History Characters / CriticalRoleWildemountCampaign

Initially assigned by the Bright Queen as the Mighty Nein's handler during their staying in Rosohna, Essek eventually grew closer and closer to the Mighty Nein to the point he is considered [[AscendedExtra in]] and [[EnsembleDarkHorse out of universe]] [[AscendedMeme the Ninth Member of the Mighty Nein]] even if his responsabilities as the Bright Queen's Shadowhand and later on his [[AmbiguousSituation (possible)]] living on the run because of his involvement in the War of Ash and Light prevented him from fully joining to their adventures most of the time. In fact, he was able to actively help the Mighty Nein in their fights only during the final 10 episodes of Campaign 2.

Things change after a time skip, and the roaster of the Mighty Nein expanded after the immediate end of Campaign 2 and in the few following years. Even if these characters were not included in the main campaign, they are still considered part of the team due to their close personal history with them.

* OptOut: [[spoiler:During the "Echoes of the Solstice" reunion episode, she declines to join the Nein because she needs to take care of all the kids in Rexxentrum. Her son Luc on the other hand...]]

* VagueAge: It was vague when he was a young child and it is still vague as a teenager. Veth mentioned she brought him to the Feywilds "where the time is wonky" and could have caused him to age faster than expected even for the halfling standards. It was joked that Luc's age is "whatever one deems appropriate".
* WeakButSkilled: Mechanically speaking, Luc is a level 8 character thrown in a fight between level 20 characters: the Mighty Nein themselves made it clear that he wouldn't last one minute in case their enemy decided to target him specifically. Despite it all, he contributed to the fight by giving them support with some clutch moves, like casting ''See Invisibility'' to locate where the real Trent was hiding or by [[AttackItsWeakPoint attacking the Athtiri Menthal, realizing that it was the weak point of Omentis]].

* SpellBlade: Like his brother Molly, Kingsley uses his Blood Hunter abilities to imbue his weapon with magical "rites."

* AwesomeButTemporary: Luc drank an experimental potion his father was working on for a year before the fight against Trent Ikithon. It turns out that among its effects it temporarily gave him access to higher-level features, allowing him to use ''Evasion'' (a level 7 Rouge feature) to reduce the damage of an attack that [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow in normal circumstances would have killed him on the spot]].[[note]]A meteor storm was summoned on the battlefield, for 75 points of fire damage and 71 points of bludgeoning damage on a failed dexterity save. Luc couldn't use ''Uncanny Dodge'' due to the nature of the attack and he failed his save: he had 65 hit points plus 9 temporary hit points from the ''Heroes Feast''. The rule is the 9 temporary hit points reduce by 9 the damage that will bring the character to 0 hp, meaning that Luc would have taken 137 points total, which is still more than the double of 65. With ''Evasion'', he took only half of the damage from the failed roll for 37 points of fire damage and 35 points of bludgeoning damage he resisted with only 2 hp.[[/note]] (Luc wouldn't have died anyway because Caduceus cast ''Death Ward'' on him before the fight, but the fact that he didn't drop to 0 hp thanks to the temporary hit points from the Heroes Feast meant that he got to keep it active for the rest of the fight).

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Veth was a normal housewife dragged into the adventurer life by unfortunate circumstances. Even if she eventually learned to enjoy it, she eventually chose to retire to a peaceful life with her family and now uses her skills to teach the new generation of adventurers how to fend for themselves when their time comes. Her son Luc instead grew up hearing her stories and dreaming of becoming an adventurer himself. Because of this, he trained for most of his life and showed an incredible talent for magic even as a young child. While Veth is nervous most of the time and wants to be back to her family, Luc acts like a FearlessFool most of the time and wants to go on an adventure against his mother's desires. But in the end, Luc is his mother's child, and when he realizes he got himself into a very dangerous situation he instantly adopts the same strategies that Veth used to survive in battle and acts as a support for the most experienced members of the party.

* EarlyPersonalitySigns: He loved his mother's stories, he had a bit of a cleptomaniac streak, he carried a crossbow wherever he went, and he showed an aptitude to magic earlier than the other children during his time with the Wildemount Wildlings. He obviously became a multiclass Rouge/Wizard just like his mother.

* HonoraryUncle: He considers all of the Mighty Nein as his surrogate uncles and aunties.

* LikeParentLikeChild: He followed his mother's footsteps and became a multiclass Rogue/Wizard. He was so good that he helped the Mighty Nein deal with Trent Ikithon breaking out of prison and lived to tell.

