Yes, I'm counting this boulder specifically as a character. Not just because you directly control the boulder in the Rock of Ages games and the crossover mode in Zeno Clash 2, but because that's really the only reasonable conclusion you can draw from this:
Loving and careful mother, strong and rule-giving father… head of the greatest family there is.
Zeno Clash is a pretty cool game with truly unique personality and style, especially among its oddball characters. So I enjoyed paying some tribute to it!
ok im getting high but honestly i still don't know that fathermother really did anything all that wrong. most of the parents he stole kids from fucking SUCKED. onpa's abusive dad completely destroys his self esteem within days of being reuinited with him, therium probably would have died in infancy if left with his neglectful mother, hanae's dad tricks her into getting imprisoned by some desert people with no regard for her life, and pott was literally an orphan, just to name a few. rimat always suspected that she and her siblings were kidnapped, but considered fathermother a good enough parent that she never once considered holding this against her. even ghat, after learning the truth, wanted to hide it and preserve the family structure fathermother had built, and only resorted to attempted murder-suicide when he became convinced it was the only way to stop fathermother from continuing to kindap infants. all the evidence suggests fathermother did genuinely love his children and took very good care of them, even if they were sometimes taken from their biological parents unjustly. baby-thief maybe, but you can't deny she was a better parent than a lot of them would have had otherwise #babykidnappingcanhavenuance
Bumbling Through Zeno Clash p.3 - Vs. Father-Mother (FINAL)
In a world where all disagreements are settled with punches, and no one seems to die, that's just going to mean a lot of punches are going to happen. Like, a LOT.