Character

Characters in Splatoon are the people of the world. Characters interact with players whilst progressing through the game, and range from selling gear in Inkopolis to fulling the plot in Octo Valley.

 A list of characters can be found in its category page.

Species
Species is the classification of an organism, or character in this case. With the exception of Judd, all characters are sea-creatures or derivatives of.

Inkling
Inklings are evolved species of squid that came to be after rising sea levels sunk human civilization. Circa 2000 years before the events of Splatoon, the inklings crawled up to what little habitable land there was left on the planet. Because of this lack of suitable land, the Turf War was established. The original Turf Wars were judged by Judd, who was cryogenically frozen from the time of the humans. 100 years before the events of Splatoon, the Inklings and the Octarians engaged in a Great Turf War. A young Cap'n Cuttlefish and the Inklings won, forcing the Octarians to retreat into Octo Valley. (For more on Octarians, see below.)

Jellyfish
Jellyfish are also scattered in Inkopolis Plaza. They can be observed walking around Inkopolis, wearing various articles of clothing. A Jellyfish of note is Jelonzo, who works at Jelly Fresh.

Octarian
The Octarians are the main antagonists of the story mode in Splatoon. They reside in Octo Valley, and are responsible for stealing Zapfish from Inkopolis. Their main ink colour is purple/magenta. The Octarians fought against the Inklings for territory in the Great Turf War and lost. Unlike Inklings, the species includes a great amount of sub-species that act differently from each other.

Other
Splatoon has further species, such as Prawns (Crusty Sean), Hermit crabs (Sheldon), Sea anemones (Annie), Sea urchins (Spyke), Clownfishes (Moe),Cats (Judd), Super Sea Snails and Zapfish.