* WeakButSkilled: Mechanically speaking, Luc is a level 8 character thrown in a fight between level 20 characters: the Mighty Nein themselves made it clear that he wouldn't last one minute in case their enemy decided to target him specifically. Despite it all, he contributed to the fight by giving them support with some clutch moves, like casting ''See Invisibility'' to locate where the real Trent was hiding or by attacking the Athtiri Menthal, realizing that it was the weak point of Omentis.

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During the events of Campaign 2, Luc Brenatto was just Veth's young son who idolized his mom and the Mighty Nein thanks to the stories she told him; seven years later, Luc himself joined the Mighty Nein during their investigation to find out what happened to Trent Ikithon after that the events of Campaign 3 caused the devices that kept him imprisoned to be disenchanted.

* PromotedToPlayable: Luc went from being an NPC during Campaign 2 to being an active party member in ''The Mighty Nein Reunion: Echoes of the Solstice''.

* TeenGenius: Luc has the statistics of a level 8 character at the (chronological) age of 12. Not to mention that his 16 in Intelligence makes him smarter than ''all the members of'' ''[[Characters/CriticalRoleExandriaUnlimited the Crown Keepers]] ''and'' ''[[Characters/CriticalRoleMarquetCampaign the Bell's Hell]]''.

* DragonRider: He rode Caleb's Simulacrum ''Polymorphed'' as a T-Rex for most of the fight against Trent Ikithon. At some point he even Enlarged it.

* UnexpectedCharacter: No one could have imagined that Veth was going to turn down the chance to reunite with the Mighty Nein only for her grounded teenaged son Luc to jump into the ''Teleportation Circle'' and take her place instead. Sam and Matt even roleplayed Veth and Luc as they usually did up until TheReveal.

* WeakButSkilled: Mechanically speaking, Luc is a level 8 character thrown in a fight between level 20 characters: the Mighty Nein themselves made it clear that he wouldn't last one minute in case their enemy decided to target him specifically. Despite it all, he contributed to the fight by giving them support with some clutch moves, like casting See Invisibility to locate where the real Trent was hiding or by attacking the Athtiri Menthal, realizing that it was the weak point of Omentis.

* AwesomeButTemporary: Luc drank an experimental potion his father was working on for a year before the fight against Trent Ikithon. It turns out that among its effects it temporarily gave him access to higher-level features, allowing him to use ''Evasion'' (a level 7 Rouge feature) to reduce the damage of an attack that [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow in normal circumstances would have killed him on the spot]].[[note]]A meteor storm was summoned on the battlefield, for 75 points of fire damage and 71 points of bludgeoning damage on a failed dexterity save. Luc couldn't use ''Uncanny Dodge'' due to the AoE nature of the attack and he failed his save: he had 65 hit points plus 9 temporary hit points from the ''Heroes Feast''. The rule is the 9 temporary hit points reduce by 9 the damage that will bring the character to 0 hp, meaning that Luc would have taken 137 points total, which is still more than the double of 65. With ''Evasion'', he took only half of the damage from the failed roll for 37 points of fire damage and 35 points of bludgeoning damage he resisted with only 2 hp.[[/note]] (Luc wouldn't have died anyway because Caduceus cast ''Death Ward'' on him before the fight, but the fact that he didn't drop to 0 hp thanks to the temporary hit points from the Heroes Feast meant that he got to keep it active for the rest of the fight).

* AwesomeButTemporary: Luc drank an experimental potion his father was working on for a year before the fight against Trent Ikithon. It turns out that among its effects it temporarily gave him access to higher-level features, allowing him to use Evasion (a level 7 Rouge feature) to reduce the damage of an attack that [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow in normal circumstances would have killed him on the spot]].[[note]]A meteor storm was summoned on the battlefield, for 75 points of fire damage and 71 points of bludgeoning damage on a failed dexterity save. Luc couldn't use Uncanny Dodge and he failed his save: he had 65 hit points plus 9 temporary hit points from the Heroes Feast. The rule is the 9 temporary hit points reduce by 9 the damage that will bring the character to 0 hp, meaning that Luc would have taken 137 points total, which is still more than the double of 65. With Evasion he took only half of the damage from the failed roll for 37 points of fire damage and 35 points of bludgeoning damage he resisted with only 2 hp.[[/note]] (Luc wouldn't have died anyway because Caduceus cast Death Ward on him before the fight, but the fact that he didn't drop to 0 hp thanks to the temporary hit points from the Heroes Feast meant that he got to keep it active for the rest of the fight).

