessed being captured by the Janitor on the level below his. Later on, a child's arm can be seen hanging out of a bag in the Granny's lair. In the second chapter, the Runaway Kid is captured and place in the room filled with children in cages. In chapter 3, a child can be seen trapped in a birdcage.
Theories: It is heavily implied that the Child Prisoners of the Maw are being kept to feed the Guests.
Trivia: The room with the sleeping children can be seen again via an Easter egg involving a room with a spy camera. The captured children in the Maw may be used for a variety of purposes apart from being served as meat for the Guests. Small creators, such as the Nomes, carry the coal to fuel the large furnace in the Hideaway level, while the Janitor wraps up limp children in material to send to other parts of the Maw on the hanging conveyer belt. Unlike the children, the residents of the Maw care very little of the Nomes presence, allowing the Nomes to travel more freely throughout the Maw while the children are regularly apprehended. When sneaking through the Janitor's dollhouse, Six can spot a sack hanging from the ceiling with a what is assumed to be a child struggling inside.
Gallery: In-game Concept-art Portraits and drawings Little Nightmares: Children sleeping in beds. Sleeping children are seen in an eye camera in the survey room. Six dragging a cage with a child in it. A child taken by the Janitor, about to be wrapped and sent to the Kitchen. The Janitor wrapping a child. Some children seen inside a cage in the wrapping area. A child inside a sack in the Janitor's dollhouse. Secrets of the Maw: The Runaway Kid among other sleeping children. A boy is seen running from the Janitor. A child's arm hanging out of a sack. The Runaway Kid among other caged children. A child inside of a birdcage. Sketches of five variations of children. A colored port a girl that appears in concept art for child prisoners of the Maw. An uncolored portrait of a girl that appears in concept art for child prisoners of the Maw. Some of the Nomes' drawings depict the captured children of the Maw.

The Girl on the Television

Status: Alive Location: Unknown
	The Girl on the Television (unofficial name) is a child that can briefly be seen on a television in Little Nightmares.
Appearance: The Girl on the Television appears to be a young caucasian girl wearing a dress.
Role: A young child was seen lying in a bed on one of the handful of television programs that play on the television used to distract the Janitor. She can be seen tossing and turning in her bed while being stalked by a shadowy figure.

Hypothetical Children

Status: Unknown (possibly non-existent) Location: Unknown
	The Hypothetical Children (unofficial name) are children that appear in various hypotheticals in Issue 2 of the 2017 Little Nightmares comic series.
Appearances: They all appear to be young caucasian children of various genders. They all appear to be wearing either light brown or red clothing. All except for one of the children from The Boy who got Strong's fantasy appear to be male.
Role: They appeared in the fantasies of the boys who visited the Abandoned House after they were transformed by the mirrors. These hypotheticals include a boy being tripped by the Boy who got Forked, a boy being restrained by the same two boys, a group of children being tortured with beetles by the Boy who got Strong, and two young boys being teased by the Boy who got Tall.
Gallery: In-comic Little Nightmares (2017 comic series): A boy being pushed and a boy being restrained. Being tortured with beetles.

The Child Prisoners of the Nest

Status: Mostly deceased Location: The Nest
	The Child Prisoners of the Nest (unofficial name), also known as The Dolls, are a group of children that appear in Very Little Nightmares.
Appearances: The Child Prisoners of the Nest all appear to be children of various genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds. All except for two of the children (one of whom would later be found deceased) appear to have been made into dolls for the Pretender.
Role: At the beginning of the game, the Girl in the Yellow Raincoat encounters a child whom she frees and another young child sticking their hand out of a cage. More children can be seen during the third quarter of the game, being laid out in a manner meant to please the Pretender. These include a television room, a dining room, and a tea room. There is even a mass grave filled with dolls near the end of the game. In one room involving a piano, there is a wall filled with pictures of whom are most likely deceased victims who are now dolls.
Trivia: One of Very Little Nightmares' key plot points is that all children that wind up at the Nest end up being turned into dolls by the Craftsman, or at least was implied.
Gallery: In-game Portraits Models Very Little Nightmares: A child waving their hand in a cage. Dolls in a room full of televisions. A dining room filled with dolls. A mass grave full of dolls. A room full of portraits. Additional doll portraits on the floor. Captured children surrounding the Pretender in a photo. Five children from a concept art in Little Nightmares found in a secret room. A statue with captured children worshiping the Pretender.

The Children of the Pale City

Status: Unknown (removed) Location: The Wilderness, The School, The Hospital.
	The Children of the Pale City (unofficial name) are a group of mostly scrapped characters from Little Nightmares II.
Appearances: These children all appear to vary in appearance. One notable feature that many of these children share is the black wires or substances attached to their heads.
Role: Aside from Mono and Six, only one other child (known as the Girl in the Sou'wester) appears in the game. In Little Nightmares Comics, each story focuses on children in the Pale City that were not featured in the game, aside from Mono and Six. These children can still be seen in portraits thought out the city in-game. There are many pieces of concept art that would indicate that the developers originally intended for children to appear in the Pale City. One piece of concept art appears to depict a child standing in front of The Principal (another scrapped character) with goo coming out of their head. Another more popular concept was children appearing in the Hospital. Many of these children appear to be lying in beds and or to have wires coming out of the top of their heads.
Gallery: Concept art Portraits and photos A child standing in front of the Principal. Sketches of experimental children. Extra concept art including a hoard of captured children in the bottom right. Concept Art of two children lying in bed while another sits in a chair. A portrait of a child sitting in a chair in the Hospital. A portrait of children in beds in the Hospital. A photo of a child sitting in a chair in the Hospital. A photo of children in beds in the Hospital.

The Kids from Noone's School

Status: Alive Location: The Counties
	The Kids from Noone's School (unofficial name) are a group of children that appear in The Sounds of Nightmares.
Role: Noone made reference to her classmates several times in The Sounds of Nightmares. In A Penance at the Bathhouse, she mentions how Jester reminded her of a kinder version of her classmates. She mentioned how when she became ill with the water sickness, the children that had once bullied her had began sucking up to her. In The Theater of the Mind, Noone describes how the children nicknamed her "No One" and would scribble this nickname all over her books.

Rehabilitated Children

Status: Alive Location: The Counties
	Rehabilitated Children (unofficial name) are a group of children that appear in The Sounds of Nightmares.
Role: In Two of a Kind, the Counsellor took Noone to see the Counties Psychiatric Institute's "Reunion Room," where Noone witnessed various children reuniting with their families. Although Noone wanted to interact with them the Counsellor told her it would be best if she didn't.

The Blurred Children in the Doorframe

Status: Unknown Location: The Threshold
	The Blurred Children in the Doorframe (unofficial name) are a group of children that appear in The Sounds of Nightmares.
Role: In The Lonely Way, as Noone is about to enter the Nowhere with the Ferryman, the image in the doorframe changes into a blur of children's faces.

Trivia

• The Hideaway reveals the Nomes casting shadows in the silhouette of children, implying that the Nomes were once children themselves.
  • In The Residence, it is revealed that the Lady is able to transform children into Nomes.