* CowardlyLion: After barely surviving the very first attack Trent launched on the party only thanks to Yeza's potion (see AwesomeButTemporary), Luc's bravado instantly faded and spent the rest of the battle counting on Caleb's Polymorphed Simulacrum to protect him and by providing support to the Mighty Nein from a position of safety. Like mother like son.
* DragonRider: He rode Caleb's Simulacrum Polymorphed as a T-Rex for most of the fight against Trent Ikithon. At some point he even Enlarged it.

* UnexpectedCharacter: No one could have imagined that Veth was going to turn down the chance to reunite with the Mighty Nein only for her grounded teenaged son Luc to jump into the Teleportation Circle and take her place instead. Sam and Matt even roleplayed Veth and Luc as they usually did up until TheReveal.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Downplayed and discussed. After Molly's death, Beau admits that though they both grifted and committed bad deeds, she would worsen places because she could, while Molly at least made people happy and wanted to change things for the better. This causes the monk to adopt his philosophy and make an active attempt to leave every place better than how she found it.

* TheLancer: Eventually evolves from CommanderContrarian into this. While she [[TheCreon never seems interested]] in stepping up to lead the Nein, she offers support to Fjord and Caleb when they act as TheLeader: at sea she's the first mate of the party's ship, and in the Empire she backs up Caleb's covert actions against the Cerberus Assembly thanks to her StreetSmart nature and Cobalt Soul training. All along, her [[RebelliousRebel reflexive anti-authority streak]] eventually mellows down into a tendency to play DevilsAdvocate, raising genuinely well-considered (if still [[JerkassHasAPoint abrasive]] concerns about the group's plans, direction, and morals.

* TheLancer: Eventually evolves from CommanderContrarian into this. While she [[TheCreon never seems interested]] in stepping up to lead the Nein, she offers support to Fjord and Caleb when they act as TheLeader: at sea she's the first mate of the party's ship, and in the Empire she backs up Caleb's covert actions against the Cerberus Assembly thanks to her StreetSmarts and Cobalt Soul training. All along, her [[RebelliousRebel reflexive anti-authority streak]] eventually mellows down into a tendency to play DevilsAdvocate, raising genuinely well-considered (if still [[JerkassHasAPoint abrasive]] concerns about the group's plans, direction, and morals.

*** In terms of classes as well, Grog as a berserker barbarian was a pure physical powerhouse with no innate magical ability who [[AttackAttackAttack relentlessly swung his weapons at anything that proved a threat]]. Yasha as a zealot barbarian is more geared towards survivability and just [[WhyWontYouDie refusing to drop in combat]] with a slight innate magical ability.

* AllWomenAreLustful: She's caught lusting over a particularly muscular minotaur despite having long confirmed that she's still married to Yeza. Upon turning back into Veth, she and Yeza end up doing it ''a lot. In many, many ways.'' Episode 135 resurrects this one when she's caught lusting after ''[[AnythingThatMoves a robot.]]''

* BarefistedMonk: Initially uses her staff as her weapon of choice, but her fists do get more and more powerful over time, until eventually her fists count as magical weapons and she can punch ghosts.

* LightningBruiser: Has the highest speed of the Mighty Nein and has gauntlets that discharge lightning at range.

* ShockAndAwe: After picking up some gloves in episode 55, she can punch you ''with lightning''.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Not really, but he uses this as an excuse when the Crick soldier in the sewers of Zadash takes him hostage: nobody else of the Mighty Nein would care about him getting killed since they don't like him any way, so why bother to threaten him?

* IHaveManyNames: Currently sticks to just Molly, but in his previous life, he was known as Lucien, the Nonagon and potentially other aliases. After he gets resurrected again in Episode 140 he decides to change his name into Kingsley "King" Tealeaf because he thought [[ThatManIsDead the name Mollymauk]] [[TakeThatMe was too silly]].

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: When first introduced, Beau had her hair done in a topknot while still rocking an undercut. By the time she reaches level 10 and has acquired her Xhorhasian attire, she'd begun wearing her hair not in a topknot, but in a ponytail braid. Could be taken literally, considering she is now an Expositor.

* EnslavedTongue: Her Cobalt Soul training gives her access to the Extort Truth feature, allowing her to hit a cluster of nerves to force a creature to only speak the truth.

* DumbIsGood: Caduceus has an Intelligence of 9 (below average for sentient humanoids) yet is the most unambiguously good-hearted member of the Mighty Nein. That said, he's not ''stupid'' - he's an incredibly insightful and perceptive individual, even though he lacks knowledge of the world beyond the Blooming Grove.